NEWS: Iron Maiden's Final Frontier Debuts At #1

Iron Maiden have more than earned their status as one of the foremost contemporary and influential Rock bands in the World as they debut at #1 in New Zealand and TWENTY other countries to date with The Final Frontier.

Having recorded the new album at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas earlier this year, in an historic first for the band, they released 'El Dorado', a track from 'The Final Frontier', as a free download on the eve of the opening date of their North American tour to huge excitement from their massive fanbase.

Following this a cutting edge video was released for the opening track, ‘The Final Frontier’,  produced by the award-winning production company Darkside Animation Films, who has produced films such as Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, and  two innovative computer games were created as companion releases to the album.

Thirty years after their debut album in April 1980 and with more than 80 million albums sold, Iron Maiden are more creatively vibrant, dynamic and relevant than ever,  reaching a new pinnacle in their career and still adding legions of new young fans to their ever-increasing following.

They recently completed one of the most successful North American tours of the Summer, playing to over 350,000 fans there across 25 concerts, and followed that success across Europe, where they headlined a series of major festivals, including the huge Sonisphere events in the UK, Sweden and Finland, alongside their own shows, playing to hundreds of thousands more fans.

They will hit the road again in 2011 with further extensive touring, which includes headlining Australia's greatest metal festival, Soundwave.

All chart positions confirmed to date are as follows

Chart Positions

1. Arabia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
2. Australia, Belgium, Holland
3. Ireland, Poland, Turkey
4. USA
5. Singapore