In This Issue:
Linkin Park returns.
Green Day’s “American Idiot” joins the Spotify BILLIONS CLUB.
Oasis’ Definitely Maybe is back at No. 1 in the UK.
Oasis, Linkin Park, Deftones, Nickelback, Paramore, and this week’s Top Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) albums and artists on Spotify.
Nick Cave, Palaye Royale, Wintersun, NAILS, Leprous, Lamb Of God, Slipknot, and this week’s Top Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) albums in the UK.
Heart, Iron Maiden, Journey, Liam Gallagher & John Squire, Mazzy Star, My Chemical Romance, Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Set It Off, and Stone Roses earn new BRIT sales certifications.
New RIAA certifications for Future Islands and The National.1
Agency Signings ✍🏻
Linkin Park w/ WME
Management Signings ✍🏻
Blood Incantation w/ 5B Artist Management
Fit For An Autopsy w/ 5B Artist Management
Imminence w/ 5B Artist Management
Slaughter To Prevail w/ 5B Artist Management
Reece Young, Boston Manor, Hot Milk, Linkin Park, Chubby and the Gang, Many Eyes, FEVER 333, Hands Like Houses, Memphis May Fire, Fame On Fire & SiM, Spiritbox, Twiztid, and more new music in the Stream N’ Destroy Spotify playlist.
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🌎
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Oasis (No. 38 overall) ⬆️
Linkin Park (No. 52) ⬆️
Queen (No. 73) ⬆️
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 109) ⬆️
AC/DC (No. 120) ⬇️
Metallica (No. 125) ⬆️
Twenty One Pilots (No. 127) ⬆️
Green Day (No. 128) ⬆️
Nirvana (No. 130) ⬆️
Radiohead (No. 135) ⬆️
Chase Atlantic (No. 160) ⬇️
System Of A Down (No. 182) ⬆️
Jelly Roll (No. 185) ⬇️
Spotify Weekly Top Albums 🌎
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (No. 23 overall) ⬆️
Oasis Definitely Maybe (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (No. 46) ⬆️
Linkin Park Meteora (No. 74) ⬆️
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (Bonus Edition) (No. 85) ⬆️
Nirvana Nevermind (Remastered) (No. 106) ⬆️
AC/DC Back in Black (No. 116) ⬆️
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface (No. 129) ⬆️
System Of A Down Toxicity (No. 137) ⬆️
Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (No. 158) ⬇️
Green Day American Idiot (No. 175) NEW
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (Deluxe Edition) (No. 185) ⬆️
Metallica Metallica (No. 194) RE-ENTRY
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🇺🇸
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Jelly Roll (No. 45 overall) ⬇️
Linkin Park (No. 62) ⬆️
Deftones (No. 92) ⬇️
Twenty One Pilots (No. 97) ⬆️
Green Day (No. 98) ⬆️
Nirvana (No. 105) ⬆️
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 123) ⬆️
Metallica (No. 128)
Radiohead (No. 134) ⬆️
AC/DC (No. 140) ⬆️
Fall Out Boy (No. 150)
Queen (No. 152) ⬆️
mgk (No. 153) ⬇️
Nickelback (No. 155) ⬇️
Blink-182 (No. 167) ⬇️
System Of A Down (No. 171) ⬇️
Paramore (No. 178) ⬆️
Cage The Elephant (No. 190) ⬇️
Spotify Weekly Top Albums 🇺🇸
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Three Days Grace Life Starts Now (No. 95 overall) ⬆️
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (Bonus Edition) (No. 100) ⬆️
Nirvana Nevermind (Remastered) (No. 102) ⬆️
Sublime Sublime (No. 103) ⬆️⬆️
Weezer Weezer (The Blue Album) (No. 127) ⬆️
System Of A Down Toxicity (No. 143) ⬇️
AC/DC Back in Black (No. 144) ⬆️
Falling In Reverse Popular Monster (No. 150) ⬇️
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface (No. 151) ⬆️
The Killers Hot Fuss (No. 163) ⬇️
Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Deluxe Remastered Edition) (No. 173) NEW
Definitely Maybe is back at No. 1 in the UK for its 30th anniversary.
The debut album from Oasis jumped 408% in the UK this week. First released in September 1994, Definitely Maybe is now available in a 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. The band’s Time Flies… (1994 - 2009) hits compilation and 1995’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? are back in the Top 5, at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
Half of this week’s Definitely Maybe sales were vinyl.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are No. 5 with Wild God.
Palaye Royale has their second Top 40 album in the UK with Death or Glory (No. 38). The band’s 2022 album, Fever Dream, debuted at No. 37.
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish) albums 🇬🇧
Oasis Definitely Maybe (No. 1 overall)
Oasis Time Flies… (No. 3 overall)
Oasis (What’s the Story) (No. 4)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Wild God (No. 5) NEW
Fontaines DC Romance (No. 8)
Linkin Park Papercuts (No. 26)
Queen Greatest Hits (27)
Palaye Royale Death or Glory (No. 38) NEW
Oasis The Masterplan (No. 41)
Oasis Be Here Now (No. 42)
Green Day American Idiot (No. 45)
The Smiths The Sound of The Smiths (No. 50)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits (No. 52)
Nirvana Nirvana (No. 62)
Foo Fighters The Essential Foo Fighters (No. 68)
The Killers Rebel Diamonds (No. 78)
Blink-182 Greatest Hits (No. 87)
Stone Roses The Stone Roses (No. 93)
Oasis Heathen Chemistry (No. 97)
Official Charts Rock & Metal Albums 🇬🇧
Hawkwind In Search Of Space NEW
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
Wintersun Time II NEW
Jon Anderson & Band Geeks True
NAILS Every Bridge Burning NEW
Leprous Melodies of Atonement NEW
Nirvana Nevermind
Falling In Reverse Popular Monster
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
Green Day American Idiot
My Chemical Romance Three Cheers…
Green Day Dookie
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Deep Purple =1
Cassyette This World F**king Sucks
Linkin Park Meteora
Ghost Rite Here Rite Now OST
Deftones Around the Fur
Soft Play Heavy Jelly
Paramore Riot
System Of A Down Toxicity
Pink Floyd The Wall
Nirvana In Utero
My Chemical Romance The Black Parade
AC/DC Back in Black
Lamb Of God Ashes of the Wake RE-ENTRY
Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction
Black Sabbath Paranoid
Nirvana Unplugged in New York
Jethro Tull Stand Up
Evanesence Fallen
Sleep Token Take Me Back to Eden
Linkin Park Papercuts
Foo Fighters Greatest Hits
Slipknot Slipknot RE-ENTRY
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin RE-ENTRY
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine
Green Day Saviors RE-ENTRY
Paramore Brand New Eyes
Nirvana Bleach RE-ENTRY
BRIT Certifications 🇬🇧
*Note: Release years taken from BPI, as per their tracking*
HEART
“All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You”
(Capitol) 2004
SILVER SINGLE
IRON MAIDEN
Somewhere Back in Time - The Best Of
(Parlophone) 2008
PLATINUM ALBUM
JOURNEY
“Don’t Stop Believin’”
(Columbia) 2004
6x PLATINUM
LIAM GALLAGHER & JOHN SQUIRE
Liam Gallagher & John Squire
(Warner Records) 2024
SILVER ALBUM
MAZZY STAR
“Fade Into You”
(Capitol) 2004
PLATINUM SINGLE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“Sing”
(Reprise) 2010
SILVER SINGLE
OASIS
Definitely Maybe
(Big Brother) 2002
9x PLATINUM
OASIS
“Slide Away”
(Big Brother) 2004
PLATINUM SINGLE
OASIS
“Talk Tonight”
(Big Brother) 2004
GOLD SINGLE
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
“Tell Me Baby”
(Warner Records) 2006
SILVER SINGLE
SET IT OFF
“Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
(Rudenetworks) 2014
SILVER SINGLE
STONE ROSES
The Very Best Of
(Silvertone) 2012
4x PLATINUM
RIAA Certifications 🇺🇸
FUTURE ISLANDS
“Seasons (Waiting On You)”
(4AD) 2014
GOLD SINGLE
THE NATIONAL
“I Need My Girl”
(4AD) 2014
GOLD SINGLE
Sources: BPI, Official Charts, RIAA, Spotify, Misc.