METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Tops Italian Chart

September 22, 2008

METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", has entered the official Italian chart at position No. 1 for the week ending September 19. The band beat out Italy's latest pop idol Giusy Ferreri, who had topped the Italian chart for twelve weeks after coming in second on the Italian version of the TV talent competition "X-Factor".

"Death Magnetic" debuted at No. 1 in a number of other countries all over the world, including Argentina, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, UK and the USA.

According to Hits Daily Double (the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS),"Death Magnetic" appears to have enough momentum to hold on to the top spot on next week's The Billboard 200 chart, with a projected 250-275,000 sales in its first full week of release, outpacing hit songwriter/performer NE-YO, whose "Year of the Gentleman" is expected to debut with around 235-250,000 units.

METALLICA's No. 1 debut on the Billboard album chart with "Death Magnetic", made history. The No. 1 arrival made METALLICA the only band to have five albums debut in the top spot, breaking a tie at four albums held by THE BEATLES, U2 and the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND. "Death Magnetic" is also METALLICA's fifth consecutive studio effort to enter at No. 1, following 1991's self-titled "black album," 1996's "Load", '97's "Reload" and 2003's "St. Anger". The album sold 490,000 copies in just four days of release, arriving in stores on September 12 instead of the usual Tuesday.

(Thanks: Musica Metal)

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