Highest Charting Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

It has been one other banner yr in rock and metallic, as will be evidenced by a have a look at the highest charting albums of 2022. There is a wealth of acts who’ve positioned new albums contained in the Prime 40 of the Billboard 200 albums chart over the previous yr, and we have got a have a look at who positioned the place with their data within the gallery under.

There are even acts who doubled up in 2022. Pink Sizzling Chili Peppers turned the primary rock band in 17 years to put two albums at No. 1 throughout the identical calendar yr. Plus you additionally had Jack White double up with two Prime 10 data over the course of the previous yr.

Iconic acts similar to Slipknot, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Def Leppard and Korn continued to thrive, whereas Polyphia, Match for an Post-mortem, The Smile and Moist Leg made a mark on the chart for the newer technology of acts.

It must be famous that an artist’s chart place can generally be affected by the week an album comes out. As an example, Arctic Monkeys’ The Automotive coming in at No. 6 seems to be a bit extra spectacular when you think about it was issued in one of many yr’s busiest launch weeks that included Taylor Swift’s Midnights and a wealth of different large sellers, whereas albums launched earlier within the yr may not have had the identical competitors.

So head under and take a look at which rock and metallic acts had the best charting albums of 2022.