Slowdive, Polaris, Escape The Fate

First Week Album Sales, New RIAA Certifications, Spotify Charts

Polaris 📸: Polaris Facebook

In This Issue:

Slowdive, Royal Blood, Jeff Rosenstock, Polaris, Primal Fear, Marduk, Eclipse, Stitched Up Heart, Empire State Bastard, Escape The Fate, and more first-week sales, plus updates on dozens of hard rock, metal, and punk(ish) albums.

Linkin Park, Deftones, Metallica, and this week’s top Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) artists on Spotify in the USA and around the world.

New RIAA certifications for 311, Ghost, and Pearl Jam.¹

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Recent Signings ✍🏻

• The Almost, Emery, Further Seems Forever, Madina Lake, Norma Jean, Sugarcult w/ Reliant Talent Agency 

• Chris Foitel (ex-Epitaph, Fearless, Atlantic) w/ AWAL as SVP A&R 

• Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes & Matt Magen w/ Another Management Co. 

• Crime In Stereo & Knuckle Puck w/ Pure Noise Records 

• Demi Lovato w/ Brandon Creed at Good World Management 

• He Is Legend w/ Flip A Switch 

• Jason Parent (nothing, nowhere., Modern Baseball) w/ Sound Talent Group 

• Mannequin Pussy w/ YMU Group 

• Skyler Acord w/ Passion Eight Records 

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New RIAA Certifications 🏆

311 
“Amber” 
Volcano (2001) 
3x PLATINUM 

311 
“Beautiful Disaster” 
Volcano (1997) 
PLATINUM 

311 
“Down”
Volcan (1995) 
PLATINUM 

311 
“Love Song” 
Volcano (2004) 
PLATINUM 

GHOST 
“Mary On A Cross” 
Loma Vista (2019) 
PLATINUM 

PEARL JAM 
“Daughter” 
Epic (1993) 
PLATINUM 

PEARL JAM 
“Elderly Woman…” 
Epic (1993) 
GOLD 

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Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🌎

Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish) 

1. Linkin Park (No. 69 overall) 

2. Queen (No. 76 overall) 

3. Metallica (No. 124) 

4. Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 126) 

5. Måneskin (No. 148) 

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Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🇺🇸 

Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish) 

1. Linkin Park (No. 82) 

2. Deftones (No. 96) 

3. Fall Out Boy (No. 97) 

4. Metallica (No. 115) 

5. Queen (No. 133) 

6. Nirvana (No. 137) 

7. Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 145) 

8. Paramore (No. 153) 

9. Green Day (No. 161) 

10. AC/DC (No. 184) 

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ESCAPE THE FATE 

Escape The Fate 📸: EscapeTheFate.com

3.2M Monthly Spotify Listeners 
293k Monthly Pandora Listeners 

3.3M Facebook Followers 
1.2M Spotify Followers 
426k YouTube Subs 
391k Twitter Followers 
263k Instagram Followers 

First Week Album Sales 🇺🇸
200 - Out of the Shadows (2023) 
1300 - Chemical Warfare (2021) 
3600 - I Am Human (2018) 
8400 - Hate Me (2015) 
17,000 - Ungrateful (2013) 
18,000 - Escape The Fate (2010) 
13,000 - This War is Ours (2008) 
4100 - Dying is Your Latest Fashion (2006) 

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POLARIS 

1.5M Monthly Spotify Listeners 
14k Monthly Pandora Listeners 

248k Spotify Followers 
163k Instagram Followers 
113k Facebook Followers 
32k Twitter Followers 

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Album Sales 🇺🇸

CD, LP, Paid Digital