Megadeth’s New Album Hits Number Three On The Billboard Charts, Tops Other Charts Worldwide and Launches New NFT’s

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Megadeth has earned its highest charting album worldwide in the band’s history for the debut of its new album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! Read our review here. The album has taken the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 marking their eighth Top Ten album of their career, and matching the chart impact of the band’s last album, the Grammy-winning Dystopia. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!  total Consumption was 47,552, and pure Album Sales were 44,781, placing the album at No.1 on Top Album Sales, Top Current Albums Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Album, Top Rock Albums, and Top Hard Rock Albums charts respectively, and at No. 2 on the Vinyl Album Sales chart. 

Megadeth also dominated the charts worldwide, achieving the band’s highest ever chart appearances in most territories:

 

Finland (No. 1)* 

Australia (No. 2) *

Poland (No. 2) *

Switzerland (No. 2)*

Scotland (No. 2)*

U.K. (No. 3) *

Germany (No. 6) *

Belgium (No. 6)*

Netherlands (No. 7) *

Austria (No. 8)*

Spain (No. 8) *

Norway (No. 9)

Sweden (No. 9)

Japan (No. 10) 

No. 1 on the Rock chart

No. 3 on International chart

Canada (No. 11)

No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums Sales chart

No. 1 Digital Albums Sales chart

France (No. 12) *

Italy (No. 15) *

 

*Highest-Ever chart entry For Megadeth

 

Buy the album here: https://megadeth.lnk.to/SickDyingDeadID

Today, Megadeth also announced Rattleheads, a generative art NFT collection drawing on 40 years of the band’s iconic mascot, Vic Rattlehead.  More info will be announced weekly.

 

‘The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead’ World Headline Tour begins in February 2023.