The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending September 2, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

SCORPIONS – “Humanity – Hour 1”: 10,500 (#63) this is the highest chart position for the Scorpions in the USA since Face The Heat in 1993..

First-week numbers of artist most recent release:
SCORPIONS – “Unbreakable” (2004): 4,500 (no chart position)