MEGADETH: 'United Abominations' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 2

MEGADETH's latest CD, "United Abominations", has entered the Finnish album chart at position No. 2. View the chart at this location.

"United Abominations" first-week chart positions:

Finland: #2
Canada: #5
USA: #8
Austria: #17
Norway: #21
UK: #23
Australia: #23
Italy: #24
Germany: #28
Ireland: #31
Switzerland: #38
France: #40
Netherlands: #49

"United Abominations" sold around 54,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. This is more than the 46,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "The System Has Failed" (which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart),and is a bit less than the 61,000 opening number of 2001's "The World Needs A Hero" (No. 16).

(Thanks: Keke Lehikoinen)