The top selling Rock album, based on overall equivalent album units, is Metallica’s latest album ‘Hardwired…. To Self-Destruct’, which has sold over 500.000 copies. In this same chart, Twenty One Pilots is second with 451.000 copies sold and Panic! At The Disco is on the 6th place with 281.000 sales. Gorillaz have conquered the 7th place with their latest album ‘Humanz’, with a total of 274.000 sales. Remarkable is that Twenty One Pilots are on number 10 again with their previous album ‘Vessel’, which has 216.000 sales in 2017 alone, eventhough it’s a rather old record.
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 Rock Albums (Based on Overall Equivalent Album Units)
1. Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (540,000)
2. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (451,000)
3. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (353,000)
4. Imagine Dragons, Evolve (345,000)
5. Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album (303,000)
6. Panic! at the Disco, Death of a Bachelor (281,000)
7. Gorillaz, Humanz (274,000)
8. John Mayer, The Search for Everything (259,000)
9. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (233,000)
10. Twenty One Pilots, Vessel (216,000)
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Rock Albums
1. Metallica, Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (487,000)
2. Soundtrack, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix, Vol. 2 (351,000)
3. Gorillaz, Humanz (184,000)
4. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface (177,000)
5. John Mayer, The Search for Everything (169,000)
6. Linkin Park, One More Light (130,000)
7. Panic! at the Disco, Death of a Bachelor (113,000)
8. Imagine Dragons, Evolve (109,000)
9. Soundtrack, Suicide Squad: The Album (101,000)
10. The Rolling Stones, Blue & Lonesome (92,000)
When we’re looking at rock songs’ digital sales, Linkin Park are second with their popular single ‘Heavy’ featuring Kiiara. This single has been sold 361.000 times! Twenty One Pilots are on this list twice, with ‘Heathens’ on 4 with 329.000 sales, and again on 10 with ‘Stressed Out’ on 142.000 sales.
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Rock Songs
1. Imagine Dragons, “Believer” (905,000)
2. Linkin Park featuring Kiiara, “Heavy” (361,000)
3. Fitz and The Tantrums, “Handclap” (334,000)
4. Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” (329,000)
5. Rag’N’Bone Man, “Human” (248,000)
6. Kaleo, “Way Down We Go” (219,000)
7. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (211,000)
8. The Revivalists, “Wish I Knew You” (147,000)
9. X Ambassadors, “Unsteady” (114,000)
10. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (142,000)
When we’re looking at song STREAMS, Twenty One Pilots are undeniably and absolutely crushing it: They’re on numer 1, 3 & 4 with their singles ‘Heathens’, ‘Stressed Out’ and ‘Ride’.
A few additional charts can be checked out below!
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Song Streams (Audio and Video Combined)
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” (185,682,000)
2. Imagine Dragons, “Believer” (158,035,000)
3. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (124,508,000)
4. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (105,244,396)
5. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons With Logic & Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors, “Sucker for Pain” (102,893,000)
6. Passenger, “Let Her Go” (80,594,000)
7. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (75,330,000)
8. Panic! at the Disco, “Death of a Bachelor” (67,811,000)
9. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (67,132,000)
10. Fitz and The Tantrums, “Handclap” (65,665,000)
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Audio Streams
1. Imagine Dragons, “Believer” (105,410,000)
2. Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” (75,247,000)
3. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (62,972,000)
4. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (59,918,000)
5. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons With Logic & Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors, “Sucker for Pain” (53,041,000)
6. Coldplay, “Hymn for the Weekend” (47,045,000)
7. Panic! at the Disco, “Death of a Bachelor” (46,505,000)
8. James Bay, “Let It Go” (46,052,000)
9. Fitz and The Tantrums, “Handclap” (45,870,000)
10. X Ambassadors, “Unsteady” (44,167,000)
2017’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Rock Video Streams
1. Twenty One Pilots, “Heathens” (110,435,000)
2. Twenty One Pilots, “Stressed Out” (64,591,000)
3. Imagine Dragons, “Believer” (52,624,000)
4. Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons With Logic & Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors, “Sucker for Pain” (49,852,000)
5. Passenger, “Let Her Go” (48,863,000)
6. Twenty One Pilots, “Ride” (42,273,000)
7. Smash Mouth, “All Star” (38,790,000)
8. Fall Out Boy, “Centuries” (37,408,000)
9. Disturbed, “The Sound of Silence” (36,544,000)
10. Imagine Dragons, “Radioactive” (36,510,000)
