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Nope. Slipknot, Nightwish, Whitesnake, Priest are all half the size of what Maiden is.

... but people didn't stream anyway.

Yesterday they were basically begging for album sales, I kind of saw this.

So this is the end...

Uk, 2nd. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/drake-clinches-fourth-number-1-on-official-albums-chart-with-certified-lover-boy__34009/

Norway, 5. Now, this one is heavy. I guess there are very few album stores there nowadays. https://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-40-album-2021-36/

#1 in Italy https://www.ironmaidenitalia.com/post/senjutsu-al-primo-posto-della-classifica-italiana

France, 2.

Netherlands, 2. https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=a

So far, #1 Germany (best selling album of 2021 already) #3 Australia (-1) Ireland (-1)

It disappoints me too. I would blame streaming, but they're definitely not doing well there too

Yes, even Bruce said that. It's funny because 5FDP can barely play small arenas in the US.

Maiden still ahead in the UK (41k copies vs 35k). Given that today is the last day, unless Drake starts promoting the album as hell Maiden has the first position in the UK.

He has something like 50 bilion streams for all his Spotify catalogue, wouldn't surprise me

I don't think he sold a single physical copy since it's a digital release only.

Since yesterday they sold only 2k copies in the UK. By friday they will probably be at 40/42k, which not only would be the worst result since TFF (44k) but they will lose the first spot too (Drake sold the equivalent to 5k in one day).

Turns out he was (almost) right!

We're still talking about projections, but given that in the UK they're at half of what BoS sold it can't be that from the truth. Honestly I never expected them to sell that less. Or less, for that matter. The promotions in the US was heavier than for other countries.

Maybe not. I think it's just that people don't buy albums anymore, and Maiden fans are not that much into digital stuff. Drake will sell the equivalent of 600k copies. And it takes something like 3k streams to make one copy. It's mindblowing.

That being said, 53k in the US in 2021 is probably equivalent to 100k in 2015.