In a recent podcast interview about narcissistic abuse, Evan Rachel Wood said that Marilyn Manson described in his autobiography how the Brian Warner part of him was dead and whatever he had become was now his true self. Her purpose was to show that Manson completely abandoned his humanity and truly came to embody a disassociated narcissistic monster. But is this what his autobiography actually said or even implied? No, of course not. He says something along those lines, but she completely twists it to make a point that fits her narrative rather than the actual facts. What Manson actually describes in his autobiography is that he went through a personal apocalypse. He writes: "When I first conceived of Antichrist Superstar , I set out to create an apocalypse. But I didn’t realize it was going to be a personal one. As a child, I had been a weakling, a worm, a follower, a small shadow trying to find a place in an infinite world of light. In the end, in order to find that place...
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.