[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

It's looking like Judas Priest are heading for their highest ever album chart placing. Currently the band are at number two having sold double the amount of the act at # 3.

1 Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (18,885) [9,292 physicals, 8,905 streaming, 688 downloads] *

2 Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (10,136) *

Invincible Shield easily achieved their highest placing to date at number two.

Fifty-five years after they first convened in Birmingham in 1969, fifty years after their introductory album Rocka Rolla failed to chart and 44 years since their previous top placing, veteran heavy metal campaigners Judas Priest rack up their 18th chart album, fourth Top 10 entry and highest-charting set to date with 19th studio album Invincible Shield scorching to a No.2 debut on consumption of 18,001 units, while easily topping the physical sales chart (17,396 sales). Currently a quintet, their ranks still include guitarist Glenn Tipton (78), bassist Ian Hill (72) and vocalist Rob Halford (72), all of whom were in place prior to their recording debut, although Halford did go solo for a while. Invincible Shield also debuts at No.7 in Japan, while in Germany it is their 23rd chart album and first No.1 dethroning fellow UK heavy metal legend Bruce Dickinson?s The Mandrake Project.

It is the first instance of British acts debuting at No.1 for two weeks in a row in Germany since Dickinson?s band, Iron Maiden toppled Motorhead from the chart summit in 2015.

People may want to listen to the likes of Ariana Grande but they don't actually want to buy her music.