List of hard rock and metal albums that reached number one in the Swiss charts

The list of hard rock and metal albums that reached number one in the German charts includes music albums from the hard rock and metal genres that took top position in the Swiss charts determined by GfK Entertainment . All types of music albums such as studio albums, live albums, compilations or soundtracks are included. So far 98 metal and hard rock albums have reached number one in the Swiss album charts.

List of number one albums

year	title	Art	Artist	Weeks in 1st place	Weeks on the charts	Award
1984	Perfect Strangers	St.	Deep Purple	3	84
1985	Agent provocateur	St.	/ Foreigner	5	24
1986	The final countdown	St.	Europe	2	37
	In the Army Now	St.	Status quo	6th	27
1987	Slippery When Wet	St.	Bon Jovi	1	35	2 × platinum
1988	New Jersey	St.	Bon Jovi	2	25th	platinum
1990	Recycler	St.	ZZ top	5	26th	platinum
1991	Metallica	St.	Metallica	1	34	2 × platinum
1992	Greatest hits	Ko.	ZZ top	1	26th	platinum
	Adrenalize	St.	Def Leppard	5	26th	platinum
1993	Are you gonna go my way	St.	Lenny Kravitz	4th	29	platinum
	Get a grip	St.	Aerosmith	3	64	gold
1994	Dial hard	St.	Gotthard	5	23	platinum
	Cross Road - The Best of	Ko.	Bon Jovi	6th	55	4 × platinum
1995	These Days	St.	Bon Jovi	2	19th	3 × platinum
	Circus	St.	Lenny Kravitz	1	12	gold
	Ball breaker	St.	AC / DC	3	16	gold
1996	G.	St.	Gotthard	5	24	platinum
	Load	St.	Metallica	1	16	gold
1997	Destination Anywhere	St.	Jon Bon Jovi	2	17th
	D-Frosted	Li.	Gotthard	4th	37	2 × platinum
1999	Open	St.	Gotthard	6th	29	2 × platinum
2000	Crush	St.	Bon Jovi	6th	39	3 × platinum
2001	Home run	St.	Gotthard	6th	48	3 × platinum
	mother	St.	Rammstein	2	32	2 × platinum
	One Wild Night Live 1985-2001	Li.	Bon Jovi	1	22nd	platinum
2002	One Life, One Soul - Best of Ballads Homerun	Ko.	Gotthard	6th	41	2 × platinum
	By the way	St.	Red hot chili peppers	7th	51	2 × platinum
2003	Rock the block	St.	crocus	1	11	gold
	Human Zoo	St.	Gotthard	4th	35	2 × platinum
	Meteora	St.	Linkin Park	2	58	platinum
	The Golden Age of Grotesque	St.	Marilyn Manson	1	19th	gold
	Dead letters	St.	The Rasmus	4th	41	platinum
2004	Live in Hyde Park	Li.	Red hot chili peppers	1	13	gold
	One Team, One Spirit (The Very Best)	Ko.	Gotthard	1	26th	2 × platinum
	Journey, journey	St.	Rammstein	1	40	platinum
2005	Mezmerize	St.	System of a Down	1	20th	gold
	Lip service	St.	Gotthard	1	39	platinum
	Have a nice day	St.	Bon Jovi	1	25th	platinum
2006	Made in Switzerland	Li.	Gotthard	1	33	platinum
	Arcadium Stadium	St.	Red hot chili peppers	5	45	2 × platinum
	The open door	St.	Evanescence	1	26th	platinum
2007	Domino Effect	St.	Gotthard	2	34	platinum
	Minutes to Midnight	St.	Linkin Park	2	52	2 × platinum
	Lost Highway	St.	Bon Jovi	5	18th	platinum
	Dark Passion Play	St.	Nightwish	1	28	gold
2008	It is time for a love revolution	St.	Lenny Kravitz	2	34	gold
	All Hope Is Gone	St.	Slipknot	1	10
	Death Magnetic	St.	Metallica	3	20th	platinum
	Black Ice	St.	AC / DC	1	46	4 × platinum
	Chinese Democracy	St.	Guns N 'Roses	1	13
2009	Need to believe	St.	Gotthard	1	33	platinum
	Love is there for everyone	St.	Rammstein	2	30th
	The Circle	St.	Bon Jovi	1	16	gold
2010	Hoodoo	St.	crocus	1	25th	platinum
	Iron man 2	So.	AC / DC	2	24	platinum
	The Final Frontier	St.	Iron Maiden	1	11	gold
	A Thousand Suns	St.	Linkin Park	1	47	gold
	Heaven - Best of Ballads Part 2	Ko.	Gotthard	1	36	2 × platinum
2011	Wasting light	St.	Foo fighters	1	27	gold
	Black and White America	St.	Lenny Kravitz	1	21st	gold
	I'm with you	St.	Red hot chili peppers	1	24	platinum
2012	Firebirth	St.	Gotthard	1	24	gold
	Living Things	St.	Linkin Park	1	53	platinum
2013	Dirty Dynamite	St.	crocus	1	21st	platinum
	Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies	St.	Volbeat	1	22nd
	13	St.	Black Sabbath	3	21st	gold
2014	Bang!	St.	Gotthard	2	26th	gold
	The Hunting Party	St.	Linkin Park	1	23	gold
	Origins	St.	Eluveitie	1	12
	World on Fire	St.	Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators	1	10
	5: The Gray Chapter	St.	Slipknot	1	12
	Rock or Bust	St.	AC / DC	7th	49	2 × platinum
2015	The Pale Emperor	St.	Marilyn Manson	1	10
	Venom	St.	Bullet for My Valentine	1	5
	The Book of Souls	St.	Iron Maiden	1	24
2016	Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie	St.	Volbeat	1	24
	The Getaway	St.	Red hot chili peppers	2	30th	gold
	The Last Stand	St.	Sabaton	1	9
	Memento	St.	Böhse Onkelz	1	11
	Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct	St.	Metallica	1	20th
2017	Silver	St.	Gotthard	2	21st
	Big rocks	St.	crocus	2	14th	gold
	inFinite	St.	Deep Purple	1	14th
	One more light	St.	Linkin Park	1	26th
	Villains	St.	Queens of the Stone Age	1	13
2018	Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino	St.	Arctic Monkeys	1	7th
	And Justice for None	St.	Five Finger Death Punch	1	14th
	Living the dream	St.	Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators	1	7th
	Simulation theory	St.	muse	1	18th
2019	Distance over time	St.	Dream theater	1	7th
	Berserk	St.	Amon Amarth	1	15th
	Rammstein	St.	Rammstein	2	...
	The Great War	St.	Sabaton	1	...
	Rewind, replay, rebound	St.	Volbeat	1	...
	Walk the sky	St.	Alter Bridge	1	...
2020	Böhse Onkelz	St.	Böhse Onkelz	1	...
	# 13	St.	Gotthard	1	...

• Compilation (Ko.)
• Live album (left)
• Soundtrack (Sun.)
• Studio album (St.)

Albums by number

Artist number Artist 17th Gotthard 9 Bon Jovi 6th Linkin Park Red hot chili peppers 4th AC / DC Lenny Kravitz Metallica crocus Rammstein 3 Volbeat 2 Böhse Onkelz Deep Purple Iron Maiden Marilyn Manson Slipknot ZZ top 1 26 artists

nation number nation 48  United States 22nd  Switzerland 10  United Kingdom 6th  Germany 4th  Australia  Sweden 3  Denmark 2  Finland

Album type number Art 87 Studio albums 5 Compilations 4th Live albums 1 Soundtracks

See also

• List of number one hits in Switzerland
• List of rap albums that reached number one in the Swiss charts
• List of rap songs that reached number one in the Swiss charts
• List of soundtrack albums that reached number one in the Swiss charts

Web links

• hitparade.ch