'Firepower' moved 49,000 equivalent album units in first week of release. Of that sum, 48,000 were in traditional album sales, just shy of the 54,000 copies sold by 'Angel Of Retribution' in that album's first week. The 'Firepower' chart position was bolstered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer in association with the band's current North American tour.

 

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

 

As previously reported, 'Firepower' landed at position No. 5 on the U.K. album chart. It marks the band's highest ranking, and first time in the Top 10, since 'British Steel' reached No. 4 in 1980. Elsewhere, 'Firepower' has also become PRIEST's first-ever No. 1 in Sweden.