According to Billboard, MEGADETH has secured its first-ever first No. 1 album in the U.S. with the band’s final self-titled effort.

“Megadeth” debuted at the top of the chart after earning 73,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending January 29, according to Luminate.

MEGADETH also claims the top spot in Australia (highest previous position No. 2) and Austria (highest previous position No. 8). Other top five spots include No. 2 in Finland (and No. 1 physical), Sweden (plus No. 1 physical; highest previous position No. 9),and Belgium (highest previous position: No. 6); No. 3 in both the U.K. and Germany (highest previous position No. 6); No. 4 in the Netherlands (highest previous position No. 7); and No. 5 in both Italy (highest previous position No. 15) and New Zealand (highest chart position ever).

Mustaine says:

After 40 years of delivering MEGADETH music, playing shows around the world, I have nothing but gratitude at this moment. Finding out that our last MEGADETH record is also our first No. 1 only further validates my will to go out on top.

Thank you to my family, Teemu Mäntysaari, James LoMenzo, Dirk Verbueren and Chris Rakestraw, all our fans for making this possible. Without you MEGADETH would not be as successful as we are. I’d also like to thank the people behind the scenes, our management, Danny Nozell, Justis Mustaine, and Steve Ross at CTK, and our label BLKIIBLK/Tradecraft.

This recording is a labour of love, and I hope you enjoy this as much as we do. See you on tour soon!

MEGADETH’s previous top 10 entries on the Billboard 200 were “Countdown To Extinction” (No. 2, 1992),”Youthanasia” (No. 4, 1994),”Cryptic Writings” (No. 10, 1997),”United Abominations” (No. 8, 2007),”Endgame” (No. 9, 2009),”Super Collider” (No. 6, 2013) and “Dystopia” (No. 3, 2016).