Legendary British metallers IRON MAIDEN are celebrating the worldwide chart success of their new album, The Final Frontier, which as hit #1 in 21 countries!!

The Final Frontier, marks the band's first #1 album chart debut in Canada and their highest-ever digital debut at #2.

Founding bassist Steve Harris remarks: "We have always loved playing in Canada and will always remember the support of the fans there from the very beginning when we played club shows in Toronto and Montreal in '81! We never supported anyone in Eastern Canada, we just grew with our fans. We are fortunate that due to this support our albums have generally done well in Canada both sales and chart-wise, but we never got that #1, though close a couple of times l think, but this time we got there which is magic. Thanks to all you fans who came to the shows, bought the album and have basically been so welcoming to us - and l also want to thank our mates at EMI for their long term passion and commitment to Maiden and buying us beers in Toronto!! We will be back, or as Bruce would say on stage in wonderful Quebec Province - nous reviens!!"

Having recorded the new album at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas earlier this year, in an historic first for the band, they released 'El Dorado', a track from The Final Frontier, as a free download on the eve of the opening date of their North American tour to huge excitement from their massive fanbase. Following this a cutting edge video was released for the opening track, 'The Final Frontier', produced by the award-winning production company Darkside Animation Films (Lost in Space, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down) and two innovative computer games were created as companion releases to the album.

Thirty years after their eponymous debut album in April 1980 and with more than 80 million albums sold, Iron Maiden are more creatively vibrant, dynamic and relevant than ever, reaching a new pinnacle in their career and still adding legions of new young fans to their ever-increasing following.

They recently completed one of the most successful North American tours of the Summer, playing to over 350,000 fans there across 25 concerts, and followed that success across Europe, where they headlined a series of major festivals, including the huge Sonisphere events in the UK, Sweden and Finland, alongside their own shows, playing to hundreds of thousands more fans. They will hit the road again in 2011 with further extensive touring, headline dates on the Soundwave series of major Festivals in Australia already being on sale for February and further shows to be announced over the coming months. Maiden are on blistering form and ready to take their music into 2011 and beyond.

All chart positions confirmed to date are as follows:

#1 - Arabia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Finland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

#2 - Australia, Belgium, Holland

#3 - Ireland, Poland, Turkey

#4 - USA

#5 - Singapore