Megadeth discography

The original Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! album cover

The discography for the American heavy metal band Megadeth.

Albums

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
	June, 1985	Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!	Combat Records		*197,000 (out of print)
File:Megadeth-PeaceSells.jpg	November, 1986	Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?	Capitol Records	76	*609,000	Over 1 million sold in U.S. Platinum certification.
	January 19, 1988	So Far, So Good... So What!	Capitol Records	28	*388,000	Over 1 million sold in U.S. Platinum certification.
	September 24, 1990	Rust in Peace	Capitol Records	23	*781,000	Over 1 million sold in U.S. Platinum certification.
	July 14, 1992	Countdown to Extinction	Capitol Records	2	2,272,000	Over 2 million sold in U.S. 2 * platinum certification.
	October 31, 1994	Youthanasia	Capitol Records	4	938,000	Over 1 million sold in U.S. Platinum certification.
File:Megadeth-HiddenTreasures.jpg	July 18, 1995	Hidden Treasures (EP)	Capitol Records	90	286,000 (out of print)
	June 17, 1997	Cryptic Writings	Capitol Records	10	787,000	Gold certification
File:Megadeth Live Trax.jpg	June 30, 1998	Live Trax (Japan)	Capitol Records
File:Cryptic sounds.jpg	November 1998	Cryptic Sounds - No Voices In Your Head EP (EP)	Capitol Records	-
	August 31, 1999	Risk	Capitol Records	16	322,000
File:Megadeth-Capitol Punishment.jpg	October 24, 2000	Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (Greatest Hits)	Capitol Records	-	200,000 (out of print)
File:Megadeth-The World Needs a Hero.jpg	May 15, 2001	The World Needs a Hero	Sanctuary Records	16	219,000
File:Killing Is My Business album cover.jpg	February 5, 2002	Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! (Remixed/Expanded)	Loud Records / Relativity Records	-	57,000
File:Megadeth-RudeAwakening.jpg	March 19, 2002	Rude Awakening (Live)	Sanctuary Records	115	75,000
File:Megadeth-Still Alive And Well.jpg	September 10, 2002	Still, Alive... And Well?	Sanctuary Records	-	26,000
	September 14, 2004	The System Has Failed	Sanctuary Records	18	171,000
File:Megadeth backtothestart.jpg	June 28, 2005	Greatest Hits: Back to the Start	Capitol Records	65	133,000

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Billboard Chart positions				Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK
1986	"Peace Sells"	-	-	-	-	Peace sells... But Who's Buying?
1986	"Wake up Dead"	-	-	-	-	Peace sells... But Who's Buying?
1988	"In My Darkest Hour"	-	-	-	-	So Far, So Good...So What!
1988	"Anarchy in the U.K"	-	-	-	-	So Far, So Good...So What!
1990	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	-	-	-	13	Shocker (movie soundtrack)
1990	"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"	-	-	-	24	Rust in Peace
1991	"Hangar 18"	-	-	-	26	Rust in Peace
1991	"Go To Hell"	-	-	-	-	Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (Movie Soundtrack)
1992	"Foreclosure of a Dream"	-	-	30	-	Countdown to Extinction
1992	"High Speed Dirt"	-	-	-	-	Countdown to Extinction
1992	"Symphony of Destruction"	71	-	29	15	Countdown to Extinction
1993	"Skin O' My Teeth"	-	-	-	13	Countdown to Extinction
1993	"99 Ways To Die"	-	-	23	-	The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience
1993	"Angry Again"	-	-	18	-	Last Action Hero (Movie Soundtrack)
1993	"Sweating Bullets"	-	-	27	26	Countdown to Extinction
1994	"Train of Consquences"	-	-	29	22	Youthansia
1995	"A Tout Le Monde"	-	-	31	-	Youthansia
1995	"Reckoning Day"	-	-	-	-	Youthansia
1997	"Almost Honest"	-	-	8	-	Cryptic Writings
1997	"Trust"	-	-	5	-	Cryptic Writings
1998	"Use the Man"	-	-	15	-	Cryptic Writings
1998	"A Secret Place"	-	-	19	-	Cryptic Writings
1999	"Crush 'em"	-	-	6	-	Risk
2000	"Breadline"	-	-	6	-	Risk
2000	"Insomnia"	-	-	26	-	Risk
2000	"Kill The King"	-	-	21	-	Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
2001	"Moto Psycho"	-	-	22	-	The World Needs a Hero
2001	"Dread And The Fugitive Mind"	-	-	-	-	The World Needs a Hero
2004	"Die Dead Enough"	-	-	21	-	The System Has Failed
2005	"Of Mice And Men"	-	-	39	-	The System Has Failed
2005	"The Scorpion"	-	-	-	-	The System Has Failed

VHS/DVDs

Video Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	Chart positions	US sales
File:Megadeth Rusted Pieces DVD Cover.jpg	1991	Rusted Pieces	Capitol Records	-	*36,000 (out of print)
	1993	Exposure of a Dream	Capitol Records	-	27,000 (out of print)
	1995	Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia	Capitol Records	-	25,000 (out of print)
	2001	"Behind the Music" (Extended Version DVD)	Sanctuary Records	-	12,000
File:Megadeth-RudeAwakening.jpg	April 9, 2002	Rude Awakening (DVD)	Sanctuary Records	-	56,000
	2004	Video Hits (DVD)	Capitol Records	-	27,000
File:The Arsenal of Megadeth.jpg	March 21, 2006	The Arsenal Of Megadeth	Capitol Records	6

Source: Numbers of units sold is according to Megadeth.com and encompasses Soundscan figures (May 25, 1991 through to the most recent update of December 14, 2005). [1]