Megadeth Claim Their First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200 Chart After Nearly 40-Year Career
 | Mon, February 2, 2026 at 7:49 AM |
Megadeth has earned its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with its new self-titled release, which the band says will be its final studio album. The metal group's latest effort debuted at the top with 73,000 equivalent album units in the week ending January 29th, marking their best sales performance since chart tracking began in 2014. Physical sales drove most of the success at 69,000 copies, with 22,000 vinyl sales representing the band's strongest vinyl week since modern tracking started in 1991. The achievement comes after a 39-year wait since Megadeth first appeared on the chart in 1986 with Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? at No. 118. Their previous peak was No. 2 with 1992's Countdown to Extinction. Megadeth marks the first hard rock album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Sleep Token's Even in Arcadia debuted atop the chart in May 2025.
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The rest of the Top 10 features Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem climbing two spots to No. 2, while Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving jumps up four slots to reclaim its previous peak of No. 3, as Zach Bryan's With Heaven on Top moves up one place to No. 4, and A$AP Rocky's Don't Be Dumb falls to No. 5 after debuting at No. 1 last week. Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl climbs two spots to No. 6, and YoungBoy Never Broke Again's Slime Cry slips one slot to No. 7. The Top 10 is rounded out by three former No. 1s, as the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack moves up one spot to No. 8, while Bad Bunny's DeB TiRAR M S FOToS falls six places to No. 9, and SZA's SOS rises one slot to No. 10.
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