Rammstein climbed to number one on the Billboard hard rock album charts with their current album ZEIT. The album grossed 21,000 equivalent album units (17,000 album sales) for the week of April 29 through May 5.
Already third number 1
It is not Rammstein’s first number 1 album in the United States: the band from Berlin has achieved this success for the third time in their career since they were founded in 1994.
For the first time in 2009, Rammstein achieved number 1 success in the Billboard US album charts in the hard rock genre. This was the week-long leader LOVE IS FOR EVERYONE. This was followed in 2019 by their album RAMMSTEIN – another week at #1. Remarkable numbers overseas considering the Billboard hard rock album charts have only been around since 2007.
At the same time, ZEIT starts at number 2 of the top rock albums and thus achieves the best ranking ever achieved by Rammstein. ZEIT peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200, making it the band’s third top 20 entry. She first appeared with SEHNSUCHT, which peaked at #45 in 1998.
In addition, ZEIT also took first place in Germany – in the cross-genre album charts. They continue their success story: Since their debut HERZELEID, seven of eight studio albums (since SEHNSUCHT in unbroken order) have gone to number one.