Streaming Equivalents (Finally)
Hard Rock, Metal & Punk(ish) Sales & Streaming Equivalents
Happy New Year!
Kicking off 2026 with a roundup of 300 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) albums, combining traditional album sales and streaming equivalents.
It just so happens that they’ve recently modified the rules, too, which is to all of our collective advantage. Album equivalent units are now calculated using 1000:1 for premium streams and 2500:1 for ad-supported plays.
The numbers below combine physical and digital album sales and streaming equivalents. Note that all figures are for the USA only.
300 recent(ish) releases:
SLEEP TOKEN
Even In Arcadia
(RCA Records)
9,000 this week
632,000 total
Released: May 09, 2025
SLEEP TOKEN
Take Me Back To Eden
(Spinefarm Records)
7,000 this week
1,093,000 total
May 19, 2023
DEFTONES
Private Music
(Reprise Records)
6,000 this week
249,000 total
August 22, 2025
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
Breach
(Fueled By Ramen)
6,000 this week
391,000 total
September 12, 2025
HAYLEY WILLIAMS
Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
(Post Atlantic)
5,000 this week
153,000 total
November 07, 2025
MGK
lost americana
(Interscope/Geffen/A&M)
5,000 this week
239,000 total
August 08, 2025
PIERCE THE VEIL
The Jaws Of Life
(Fearless Records)
4,000 this week
413,000 total
February 09, 2023
FALLING IN REVERSE
Popular Monster
(Epitaph Records)
4,000 this week
1,132,000 total
August 16, 2024
YUNGBLUD
Idols
(Locomotion/Capitol)
3,000 this week
114,000 total
June 20, 2025
LINKIN PARK
From Zero
(Warner Records)
3,000 this week
550,000 total
August 02, 2024
SLEEP THEORY
Afterglow
(Epitaph)
3,000 this week
204,000 total
May 16, 2025
