Black Sabbath are Top of the Pops!

The band have set a new UK chart record for the longest gap between number one albums, overtaking Rod Stewart who set a similar record last month.

"13" has entered the official UK. chart at position No. 1. The album sold 13,000 copies more than the No. 2 entry, "BE" by Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye.

"13" has entered the official Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) chart at position No. 4. This is the British metal legends' first Australian Top Ten album since "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" back in 1974.

"13" is likely to sell between 120,000 and 130,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on June 11 via Vertigo/Universal Republic.

"13" is on the top of the charts in New Zealand!

\\M// LONG LIVE BLACK SABBATH!!! \\M//

  17 June 2013