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The Top 25 Best Selling Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists of All-Time
In this issue:
The Top 25 Best Selling Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists of All-Time, factoring in traditional album sales, streaming equivalent albums, and singles.
Falling In Reverse holds the top two spots on Billboardâs Hot Hard Rock Songs for a fourth consecutive week with âVoices in My Headâ and âZOMBIFIED.â Thereâs a new entry from I Prevail with âBody Bagâ debuting at No. 7.
Sirius XM Liquid Metalâs Top 25 this week, including Soulfly, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Demon Hunter, In Flames, Meshuggah, and more.
This weekâs Top 25 Hard Rock Digital Song Sales, where From Ashes To New debuts at No. 1 with âHeartache.â
The Top Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) albums on Apple Music as of yesterday, including Coheed And Cambria, Alexisonfire, and dozens more.
Best Selling Artists Of All-TimeÂ
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)Â
These totals include studio albums, sales of compilations generated thanks to the albums, sales of physical singles from the albums, sales of digital singles from the albums, and streaming equivalent album sales of all the album tracks, including audio and visual. These are totaled into something called âCSPCâ at Chartmasters.org, if youâd like to know more about the methodology. They havenât calculated a CSPC number for every artist in the world yet, so there are some key artists missing from this list â Def Leppard and KISS, for example.
Queen 274.6MÂ albums
Pink Floyd 235.8MÂ
Led Zeppelin 205.6MÂ
AC/DC 198.6MÂ
Metallica 163.6MÂ
Bon Jovi 149.9MÂ
Aerosmith 133.4MÂ
Guns Nâ Roses 124.1MÂ
Van Halen 102MÂ
Red Hot Chili Peppers 99.6MÂ
Nirvana 95.8MÂ
Deep Purple 92.8MÂ
Linkin Park 90.9MÂ
Green Day 88.9MÂ
Iron Maiden 88.6MÂ
Journey 82.1MÂ
Black Sabbath 79.2MÂ
Meat Loaf 62.5MÂ
Nickelback 56.9MÂ
Ozzy Osbourne 52.8MÂ
Avril Lavigne 47.1MÂ
The Cranberries 46.6MÂ
Foo Fighters 43.9MÂ
No Doubt 35.7MÂ
Evanescence 31.9MÂ
Billboard Hot Hard Rock SongsÂ
Week of July 2, 2022Â
Falling In Reverse âVoices In My HeadâÂ
Falling In Reverse âZOMBIFIEDâÂ
HARDY âSold OutâÂ
FFDP âAfterLifeâÂ
Giovannie âRamon AyalaâÂ
Three Days Grace âLifetimeâÂ
I Prevail âBodybagâ NEW
My Chem âThe FoundationsâŚâÂ
I Prevail âBody Bagâ NEWÂ
TDG âSo Called LifeâÂ
Ghost âCall Me Little SunshineâÂ
FFDP âWelcome To The CircusâÂ
Loveless âMiddle Of The NightâÂ
Shinedown âPlanet ZeroâÂ
SiM âThe RumblingâÂ
DOROTHY âRest In PeaceâÂ
Papa Roach âKill The NoiseâÂ
Bad Wolves âIf Tomorrow NeverâŚâÂ
Bad Omens âLike A VillainâÂ
Turnstile âMYSTERYâÂ
From Ashes To New âHeartacheâ NEWÂ
Kid Rock âWe The PeopleâÂ
Halestorm âThe SteepleâÂ
Motionless In White âSign Of LifeâÂ
FFDP âIOUâÂ
SiriusXM Liquid MetalÂ
June 14 - June 21, 2022Â
Soulfly âSuperstitionâÂ
Parkway Drive âGlitchâÂ
Lamb Of God âNevermoreâÂ
Demon Hunter âFREEDOM IS DEADâÂ
In Flames âState of Slow DecayâÂ
Meshuggah âThe Abysmal EyeâÂ
Malevolence âOn Broken GlassâÂ
Arch Enemy âDeceiver, DeceiverâÂ
Unto Others âHeroinâÂ
Rammstein âAngstâÂ
Upon A Burning Body âA NewâŚâÂ
Undeath âRise from the GraveâÂ
Jinjer âCall Me A SymbolâÂ
Paledusk âSLAY!!âÂ
Lorna Shore âSun//EaterâÂ
Bad Omens âArtificial SuicideâÂ
Amon Amarth âPut Your Back IntoâŚâÂ
Allegation âOf Beasts and WormsâÂ
Bloodywood âDana-DanâÂ
Spiritbox âCircle With MeâÂ
Veil Of Maya âSynthwave VeganâÂ
Suicide Silence âThinking in TonguesâÂ
ONI âSecretsâ ft. Iggy Pop, Randy BlytheÂ
Municipal Waste âGrave DiveâÂ
Machine Head âChoke on the AshesâŚâÂ
Hard Rock Digital Song SalesÂ
Week of July 2, 2022Â
From Ashes To New âHeartacheâ NEWÂ
AC/DC âThunderstruckâÂ
GNâR âSweet Child Oâ MineâÂ
I Prevail âBody Bagâ NEWÂ
Falling In Reverse âVoices In My HeadâÂ
FFDP âWelcome To The CircusâÂ
Spiritbox âRotoscopeâ NEWÂ
Queen âWe Will Rock YouâÂ
Spiritbox âHysteriaâ NEWÂ
Spiritbox âSew Me Upâ NEWÂ
Queen âBohemian RhapsodyâÂ
Metallica âEnter SandmanâÂ
Bon Jovi âLivinâ On A PrayerâÂ
AC/DC âBack in BlackâÂ
Lorna Shore âInto The EarthâÂ
Disturbed âThe Sound of SilenceâÂ
GNâR âWelcome to the JungleâÂ
Queen âAnother One BitesâŚâÂ
AC/DC âYou Shook MeâŚâÂ
Queen âWe Are The ChampionsâÂ
Queen âDonât Stop Me NowâÂ
TDG âLifetimeâÂ
Motley Crue âKickstart My HeartâÂ
FFDP âAfterLifeâÂ
Ozzy Osbourne âCrazy TrainâÂ
Apple Music
Top Hard Rock/Metal
June 27, 2022Â
Coheed Vaxis IIÂ
Motionless ScoringâŚÂ
Nirvana NevermindÂ
Pink Floyd Dark SideâŚÂ
Journey Greatest HitsÂ
FFDP AfterLifeÂ
Jelly Roll BalladsâŚÂ
AC/DC Back in BlackÂ
LINKIN PARK Hybrid Theory
Porcupine Tree CLOSUREÂ
Nickelback All the Right ReasonsÂ
Pink Floyd The WallÂ
GNâR Appetite
SOAD ToxicityÂ
Metallica MetallicaÂ
Alexisonfire OthernessÂ
Weezer WeezerÂ
Kid Rock Bad ReputationÂ
TOOL Fear InoculumÂ
LINKIN PARK MeteoraÂ
Metallica Ride The LightningÂ
Queen The Platinum CollectionÂ
Shinedown Planet ZeroÂ
My Chem Three CheersâŚÂ
Alice In Chains DirtÂ
Bad Omens THE DEATHâŚÂ
Turnstile GLOW ON
Pink Floyd Wish You Were HereÂ
Deftones Around the FurÂ
Pearl Jam TenÂ
MMF Remade in MiseryÂ
TDG One-XÂ
Greta Van Fleet The BattleâŚ
Ghost IMPERAÂ
Black Sabbath ParanoidÂ
Creed Greatest HitsÂ
TDG EXPLOSIONSÂ
TOOL AnimaÂ
I Prevail TRAUMAÂ
TOOL LateralusÂ
Def Lep HysteriaÂ
TOOL 10,000 DaysÂ
Metallica Master of PuppetsÂ
Bon Jovi Slippery When WetÂ
Def Lep Diamond Star HalosÂ
Audioslave AudioslaveÂ
Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IVÂ
Metallica âŚAnd Justice for AllÂ
Slipknot SlipknotÂ
Deftones White PonyÂ
Nickelback Dark HorseÂ
Rammstein ZeitÂ
Greta From the FiresÂ
Kid Rock DevilÂ
ZillaKami DOG BOYÂ
Deftones Saturday Night WristÂ
Blink-182 Enema of the StateÂ
Pink Floyd AnimalsÂ
Spiritbox Eternal BlueÂ
RATM Rage Against The MachineÂ
INK Welcome to HorrorwoodÂ
Alice In Chains Jar of Flies EPÂ
Motley Crue The Dirt Soundtrack
Van Halen Van HalenÂ
Evanescence FallenÂ
Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IIÂ
Zeppelin Led Zeppelin
Shinedown Sound of Madness
LINKIN PARK MinutesÂ
Godsmack When Legends RiseÂ
BMTH Thatâs the SpiritÂ
Daughtry DaughtryÂ
NOTHING MORE SpiritsÂ
BMTH POST HUMANÂ
FFDP F8Â
Avenged Sevenfold NightmareÂ
A Day To Remember HomesickÂ
Smashing Pumpkins MellonâŚ
BMTH SempiternalÂ
State Champs KingsâŚÂ
Motley Crue Greatest HitsÂ
WCAR DarkbloomÂ
FFDP Decade of DestructionÂ
Papa Roach Ego TripÂ
Wage War ManicÂ
Staind Break the CycleÂ
Breaking Benjamin PhobiaÂ
Alice In Chains MTV UnpluggedÂ
Skillet AwakeÂ
Dayseeker SleeptalkÂ
D.R.U.G.S. D.R.U.G.S.Â
Def Lep PyromaniaÂ
Shinedown ATTENTIONÂ
Metallica Kill âEm AllÂ
Zeppelin Physical GraffitiÂ
Falling In Reverse The DrugâŚÂ
TDWP Color DecayÂ
Limp Bizkit Chocolate StarfishÂ
Disturbed The SicknessÂ
Loveless Loveless IÂ
Slipknot IowaÂ
RATM Evil EmpireÂ
Motionless In White DisguiseÂ
Slipknot .5: The Gray ChapterÂ
Slipknot Vol. 3Â
Blink-182 Take Off YourâŚÂ
Smashing Pumpkins SiameseÂ
Slipknot We Are Not Your KindÂ
Deftones Koi No YokanÂ
Slipknot All Hope is GoneÂ
Deftones Diamond EyesÂ
ADTR Youâre WelcomeÂ
Greta Anthem of the PeacefulâŚ
Halestorm Back from the DeadÂ
Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary ManÂ
Avril Lavigne Let GoÂ
ICE NINE KILLS Silver ScreamÂ
Shinedown Threat to SurvivalÂ
Alestorm Seventh RumâŚÂ
Breaking Benjamin EmberÂ
Limp Bizkit STILL SUCKSÂ
A7X Avenged SevenfoldÂ
Disturbed ImmortalizedÂ
Deftones OhmsÂ
Chevelle Wonder Whatâs NextÂ
Alice In Chains FaceliftÂ
Korn RequiemÂ
Metallia LoadÂ
FFDP And Justice for NoneÂ
Pink Floyd The Division BellÂ
Skillet DominionÂ
Avenged Sevenfold Hail to the KingÂ
GNâR Use Your Illusion IIÂ
RATM The Battle of Los AngelesÂ
TOOL UndertowÂ
Slaughter To Prevail KostolomÂ
Our Last Night Empires Fall EP
SOAD MezmerizeÂ
Kid Rock CockyÂ
Dance Gavin Dance MothershipÂ
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