Babymetal Is 1st Japanese Act to Rank on Billboard’s U.S. Weekly Top 10 Albums – Interest

Japanese metal idol group Babymetal confirmed their latest album on Tuesday, Metal No. 4. After its debut on August 8, it ranked in the top ten in several rankings in the world. Metal No. 4 Ranked 3rd in Japan (Japanese Billboard), in Germany (Offizielle Charts), USA #9 (Billboard) and UK #17 (Official Rankings). Japanese advertising boards Famous Metal No. 4 It is the first Japanese album ever to enter the top ten on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.

The group posted a video message to thank fans for their support:

Billboard Report The album was awarded in the United States in units of 36,000 equivalent albums. 33,500 of them are full album sales, 2,500 from streaming equivalent albums (SEAs) that translated into 3.28 million official streams on demand, and the rest “negligible” comes from track equivalent albums (TEAs) or digital sales for a single track.

Billboard attributed to Metal No. 4 Its 15 vinyl variants (including two signature versions), six CD versions (5 of which are signatures), two Deluxe CD Box kits (one of which is signature), three cassettes, a standard digital download version and three luxury, extends the digital download version.

Other Japanese music performances arrive at Billboard 200 (but not in the top 10) is Hikaru Utada and KyūSakamoto. Utada saw Her 2004 album Exodus Reach #160 and 2009 albums This is a In #69. Utada’s 2019 song “Face My Fears” also hit #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 song rankings in February 2019. Sakamoto saw His 1963 album Sukiyaki and other Japanese hit songs On the 26th on the Billboard 200, his songs “Ue Wo Muite Aruko” (known in the United States as “Sukiyaki”) and “Shina no Yoru” were at the highest point and 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 song chart in June and September 1963, respectively.

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