Great presentation of data! Really puts their success in perspective. As a fan, I really appreciate Iron Maiden and their contribution to the music scene over the decades. I was born in 1983, but once discovered it took no time to do my catch up homework and start singing along to all of their songs. Eventually purchasing their albums, memorabilia, and tickets. Truly a once in a lifetime experience to be a fan, and feel a part of the legacy! 🤘

Top 10 metal acts (EAS) :

Metallica - 161m
Linkin Park - 88m
Iron Maiden - 88m
Black Sabbath - 79m
Judas Priest - 55m?
Ozzy Osbourne - 52m
Korn - 50m?
Limp Bizkit - 35m?
Evanescence - 30m
System Of A Down - 28m?

Metallica he already has 210m.

Selling so much in Japan and relatively little in the rest of Asia how do you explain it ?

Sounds plausible, but just wouldn't call metal anything bellow Ozzy nor Linkin Park. I think Megadeth might have sold about 30m or even more..

I think other countries were smaller markets for metal. Metal has never been very popular in China and India. But it is in Indonesia and the Phillipines.

Close to 25m :

Alice In Chains
Megadeth
Rage Against The Machine
Rammstein
Slipknot
Tool

Metallica excluded...

You think that Linkin Park, Evanescence or Limp Bizkit are more "metal" than AC/DC, who should be #1?

AC/DC is pure hard rock, not metal.

Top 5 hard rock bands :

Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Guns 'N Roses

I think it's kinda funny when you put AC/DC and Bon Jovi under the same category.

The iconic covers of Derek Riggs and the mascot Eddie I think have contributed to their notable success, as has the makeup for Kiss.

I would say that Iron Maiden fans are a bit of a fanatic, a great band but there are many others in the history of music, even at a more underground level.

According this site Metallica did not reach this score. Read it firstly.

I agree upperly. As a fan with almost twenty records, acts like King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Deep Purple, Cream, Hendrix, The Who are very more important but Iron Maiden gets being overestimated by metal media and their fans.

By the way, musicians from Iron Maiden as Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Janick Gers note those bands as stronger and more influential .