BABYMETAL Hit the US & UK Chart with their Metal Resistance!

| Artist | Posted by TokyoGirls'Update on Apr.07.2016

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Metal dance unit BABYMETAL’s new album “METAL RESISTANCE,” which went on simultaneous world release on April 1, ranked at #7 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart Top 100 (April 1 – April 7), the first such appearance in the history of Japanese artists. It’s also come out that they logged the highest merchandise sales in Wembley Arena’s history at their performance there on April 2. BABYMETAL is pounding out unprecedented numbers in the UK.

“METAL RESISTANCE,” their first new album in two years, got the #1 spot on the Oricon Albums Chart’s daily rankings on April 1, the same day the album went on sale worldwide, and also ranked at #2 on the weekly rankings. These results surpassed their previous album “BABYMETAL” by leaps and bounds. As they also ranked #1 on the iTunes Store weekly album rankings (March 28, 2016 – April 3, 2016), they are putting down great numbers in both the US and the UK.

In the US, they ranked #3 on the iTunes Store overall album chart and #1 on the metal album chart. They also ranked #1 on the Amazon USA album chart. In the UK, where on the 2nd (Saturday) they performed the first ever solo live show at Wembley Arena by a Japanese artist, they ranked #7 on the iTunes overall album chart and #1 on the metal album chart.

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On the 5th (US time), BABYMETAL became the first female Japanese artists to perform on popular US late-night talk show “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS. Stephen Colbert summed up the general public’s reaction to J-metal/J-pop band Babymetal about as well as anyone could: “I don’t know what I’m about to see, but I’m pretty excited about it!”
Cheers rang out when their name was announced at the beginning of the show, even amid the several other famous people who were slated to appear. They performed a live version of “Gimme chocolate!!” on the show, an unconventional but perfect choice that will go down in the history books.

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Metal Resistance [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Metal Resistance [Regular Edition]

Metal Resistance – iTunes

Official Links

BABYMETAL Official site: http://www.babymetal.jp/
BABYMETAL Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/babymetal_japan
BABYMETAL Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BABYMETAL.jp
BABYMETAL Official Instagram: https://instagram.com/babymetal_jpn/

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