Overview
- Megadeth’s self-titled LP debuts at No. 1 with 73,000 equivalent album units, including 69,000 in pure sales.
- Physical formats drove 56,000 sales, with 22,000 on vinyl, while streaming contributed about 4,000 SEA units.
- The campaign featured more than a dozen vinyl variants, a Target-exclusive CD bonus track, and a mid-week deluxe digital edition.
- It is the band’s first Billboard 200 topper after nearly four decades on the chart; their previous peak was No. 2 in 1992, with 23 total entries to date.
- The album also opened at No. 1 in Australia and Austria and posted top-five debuts in several European markets, according to label and trade reports.