Whether it’s Montage of Heck residual sales, or the fact that this is the defining album of a generation, it keeps selling. Nirvana, Nevermind (Interscope) 77,250 sold Turns out that to sell about 100,000 copies/year of your greatest hits album, all you have to do is come out with the best debut album ever. Guns N’ Roses, Greatest Hits (Interscope) 78,500 sold While we have no idea what this band sounds like, there’s almost 80,000 people that do. Sleeping With Sirens, Madness (Epitaph) 79,200 sold
This is has sold 344,000 copies so far, and now we know how many of them were sold this year. Slipknot, 5: The Gray Chapter (Roadrunner) 84,000 sold Everyone makes fun of them, but they’re laughing all the way to the bank. Nickelback, Dark Horse (Roadrunner) 84,500 sold Which is likely why it’s racked up almost 100,000 in the first seven months of the year. Kid Rock, Devil Without a Cause (Atlantic) 86,000 sold
#Best black metal albums 2015 series
Last year’s album is the band’s lowest-selling in recent history – but they still have 2015’s 104th biggest-selling album.įoo Fighters, Sonic Highways (RCA) 87,800 soldĮven though the HBO series and album were released last year, this continues to sell. Nickelback, No Fixed Address (Republic) 101,000 sold Interesting that this is outselling the Black Album. Metallica, Master of Puppets (Blackened Recordings) 107,800 sold This is one of the biggest selling albums of all time, and will probably keep selling as long as there are sporting events. The re-releases of the band’s catalog is likely helping things out.ĪC/DC, Back in Black (Columbia) 110,000 sold Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti (Atlantic) 112,400 sold Lzzy Hale and friends have another success on their hands. Halestorm, Into the Wild Life (Atlantic) 114,500 sold While on the low side of what Manson generally sells, it’s one of the few rock albums released in 2015 to be on this list. Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor (Loma Vista) 124,200 sold While the band sold more albums last year when it was released, that’s a solid haul, and the 63rd biggest selling album of 2015 so far. They have the 37th biggest- selling album of the year so far.ĪC/DC, Rock or Bust (Columbia Records) 143,400 sold
There isn’t a ton of metal and hard rock on here, but spoiler alert: some of them came out long before 2015.īreaking Benjamin, Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood Records) 209,000 sold We’re going to take a look at the biggest selling records of 2015. In a week like this one where the #1 album in the country has sold less than 30,000 copies, that’s pretty obvious. Streaming has changed the game, so to speak, with numbers decreasing almost weekly. If you’re a regular reader of Metal Insider (which come on now, you should be), you’re likely familiar with “Metal by Numbers,” a weekly look at album sales for hard rock and metal albums.