Metallica - Death Magnetic
Sept 17, 2008 11:33:13 GMT -5
Post by Late Winter on Sept 17, 2008 11:33:13 GMT -5
How's the album? Haven't got a chance to listen yet.
Lot of interesting chart accomplishments for this album
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Metallica's "Death Magnetic" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 490,000 -- after only three full days of sales. The set -- the band's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 -- was released last Friday (Sept. 12) ... Other high debuts this week come from Jessica Simpson, L.L. Cool J, Eric Benet, Gym Class Heroes and Mitch Hedberg ... In Progress Reports we've got news on Taylor Swift's high-flying debut on Hot Country Songs, Carrie Underwood's continuing hot streak and Jason Mraz's crossover appeal.
FLASH POINTS
• Metallica's "Death Magnetic," released last Friday (Sept. 12), storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 490,000 in just three full days of release. (Nielsen SoundScan's tracking week ends at the close of business Sunday.) According to Warner Bros., the album bowed on Friday -- instead of on a traditional Tuesday -- in order to ensure that the set received a global release in most territories on the same day.
• Metallica is the first group to see five of its albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Previously, the act was tied with the Beatles, U2 and the Dave Matthews Band, with four No. 1 bows each. It is also Metallica's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 and its seventh release to start with over 300,000 since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data. "Death's" 490,000 opener is the biggest debut Metallica has seen since "Load" started with 680,000 in 1996.
• "Death's" debut is the fourth-biggest sales week of the year following larger debuts from Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (1 million), Coldplay's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" (721,000) and Jonas Brothers's "A Little Bit Longer" (525,000).
• In the SoundScan era, Metallica has charted with five regular studio sets (including "Death"), a live box set ("Live Shit: Binge & Purge"), an archival reissue/covers effort ("Garage Inc."), a live album ("S&M") and a soundtrack EP ("Some Kind of Monster"). Only "Live Shit" and "Monster" debuted with less than 300,000 -- to be expected, considering the kind of projects they were.
• "Death" also gives the band its seventh set to reach either Nos. 1 or 2 on the Billboard 200. Since 1991, every charting Metallica album -- save for "Live Shit" and "Some Kind of Monster" -- debuted and peaked at either Nos. 1 or 2.
Lot of interesting chart accomplishments for this album
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Metallica's "Death Magnetic" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 490,000 -- after only three full days of sales. The set -- the band's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 -- was released last Friday (Sept. 12) ... Other high debuts this week come from Jessica Simpson, L.L. Cool J, Eric Benet, Gym Class Heroes and Mitch Hedberg ... In Progress Reports we've got news on Taylor Swift's high-flying debut on Hot Country Songs, Carrie Underwood's continuing hot streak and Jason Mraz's crossover appeal.
FLASH POINTS
• Metallica's "Death Magnetic," released last Friday (Sept. 12), storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 490,000 in just three full days of release. (Nielsen SoundScan's tracking week ends at the close of business Sunday.) According to Warner Bros., the album bowed on Friday -- instead of on a traditional Tuesday -- in order to ensure that the set received a global release in most territories on the same day.
• Metallica is the first group to see five of its albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Previously, the act was tied with the Beatles, U2 and the Dave Matthews Band, with four No. 1 bows each. It is also Metallica's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 and its seventh release to start with over 300,000 since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data. "Death's" 490,000 opener is the biggest debut Metallica has seen since "Load" started with 680,000 in 1996.
• "Death's" debut is the fourth-biggest sales week of the year following larger debuts from Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (1 million), Coldplay's "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" (721,000) and Jonas Brothers's "A Little Bit Longer" (525,000).
• In the SoundScan era, Metallica has charted with five regular studio sets (including "Death"), a live box set ("Live Shit: Binge & Purge"), an archival reissue/covers effort ("Garage Inc."), a live album ("S&M") and a soundtrack EP ("Some Kind of Monster"). Only "Live Shit" and "Monster" debuted with less than 300,000 -- to be expected, considering the kind of projects they were.
• "Death" also gives the band its seventh set to reach either Nos. 1 or 2 on the Billboard 200. Since 1991, every charting Metallica album -- save for "Live Shit" and "Some Kind of Monster" -- debuted and peaked at either Nos. 1 or 2.