Megadeth / discography

This discography is an overview of the musical works of American Metal - band Megadeth . It consists of 15 studio albums , seven live albums , six compilations , three EPs and 43 singles . The band has sold over 25 million records worldwide, including over 6.8 million in their home country alone. The most successful release from Megadeth is the album Countdown to Extinction with over 2.4 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1985	Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! Combat Records	DE35 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US169 (1 week) US	First published: June 12, 1985
1986	Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? Capitol Records	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US76 platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: September 19, 1986
1988	So Far, So Good… So What! Capitol Records	DE27 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH28 (2 weeks) CH	UK18th silver (5 weeks)UK	US28 platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: January 19, 1988
1990	Rust in Peace Capitol Records	DE21 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH29 (2 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (4 weeks)UK	US23 platinum (30 weeks)US	First published: September 24, 1990
1992	Countdown to Extinction Capitol Records	DE15 (20 weeks) DE	AT12 (10 weeks) AT	CH16 (7 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (8 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (58 weeks)US	First published: July 14, 1992
1994	Youthanasia Capitol Records	DE13 (11 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	CH32 (8 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (6 weeks)UK	US4th platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: October 31, 1994
1997	Cryptic Writings Capitol Records	DE22 (6 weeks) DE	AT30 (5 weeks) AT	CH45 (5 weeks) CH	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	US10 gold (29 weeks)US	First published: June 17, 1997
1999	Risk Capitol Records	DE38 (3 weeks) DE	AT34 (4 weeks) AT	CH-CH	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	US16 (8 weeks) US	First published: August 31, 1999
2001	The World Needs a Hero Sanctuary Records	DE36 (2 weeks) DE	AT59 (2 weeks) AT	CH94 (2 weeks) CH	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	US16 (6 weeks) US	First published: May 15, 2001
2004	The System Has Failed Sanctuary Records	DE29 (3 weeks) DE	AT43 (2 weeks) AT	CH57 (2 weeks) CH	UK60 (1 week) UK	US18 (5 weeks) US	First published: September 14, 2004
2007	United Abominations Roadrunner Records	DE28 (3 weeks) DE	AT17 (3 weeks) AT	CH38 (2 weeks) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	US8 (6 weeks) US	First published: May 14, 2007
2009	Endgame Roadrunner Records	DE21 (3 weeks) DE	AT22 (2 weeks) AT	CH32 (3 weeks) CH	UK24 (2 weeks) UK	US9 (8 weeks) US	First published: September 9, 2009
2011	Th1rt3en Roadrunner Records	DE25 (2 weeks) DE	AT28 (2 weeks) AT	CH23 (2 weeks) CH	UK34 (1 week) UK	US11 (4 weeks) US	First published: November 1, 2011
2013	Super Collider Universal Records	DE24 (2 weeks) DE	AT26 (2 weeks) AT	CH21 (3 weeks) CH	UK22 (1 week) UK	US6 (6 weeks) US	First published: June 4, 2013
2016	Dystopia Universal Records	DE10 (5 weeks) DE	AT14 (4 weeks) AT	CH7 (4 weeks) CH	UK11 (2 weeks) UK	US3 (9 weeks) US	First published: January 22, 2016

Remixed and remastered editions

2002: Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!
2004: Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?
2004: So Far, So Good… So What!
2004: Rust in Peace
2004: Countdown to Extinction
2004: Youthanasia
2004: Cryptic Writings
2004: Risk

Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2002	Rude Awakening Sanctuary Records	-	-	-	-	US115 (1 week) US	First published: March 19, 2002
2010	Rust in Peace - Live Shout! Factory	-	-	-	-	US161 (1 week) US	First published: September 7, 2010
	The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (CD) Universal Records	DE59 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH63 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: October 15, 2010 ( Metallica , Slayer , Megadeth & Anthrax )
	The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (DVD) Universal Records	DE4th gold (14 weeks)DE	AT1 (9 weeks) AT	CH3 (6 weeks) CH	UK1 (17 weeks) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (65 weeks)US	First published: October 15, 2010 Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax
2013	Countdown to Extinction: Live Universal Records	-	-	-	-	US119 (1 week) US	First published: September 24, 2013

More live albums

1997: Live Trax
2007: That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	CH	US	Remarks
2002	Still, Alive ... and Well? Sanctuary Records	-	-	US66 (3 weeks) US	First published: September 10, 2002
2007	War Chest EMI	-	-	US65 (8 weeks) US	First published: October 9, 2007
2019	Warheads on Foreheads Capitol Records	DE40 (1 week) DE	CH96 (1 week) CH	-	First published: March 22, 2019

More compilations

2005: Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
2008: Anthology: Set the World Afire
2014: Icon

EPs

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title music label	UK	US	Remarks
1995	Hidden Treasures Capitol Records	UK-UK	US90 (7 weeks) US	First published: July 18, 1995

More EPs

Maximum Megadeth (1991)
Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head (1998)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	UK	US	Remarks
1987	Wake Up Dead	UK65 (4 weeks) UK	-
1988	Anarchy in the UK	UK45 (3 weeks) UK	-
1988	Mary Jane	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-
1990	No More Mr. Nice Guy	UK13 (6 weeks) UK	-
1990	Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due	UK24 (3 weeks) UK	-
1991	Hangar 18	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	-
1992	Symphony of Destruction	UK15 (3 weeks) UK	US71 (15 weeks) US
1992	Skin o 'My Teeth	UK13 (3 weeks) UK	-
1993	Sweating Bullets	UK26 (3 weeks) UK	-
1995	Train of Consequences	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	-

More singles

1986: Peace Sells
1988: In My Darkest Hour
1991: Go to Hell
1992: Foreclosure of a Dream
1993: 99 Ways to Die
1993: Angry Again
1995: À Tout le Monde
1997: Almost Honest
1997: Trust
1998: Use the Man
1998: A Secret Place
1999: Crush 'Em
2000: Breadline
2000: Insomnia
2000: Kill the King
2001: Moto Psycho
2004: The Dead Enough
2005: Of Mice and Men
2007: À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free) ( feat.Cristina Scabbia )
2007: Washington Is Next!
2007: Never Walk Alone… A Call to Arms
2007: Gears of War
2009: Head Crusher
2010: The Right to Go Insane
2010: Sudden Death
2011: Public Enemy No. 1
2011: Never Dead
2011: Whose Life (It Is Anyways?)
2013: Super Collider
2015: Fatal Illusion
2015: The Threat Is Real
2016: Dystopia
2016: Post-American World

Video albums

1991: Rusted Pieces
1992: Exposure of a Dream
1995: Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia
2001: Behind the Music
2002: Rude Awakening (US:gold)
2005: Video hits
2006: Arsenal of Megadeth (US:gold)
2007: That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (US:gold)
2010: Rust in Peace - Live
2010: The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (together with Anthrax , Slayer and Metallica ; US:× 2Double platinum )
2013: Countdown to Extinction - Live

Awards for music sales

Silver record

United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2018: for the album Greatest Hits: Back to the Start

Golden record

Finland Finland
- 1994: for the album Youthanasia
Canada Canada
- 2001: for the album Cryptic Writings
- 2001: for the album Hidden Treasures
- 2002: for the video album Rude Awakening
- 2006: for the video album The Arsenal of Megadeth
- 2011: for the album Greatest Hits: Back to the Start

Platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1992: for the album So Far, So Good… So What!
- 1994: for the album Youthanasia
- 1995: for the album Rust in Peace
- 2001: for the album Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?
- 2007: for the video album That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires

3 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 2001: for the album Countdown to Extinction
Poland Poland
- 2010: for the video album The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	20,216	ifpi.fi
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th	860,000	musiccanada.com
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	0! G-	3 × platinum3	30,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	8 × platinum8th	6,850,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	0! P-	440,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	13 × gold13	19 × platinum19th

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↑ Megadeth at Discogs (English)
↑ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Megadeth/
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
↑ ^a ^b Chart placement refers to the 2018 re-release
↑ In the UK, Youthanasia was re-released in 1995 with Hidden Treasures as an encore and on March 19, 1995 again entered the album charts at number 28.

[1] Megadeth at Discogs (English)

[2] ttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Megadeth/

[Charts-3] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

[2018v-4] Chart placement refers to the 2018 re-release

[5] In the UK, Youthanasia was re-released in 1995 with Hidden Treasures as an encore and on March 19, 1995 again entered the album charts at number 28.


Studio albums	Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! (1985) • Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? (1986) • So Far, So Good… So What! (1988) • Rust in Peace (1990) • Countdown to Extinction (1992) • Youthanasia (1994) • Cryptic Writings (1997) • Risk (1999) • The World Needs a Hero (2001) • The System Has Failed (2004) • United Abominations (2007) • Endgame (2009) • Th1rt3en (2011) • Super Collider (2013) • Dystopia (2016)
Extended plays	Hidden Treasures (1995) • Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head (1998)
Live albums	Live Trax (1997) • Rude Awakening (2002) • That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (2007) • The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (2010)
Compilation albums	Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years • Still Alive… and Well? • Greatest Hits: Back to the Start • Anthology: Set the World Afire
Singles	Anarchy in the UK • No More Mr. Nice Guy • À Tout le Monde