On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a massive, and likely final, batch of files related to the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, totaling over 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images. This release was mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in November 2025, requiring the DOJ to produce its files related to the late sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell. Together with the Epstein files, which strictly are files obtained from Jeffrey Epstein himself, and in which Marilyn Manson is never mentioned as having any sort of association with Epstein, the DOJ included a number of separate documents that consist of "anonymous tips." It is a document in one of these anonymous tips that the name Marilyn Manson can be found, in document EFTA00154698. In the context of document EFTA00154698, an "anonymous tip" refers to information submitted by a member of the p...
After one week from its release on November 22nd, the first week chart results are in for Marilyn Manson's "One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1". Though most of Manson's previous albums have landed in the top ten overall albums, that Manson now did well on the charts especially in genre specific ones should be seen as a positive when you consider there has been very little promotion for this album with his recent signing under a new label. Moreover most music publications that have had negative stories about Manson for the past few years chose to ignore the release altogether, choosing to focus on his scandals over the past few weeks rather than his music. It also was released at the same time as other more major releases in recent weeks, including the fact that six classic Christmas albums took higher spots showing many people are focused on getting in the holiday spirit.
On the Billboard 200 for top albums, it landed overall at #32.
Marilyn Manson is currently #30 in the Billboard Artist 100. At his peak, Manson has been #5 on this list.
"One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1" is #5 when it comes to the Billboard Top Album Sales for New Releases. For Top Vinyl Sales the album is #6. For Top Independent Album Sales and Top Rock Albums, it is also at #6.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #36 for top albums, while it hit #2 in the top UK Rock and Metal Album charts. It also opened at #6 on the Official Album Sales ranking and #8 on the Official Physical Albums list.
In Germany and Sweden the album landed at #4 for top albums.
On the Billboard 200 for top albums, it landed overall at #32.
Marilyn Manson is currently #30 in the Billboard Artist 100. At his peak, Manson has been #5 on this list.
"One Assassination Under God - Chapter 1" is #5 when it comes to the Billboard Top Album Sales for New Releases. For Top Vinyl Sales the album is #6. For Top Independent Album Sales and Top Rock Albums, it is also at #6.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #36 for top albums, while it hit #2 in the top UK Rock and Metal Album charts. It also opened at #6 on the Official Album Sales ranking and #8 on the Official Physical Albums list.
In Germany and Sweden the album landed at #4 for top albums.
In Italy the album landed at #18 for top albums, while for France it was #25 for top albums.
In Australia the album landed at #44 for top albums, and it was #66 for top Dutch albums.