Anthrax Scores First Top Hard Rock Albums No. 1 in 10 Years
Cursum Perficio follows For All Kings as rulers for the veteran rock act.
Anthrax's latest album, Cursum Perficio, has achieved a significant milestone by topping Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums chart for the first time in 10 years. The 12th studio album from the rockers debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated October 3. Cursum Perficio's success is marked by its impressive sales, with 22,000 equivalent album units reported in the United States during the week ending September 24.
This includes 21,000 copies sold as physical albums, placing the album at No. 4 on the Top Album Sales survey, and 8,000 in vinyl sales, which puts it at No. 7 on the Vinyl Albums chart.
Notably, this 10-year streak between No. 1s on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart surpasses the previous record set by 3 Doors Down, who claimed the top spot for 14 years after their success with The Greatest Hits in 2016. Anthrax's wait for a return to the top spot is the longest since Aerosmith's Greatest Hits package in 2023, which held the No. 1 position for 10 years and 10 months after reaching the top in 2012 with Music From Another Dimension!.
Cursum Perficio has also made an impact on the Billboard 200, starting at No. 27, marking Anthrax's seventh appearance in the top 40 on the all-genre chart. The band's previous best was their 1993 release Sound of White Noise, which peaked at No. 7. Anthrax has had 14 albums chart on the Billboard 200, beginning with their second release Spreading the Disease in 1985.
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