As Of February 9, 2001
| Backyard Babies "Total 13" | 2,392 |
| Cold s/t | 39,778 |
| Cold "13 Ways To Bleed Onstage" | 81,046 |
| Alice Cooper "Hey Stoopid" | 346,115 |
| Alice Cooper "The Last Temptation" | 105,854 |
| Alice Cooper "Classicks" | 213,101 |
| Alice Cooper "A Fistful Of Alice" | 59,786 |
| Alice Cooper "The Life And Crimes Of Alice Cooper" | 30,420 |
| Alice Cooper "Brutal Planet" | 47,381 |
| D Generation s/t | 10,343 |
| D Generation "No Lunch" | 12,564 |
| D Generation "Through the Darkness" | 6,406 |
| Dio's "Magica" | 38,115 |
| Disturbed "The Sickness" | 1,037,825 |
| The Donnas "Turn 21" | 6,937 |
| Filter "Short Bus" | 682,944 |
| Incubus "Make Yourself" | 1,140,750 |
| Incubus "S.C.I.E.N.C.E." | 263,097 |
| Tony Iommi | 61,287 |
| King of the Hill s/t | 39,189 |
| Kiss "Revenge" | 579,811 |
| Kiss "MTV Unplugged" | 289,189 |
| Kiss "You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!!" | 319,496 |
| Kiss "Greatest Kiss" | 318,383 |
| Kiss "Carnival Of Souls" | 163,062 |
| Megadeth "Countdown to Extinction" | 2,069,950 |
| Megadeth "Youthanasia" | 858,804 |
| Megadeth "Hidden Treasures" | 266,148 |
| Megadeth "Cryptic Writings" | 741,832 |
| Megadeth "Risk" | 293,042 |
| Mudvayne s/t | 90,815 |
| Nashville Pussy "Let Them Eat
Pussy" re-issue 9/1/99 |
11,921 36,485 |
| Nashville Pussy "High as Hell" | 30,305 |
| Neve s/t | 18,353 |
| Nevermore "Dead Heart In A Dead World" | 10,855 |
| Richie Sambora "Stranger In This Town" | 288,033 |
| Richie Sambora "Undiscovered Soul" | 40,467 |
| Slaves On Dope "Inches From The Mainline" | 29,825 |
| Soulmotor s/t | 8,970 |
| The Mayfield Four "Fallout" | 5,357 |
| Ugly Kid Joe "America's Least Wanted" | 1,169,011 |
| Ugly Kid Joe "Menace To Sobriety" | 59,592 |
| Ultraspank s/t | 29,752 |
| Ultrapsank "Progress" | 20,839 |
| Virgos Merlot s/t | 24,007 |
As of February 22, 2001
| Amen "We Have Come For Your Parents" | 10,940 |
| American Pearl s/t | 16,201 |
| Clutch "The Elephant Riders" | 88,377 |
| Def Leppard "Hysteria" | 1,943,638* |
| Def Leppard "Slang" | 349,239 |
| Def Leppard "Euphoria" | 550,609 |
| Dio "Lock Up The Wolves" | 43,545* |
| Dio "Dream Evil" | 47,117* |
| Dope "Felons and Revolutionaries" | 197,881 |
| Double Drive's "1,000 Yard Stare" | 16,415 |
| Enuff Z'Nuff "10" | 2,155 |
| Fates Warning "Disconnected" | 9,078 |
| Fu Manchu "King Of The Road" | 27,227 |
| Full Devil Jacket s/t | 104,344 |
| Galactic Cowboys "Let It Go" | 2,799 |
| Galactic Cowboys "At The End Of The Day" | 4920 |
| Galactic Cowboys "Machine Fish" | 12,026 |
| Galactic Cowboys "The Horse That Bud Bought" | 5,026 |
| Godhead "2000 Years of Human Error" | 17,134 |
| Guns N Roses "Live Era" | 532,563 |
| Sammy Hagar "Ten 13" | 103,941 |
| Halford "Resurrection" | 49,909 |
| In Flames "Clayman" | 12,146 |
| Judas Priest "Jugulator" | 106,451 |
| Korn s/t | 1,900,040 |
| Korn "Follow The Leader" | 3,282,955 |
| Marilyn Manson "Portrait Of An American Family" | 541,286 |
| Marilyn Manson "Smells Like Children" | 1,134,615 |
| Marilyn Manson "Antichrist Superstar" | 1,661,827 |
| Marilyn Manson "Mechanical Animals" | 1,189,816 |
| Marilyn Manson "Holywood" | 348,216 |
| Metallica "Ride The Lightning" | 3,225,412* |
| Metallica "Master Of Puppets" | 3,184,127* |
| Metallica "Metallica" | 12,523,076 (holy shit!) |
| Metallica "S&M" | 2,330,556 |
| Motley Crue "Entertainment or Death" | 172,061 |
| Nevermore "Dead Heart In A Dead World" | 11,547 |
| Orgy "Vapor Transmissions" | 265,777 |
| Pantera "Reinventing The Steel" | 514,754 |
| Push Monkey s/t | 28,482 |
| Queens of the Stone Age "Rated R" | 74,539 |
| Queens of the Stone Age s/t | 34,668 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Christmas Eve And Other Stories" | 838,579 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Christmas Attic" | 360,403 |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Beethoven's Last Night" | 90,161 |
| Staind "Dysfunction" | 928,978 |
| Wolpac "Something Wicked This Way Comes" | 2,351 |
| Wolpac "Evil Is..." | 530 |
NOTES: Since 1991 (when soundscan began), Def Leppard have scanned 11,476,371 units