METALLICA Vs. NE-YO: Battle For Top Of Next Week's Chart
September 17, 2008METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" is on track to sell around 200-250,000 copies in the United States in its first full week of release, according to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS. It will battle it out for the No. 1 position on The Billboard 200 chart with hit songwriter/performer NE-YO, whose "Year of the Gentleman" is said to have "a slight edge" right now for the top of next week's chart.
According to Billboard.com, METALLICA is the first group to see five of its albums bow at No. 1 on The Billboard 200. Previously, the act was tied with THE BEATLES, U2 and the DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, with four each. The group's latest LP, "Death Magnetic", which sold nearly half a million copies in the United States in just a three-day sales window, is also METALLICA's fifth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1 and its seventh release to start with more than 300,000 since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data.
The band's first studio album since 2003 moved 490,000 copies in its abbreviated frame, scheduled off-cycle on a Friday to accommodate a worldwide release date.
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