Judas Priest have scored their third No.1 Advertising signChart Top Hard Rock Albums Like Invincible Shield begins at the top of the ranking dated March 23.
Invincible Shield Bows with 25,000 equivalent albums won March 8-14 in the US, according to Luminate. Of that amount, 23,000 units come from album sales.
It is the first new No. 1 on Top Hard Rock Albums in 2024. each week since November 4, 2023 on the list, research conducted by Queen's Greatest Hits (as part of a 160-week run at the top of the rankings in all). The last new ruler was Beartooth's The surfacewhich debuted at No. 1 on October 28, 2023, chart.
Judas Priest's previous Top Hard Rock Albums leaders, which began in 2007, are from 2014 Redeemer of Souls and of 2018 Firepower.
At the same time, Invincible Shield debuts at No. 6 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and No. 4 on Top Rock Albums. On the all-format Billboard 200, it debuts at No. 18, the veteran rockers' 13th top 40 hit. they first arrived in that area when British Steel it reached No. 34 in 1980.
The lead single from Invincible Shield is “Crown of Horns,” which jumps 34-28 on Mainstream Rock Airplay. It's the band's first airplay appearance since “Lightning Strike” peaked at No. 21 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in 2018.
Its title track, “Invincible Shield,” also debuts on the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, Judas Priest's first entry (debut 2020), at No. 16. It has earned 621,000 official streams in the US.
