Gorillaz, Bad Omens, Slayer
Spotify Charts, RIAA & BRIT Certifications, Recent Attendance
In This Issue:
Linkin Park, Radiohead, Queen, Metallica, Green Day, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Pierce The Veil, Sleep Token, and the top Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) artists and albums on Spotify this week, globally and in the United States.
The Last Dinner Party earns a first gold single in America; My Chemical Romance, System Of A Down, and YUNGBLUD earn new UK certifications.
Recent attendance for Gorillaz (full UK tour); Nine Inch Nails, Boys Noize (DC); Bad Omens, Beartooth, President (Oklahoma City); Ghost (Portland); Motionless In White, Dayseeker, Make Them Suffer (Nottingham); Interpol (Miami);
Dream Theater (Dubai); NOTHING MORE, Catch Your Breath, Archers (Madison, Nashville); Acid Bath, Obituary (Pelham); HANABIE., Nekrogoblikon, Enterprise Earth (Boston); Goldfinger, Unwritten Law (Nashville);
Nonpoint (Madison); The Summer Set (Boston); Wheatus (Lancaster); Filter, Local H, Finger Eleven (Charles Town).1
Rest In Peace
Darrell “Dash” Crofts
Seals & Crofts
(1938 - 2026)
Matt Krupanski
BoySetsFire
(1977 - 2026)
Ross “The Boss” Friedman
Manowar
(1954 - 2026)
Slayer, Kerry King, and Mastodon have signed with Michael Arfin and Nick Storch at IAG for territories outside North America. Scott Sokol and Pinnacle Entertainment continue to book all three in the US and Canada. Longtime managers Rick Sales and Kristen Mulderig represent them worldwide.
Agency Signings ✍🏻
Broken By The Scream w/ IAG
Drop Dead, Gorgeous w/ 33 & West
Forager w/ Atonal Agency
Parrotfish w/ Sound Talent Group
Management Signing ✍🏻
Torn Open w/ Otherways Music
Record Label Signings ✍🏻
Black Spikes w/ Napalm Records
Modern Cult w/ Parallel Vision & Big Loud Rock
Signum Regis w/ Fireflash Records
Torn Open w/ Blue Grape Music
Armored Saint, August Burns Red, Black Label Society, Dimmu Borgir, Don Broco ft. Sam Carter, Escape The Fate, Eva Under Fire ft. Maria Brink, Frozen Soul ft. Machine Head, The Maine, Moodring, Of Virtue, Portrayal Of Guilt, PRESIDENT, Sublime, Threat Signal, Tiger’s Jaw, Torn Open, and more new music in the Stream N’ Destroy playlist.
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🌎
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Linkin Park (No. 21 overall)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 72)
Radiohead (No. 76)
Queen (No. 106)
Gorillaz (No 109)
Twenty One Pilots (No. 111)
Metallica (No. 126)
AC/DC (No. 140)
Nirvana (No. 143)
Deftones (No. 145)
Green Day (No. 157)
System Of A Down (No. 179)
Paramore (No. 198)
Spotify Weekly Top Albums 🌎
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Linkin Park Meteora (No. 37 overall)
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (No. 50)
Nirvana Nevermind (No. 66)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (No. 92)
The Killers Hot Fuss (No. 107)
Radiohead OK Computer (No. 108)
Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up the Girl (No. 126)
Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (No. 131)
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface (No. 136)
System Of A Down Toxicity (No. 141)
Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (No. 152)
Gorillaz Demon Days (No. 166)
Green Day American Idiot (No. 170)
Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight (No. 176)
Metallica Metallica (No. 177)
Three Days Grace Life Starts Now (No. 197)
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🇺🇸
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Linkin Park (No. 42 overall)
Deftones (No. 62 overall)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 63)
Radiohead (No. 65)
Twenty One Pilots (No. 91)
Paramore (No. 92)
Nirvana (No. 106)
Green Day (No. 120)
Weezer (No. 121)
Fall Out Boy (No. 129)
Metallica (No. 130)
Sublime (No. 131)
Nickelback (No. 137)
Pierce The Veil (No. 145)
Queen (No. 156)
Sleep Token (No. 160)
The Killers (No. 167)
Three Days Grace (No. 170)
Panic! At The Disco (No. 173)
System Of A Down (No. 183)
Alice In Chains (No. 196)
AC/DC (No. 198)
Spotify Weekly Top Albums 🇺🇸
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Sublime Sublime (No. 51 overall)
The Killers Hot Fuss (No. 52)
Linkin Park Meteora (No. 53)
Nirvana Nevermind (No. 59)
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (No. 71)
Three Days Grace Life Starts Now (No. 72)
Weezer Weezer (The Blue Album) (No. 92)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (No. 98)
Radiohead OK Computer (No. 146)
Paramore Brand New Eyes (No. 157)
System Of A Down Toxicity (No. 162)
3 Doors Down Away from the Sun (No. 167)
Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up the Girl (No. 168)
Twenty One Pilots Blurryface (No. 176)
Gorillaz Demon Days (No. 193)
Three Days Grace One-X (No. 194)
Pierce The Veil Collide with the Sky (No. 195)
BRIT Certifications 🇬🇧
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
“I Don’t Love You”
(Warner Records) 2006
GOLD SINGLE
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
“Lonely Day”
(Columbia) 2005
GOLD SINGLE
YUNGBLUD
“Zombie”
(Capitol) 2025
SILVER SINGLE
RIAA Certifications 🇺🇸
THE LAST DINNER PARTY
“Nothing Matters”
(Island Records) 2023
GOLD SINGLE
