
When released two years spread, the album still took the top spot on the list of best selling hard rock and metal albums in 2010. The list was collected by Nielsen SoundScan the list seen below.
List of top ten best-selling hard rock and metal albums:
1. Nickelback, Dark Horse
2. Linkin Park, A Thousand Suns
3. AC/DC, Iron Man 2
4. Godsmack, The Oracle
5. Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare
6. Disturbed, Asylum
7. Breaking Benjamin, Dear Agony
8. Shinedown, The Sound of Madness
9. Them Crooked Vultures, Them Crooked Vultures
10. Jimi Hendrix, Valleys of Neptune