Best Selling Rock/Metal/Prog & more from charts around the world

Indeed!

 

Austria's top 75 albums this week:

14- Kings of Leon (peak #1)
15- AC/DC (peak #1)
25- Paul Stanley
26- Nirvana (peak #13)
27- Saxon
32- Ringo Starr
35- Foo Fighters (peak #2)
37- Dire Straits (peak #1)
44- Volbeat (peak #1)
48- Eisbrecher (peak #4)
53- Ryan Adams
59- Rammstein (peak #1)
69- Edmund (peak #2) (pop rock)
75- Chris Cornell


VARIOUS:

5- Sting
73- Amy Winehouse (peak #1)


Kings of Leon:



Edmund:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MELeeW_lH2A

Saxon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-lstoVjnQ

Volbeat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irElLp4eG7I

 

Sweden and the top 60 albums this week:


6- Ulf Lindell
34- Neil Young
36- Fleetwood Mac (peak #18)
52- Håkan Hellström (peak #1 (pop rock)
53- Lars Winnerbäck (peak #1)
57- Dire Straits (peak #1)
59- Kent (peak #1)

VARIOUS:

2- First Aid Kit
12- Smith and Thell (peak #3)



Ulf Lindell:




Kent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wvip_QCag


First Aid Kit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBpA13H1t4

 

I really like that Edmund song. Think I'll dig a little further into them.

Saxon are getting a bit of grief for their new covers album over in the hard rock & metal thread but the songs I've heard have been well done. Their version of Toto's Hold The Line is fab, both true to the original and very Saxon.

 

Glad you enjoyed Edmund...it's well made pop rock which is nice to hear in this day and age.

I saw that about Saxon and thought people were being too hard on them. It' just good fun and something they can turn out without too much of a problem. I dug the Toto cover too and found it surprising!

By the way, there's a thread on #1 singles on Billboard for which I'm preparing a post. I'll of course mostly discuss #1 singles from Japan, Germany, Italy and anywhere else where there were some interesting #1 singles If you have any ideas, please let me know!

I will post that here too in case you or anyone else is interested

 

There was a question elsewhere about #1 singles on the Billboard charts. Singles charts in general are not breeding grounds for my musical preferences and that definitely goes for the US singles chart. If pressed for something at the top of the US singles charts in the last several years, We Are Young by Fun or Eilish's Bad Guy are fine but it's a low bar.

Rock fans may find it interesting to know that here have been a few recent #1 singles around the world which have featured rock of various kinds. A few months ago in 2021, Vasco Rossi had a #1 single in Italy with this tune which features Simone Sello doing extended Steve Morse inspired soloing which is very surprising on a #1 single anywhere:




Vasco topped the singles charts in 2013 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4pjP-jFIc


Vasco also topped the charts with 2 different songs in 2011 including this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgqdyN4-I4



Måneskin, the young superstar Italian rock group topped the charts in Italy for 6 weeks with this one in 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZjnfWx0cvw


Ligabue topped the Italian singles chart in 2010 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIfoWnH7QhQ




Now for Japan...in 2020, Luna Sea had a #1 single in Japan with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvDgjjGkIpc


Bish had this one in 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXiTwgkDAw


B'z had their record 49th straight #1 single with this rocking tune in 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqOYxaIu7Tw


Also in 2017, Mr. Children had this #1 single in Japan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kXE9FHQy9E


Koshi Inaba from B'z had this #1 single in 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krhKpVGUebQ


Also in 2016, Glay had this #1 single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyjsGstKHpg&list=PLwP9mXAxJjU2LU6V8YfOA3DbbEiIVjw3o


In 2015, B'z had this rocking #1 single, their 47th #1 in a row:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zWKogXzDoU


Then B'z had their 48th #1 single in a row in 2015 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_gAf4wP-I


Another rocking #1 for B'z in 2011:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1kdyKi1FM


And yet another #1 in 2011 for B'z:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmTNLZU-FDI


Radwimps had this #1 hit in 2011:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6XeGCNkSM


L'Arc-en-Ciel also in 2011:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrxRpaou3A


Maximum the Hormone in 2011 (make sure you listen all the way through lol):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YV6IJLoBv4



Bump of Chicken in 2010 with 3 different singles at #1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwCl11tyWP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVVQynaCOYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6pzZ_IGQAg


And Koshi Inaba with another #1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUeX-fTl04




In Germany, the Rolling Stones topped the charts in 2020 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNPNweSbp8


As did Die Ärzte also in 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PDHHdrm82I


Rammstein topped the German, Swiss and Hungarian singles charts with this monster tune in 2019 (when they also set the record for 13 albums and 9 singles simultaneously on the German charts):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQM1c-XCDc


Die Toten Hosen topped the German charts with this one in 2012:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j09hpp3AxIE



In Finland just a few weeks ago, this metalcore tune went #1 from Blind Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXEK-fc3_BU


And it was followed at the top of the charts by this one from the pop-rock band Haloo Helsinki!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzph6I2dVYE


Haloo Helsinki! also had a #1 in 2018 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ldI2XQLfY


And again in 2014 Haloo Halsinki! with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Gpj8hqFAk


Koti-Viikate-Teollisuus topped the charts in Finland in 2012 with this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwD5bOMVufk


Nightwish topped the Finnish singles chart in 2012 with this one, their 13th single to go #1 in Finland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upt8_tPYIl0


Nightwish topped the charts in Finland in 2011 with this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g8ykQLYnX0

 

By the way, you might also be interested in a bunch of the Latin American rock artists I've been talking about in another thread. Most of them have never been discussed on the forum and I think you'd find some of them to your liking!

Latin American rock


It starts with this post and continues on

 

From the Dutch top 100 albums this week:

9- Ben Howard
15- Evanescence
22- Neil Young
37- Louis Tomlinson (peak #22) (pop rock)
43- Di-rect (peak #2) (pop rock)
49- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
51- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
67- Bløf (peak #1)
82- Dire Straits (peak #1)
85- Imagine Dragons (peak #2) (pop rock)
89- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
94- Balthazar (peak #21) (pop rock)


VARIOUS:

34- Danny Vera (peak #4) (Americana pop)
42- Nick & Simon (peak #1)
47- Danny Vera (peak #1) (Americana pop)


Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAa5woluuM

Ben Howard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V2G7lUWVXU

Nick & Simon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D42v7rjXWiI

 

From this week's top 50 Australian albums chart:

1- Skeggs
3- Evanescence
15- Elton John (peak #3)
17- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
18- Tomahawk
19- Tame Impala (peak #4)
24- Spacey Jane (peak #2)
35- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
37- INXS (peak #1)
38- Queen (peak #1)
43- Lime Cordiale (peak #1)

VARIOUS

49- Ben Mastwyk


Skegss:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSwW3a3PzEQ

Tomahawk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tAJuKu04R8

Ben Mastwyk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaCPYcfRhpQ

 

From the Italian top 100 albums this week:

3- Maneskin (peak #1)
15- Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (peak #2) (pop rock)
18- Colapesce Dimartino (peak #3) (pop rock)
20- Evanescence
23- Maneskin (peak #1)
26- Pinguini Tattici Nucleari (peak #2) (pop rock)
35- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
37- Fulminacci (pop rock) (peak #5)
49- Arctic Monkeys (peak #4)
56- Maneskin (peak #3)
57- Ligabue (peak #1)
67- La Rappresentante di Lista (peak #5)(progressive pop.rock)
73- Nirvana (peak #20)
74- Franco Battiato (peak #5)
81- Louis Tomlinson (peak #12)
82- Pink Floyd (peak #4)
85- Joe Strummer


Evanescence:



Adrian Smith/ Richie Kotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTl8YNXLtE

Måneskin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1odfjtMoo

Joe Strummer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcMzySHvD_4

Franco Battiato:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URZiC9uRML4

 

Cheers. I'll have a little look through!

 

From the UK top 100 albums this week:

1- Ben Howard
4- Evanescence
9- Queen (peak #1)
11- Fleetwood Mac (peak #5)
15- Elton John (peak #5)
17- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
20- Oasis (peak #1)
21- Fleetwood Mac (peak #1)
23- Joe Strummer
27- The Dust Coda
29- Neil Young
30- Oasis (peak #1)
35- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
40- Kings of Leon (peak #1)
43- Beatles (peak #1)
46- Foo Fighters (peak #4)
50- David Bowie (peak #5)
51- Arctic Monkeys (peak #1)
52- Foo Fighters (peak #1)
68- Elvis (peak #2)
74- Red Hot Chili Peppers (peak #4)
77- Oasis (peak #1)
83- Killers (peak #5)
85- Green Day (peak #22)
93- Guns N Roses (peak #1)
98- Dire Straits (peak #20)
99- Nirvana (peak #5)


VARIOUS:

6- Floating Points/ Pharoah Sanders
62- First Aid Kit
76- Amy Winehouse (peak #1)


The Dust Coda:



Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIshEEF_qNM

Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJEZgUjjZqM

Floating Points/ Pharoah Sanders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEjnkwnluWc

Ben Howard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V2G7lUWVXU

 

From Japan's weekly top 50 album list this week:

5- Kazuyoshi Saito
8- Afterglow
13- Alexandros
17- Tempalay
27- go! go! vanillas
34- Souma Saito (pop rock)
36- OLDCODEX
40- Evanescence


Tempalay:




Kazuyoshi Saito:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziWnRj8MeMw


go! go! vanillas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxpH7NdbnYA


Souma Saito:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24i5Q5UuVM


Alexandros:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdps8CHhZF4

 

I decided to make a separate thread about #1 rock singles around the world in recent years so for anyone who might be interested, here's the link:


Rock topping the singles chart around the world in recent years

 

You'd never believe rock had quite a foothold in the UK charts if you followed the media. Good to see.

I don't know The Dust Coda at all. Com;etely new name to me. Decent song. Doesn't necessarily get me rushing out to buy their album but I might try and catch them live, if they come anywhere near me.

I have bought the Smith/Kotzen album. It's the sound of two connsumate professionals having a blast. Thoroughly enjoying it.

Not quite sure what to make of Ben Howard. He reminds me of a lot of the talented, if earnest, singer-songwriters who perform at open-mics I attend but I don't understand what he's got that's elevated him, rather than others, to star status. A combination of drive, luck and good management, I suppose. Still better him at #1 than another dance troupe miming to backbeats.

 

Germany's top 100 albums this week:

2- Evanescence
4- Kärbholz
5- Niedeckens BAP
6- dArtagnan
9- Memoriam
12- Neil Young
13- Adrian Smith/ Richie Kotzen
14- Bloodhound Gang
19- Ben Howard
23- Eisbrecher (peak #1)
24- Volbeat
25- AC/DC (peak #1)
27- Joe Strummer
28- Suzi Quatro
39- Dire Straits (peak #11)
45- Die Ärzte (peak #1)
46- Foo Fighters (peak #6)
47- Tame Impala
52- Sanguisugabogg
55- Alice Cooper (peak #1)
58- Schreng Schreng & La La
59- Kings of Leon (peak #4)
64- Lamb of God (peak #7)
70- Evergrey (peak #12)
72- Rammstein (peak #1)
73- Devin Townsend
74- Neil Young & Crazy Horse (peak #7)
76- Queen (peak #1)
79- Linkin Park (peak #2)
82- Pink Floyd (peak #5)
87- Faith No More (peak #27)
88- Nirvana (peak #3)
89- Blackmore's Night (peak #7)
90- Black Crowes (peak #30)
97- Thunder (peak #9)
98- Saxon (peak #10)
99- Pink Floyd (peak #1)


VARIOUS:

16- Sting (peak #2)
31- First Aid Kit
50- Celeste (peak #6)
53- Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders
83- Buena Vista Social Club (peak #1)


Devin Townsend:




Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOyeowWVwN8


dArtagnan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxZkrbKPVJw


Sanguisugabogg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjTa3tmsHNQ


Niedeckens BAP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMe-yltV1xU

 

From Portugal's top 50:

5- Moonspell (peak #1)
7- The Doors (peak
9- AC/DC (peak #1)
11- Foo Fighters (peak #1)
12- Bruce Springsteen (peak #1)
13- Kings of Leon (peak #2)
14- Pink Floyd (peak #8)
15- Ornatos Violeta (peak #5)
16- Pearl Jam (peak #12)
17- Dire Straits (peak #
19- Led Zeppelin (peak #9)
20- Capitão Fausto (peak #1) (pop rock)
21- Queen (peak #6)
22- Queen (peak #8)
23- Arcade Fire
25- Fleetwood Mac
27- Led Zeppelin (peak #15)
29- Pink Floyd (peak #3)
32- Radiohead (peak #6)
36- Nick Cave (peak #2)
39- Beatles (peak #1)
40- The Doors
41- Pink Floyd
42- Nirvana (peak #1)
47- Janis Joplin
49- Jeff Buckley (peak #15)
50- Pink Floyd (peak #25)

VARIOUS:

3- Sting
6- Carlos Do Carmo (peak #1)
8- Mariza (peak #1)
30- Sérgio Godinho (peak #4)
37- Os Quatro e Meia (peak #1)


Ornatos Violeta:



Mariza:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiEkEC-EdTo

Moonspell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW_UcOJaaSI

 

Finland's latest weekly chart from the top 50 albums:

13- Stam1na (peak #1)
18- Evanescence
20- Arttu Wiskari (peak #1) (pop rock)
22- Lauri Tähkä (peak #1) (pop rock)
24- Hurriganes (peak #2)
27- Sielun Veljet
30- Litku Klemetti (peak #9) (pop rock)
41- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
42- Rammstein (peak #1)
46- Haloo Helsinki! (peak #2)
48- Metallica (peak #4)
50- Mother Mother (peak #32)


VARIOUS:

4-Yona



Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:




Yona:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4mNZFrfAY


Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSwW3a3PzEQ


Sielun Veljet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M_aA5UuEhU


Remu & Hurriganes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdMP4bq_qss

 

Switzerland and rock on the top 100 albums this week:

1- Evanescence
8- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
22- dArtagnan
24- Suzi Quatro
27- AC/DC (peak #1)
28- Neil Young
31- Kärbholz
33- Foo Fighters (peak #1)
34- Tomahawk
35- Krokus (peak #1)
36- Memoriam
41- Feu! Chatterton (peak #9)
43- Megawatt (peak #6)
49- Joe Strummer
57- Nirvana (peak #2)
58- Thunder (peak #10)
61- Kings of Leon (peak #3)
63- Alice Cooper (peak #3)
64- Saxon (peak #12)
65- Bon Jovi (peak #3)
68- Metalite
76- Andrea Bignasca (peak #10)
77- Niedeckens BAP (peak #9)
80- Eisbrecher (peak #11)
81- Ben Howard
83- Måneskin (peak #13)
88- Black Diamonds (peak #3)
89- Indochine (peak #9 (pop rock)
95- Wheel
98- Bloodhound Gang
99- AnnenMayKantereit (peak #6)

VARIOUS:

14- Sting (peak #7)
30- First Aid Kit
54- Zucchero (peak #1)
59- Celeste (peak #6)
74- Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders
82- Amy Winehouse (peak #1)
100- Brandão Faber Hunger (peak #2)


Wheel:




Metalite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Rw8y9tXNY


Tomahawk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHWC8GLJq0


Memoriam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qpxQ4QPwxE


Kärbholz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m42FfjyWF0

 

From Spain's top 100 albums this week:


16- Evanescence
18- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
27- Izal (peak #2)
32- Dani Martin (peak #1) (pop rock)
33- Izal
34- Izal (peak #2)
43- Louis Tomlinson (peak #4) (pop rock)
45- Leiva (peak #1)
47- Joan Miquel Oliver
53- Izal (peak #8)
54- AC/DC (peak #1)
59- Neil Young
62- Joe Strummer
66- Taburete (peak #12)
76- Bruce Springsteen (peak #2)
83- 5 Seconds of Summer (peak #4) (pop rock)
84- La Oreja de Van Gogh (peak #1) (pop rock)
85- Joan Manuel Serrat (peak #54)
95- Travis Birds
98- Ryan Adams
99- Queen (peak #2)


VARIOUS:

17- Rozalen (peak #1)
46- Sole Giménez
80- Rozalen (peak #5)
93- Sting (peak #29)


Travis Birds:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAa5woluuM

Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTl8YNXLtE

Sole Giménez:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vigOeMdLSCE

Joan Miquel Oliver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOcakLN8rA

 

The French top 100 albums chart this week:

17- Gaëtan Roussel (peak #7) (pop rock)
29- Feu! Chatterton (peak #4)
34- Evanescence
43- Queen (peak #7)
46- Indochine (peak #1) (pop rock)
49- Calogero (peak #1) (pop rock)
53- Indochine (peak #1) (pop rock)
56- Queen (peak #3)
70- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
72- Neil Young
84- AC/DC (peak #1)
89- Jérémy Frérot (peak #29) (pop rock)
92- Francis Cabrel (peak #1)


VARIOUS:

11- Sting (peak #5)
79- Melody Gardot (peak #2)
87- Pomme (peak #13)
96- Serge Gainsbourg (peak #19)


Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSwW3a3PzEQ

Feu! Chatterton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibG5NiqOWe0

Gaëtan Roussel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeDurxKaJVg

Jérémy Frérot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL6QGrOmNik

 

A lot of new rock and other music out there on the charts, much of which has never even been mentioned once on here. I hope some of you check some of it out and share your thoughts...

 

Austria's top 75 albums this week:

5- Evanescence
11- Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen
17- AC/DC (peak #1)
25- Kings of Leon (peak #1)
34- Foo Fighters (peak #2)
41- Nirvana (peak #13)
44- Bloodhound Gang
58- Memoriam
60- Kärbholz
64- Edmund (peak #2) (pop rock)
67- Volbeat (peak #1)
73- Dire Straits (peak #1)
75- Joe Strummer


VARIOUS:

7- Sting (peak #5)
68- Amy Winehouse (peak #1)


Adrian Smith/Richie Kotzen:



Evanescence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAa5woluuM


Memoriam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goDKHYj-UFY


Edmund:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MELeeW_lH2A


Kärbholz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m42FfjyWF0

 

Denmark and this week's top 40 album chart:

18- Jung (peak #3) (pop rock)
29- Kim Larsen (peak #2) (pop rock)
34- Kim Larsen (peak #1) (pop rock)


Jung:

 

From Japan's weekly top 50 album list this week:


7- Spyair
11- Hanaregumi (pop rock)
20- Alexandros
33- Kazuyoshi Saito (peak #5)
40- Afterglow (peak #8)
43- Lacco Tower



Spyair:




Lacco Tower:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYK8ux5cr0I


Kazuyoshi Saito:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziWnRj8MeMw


Alexandros:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdps8CHhZF4


Afterglow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn5MvU-NctM