Metallica Make History - A Top Story This Week

09/18/2008
. Metallica Make History was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Metallica have set a new chart record when the band's new album, "Death Magnetic," debuted at the top of the charts this week after selling almost 500,000 copies in only 3 days.

As for the chart record, here is Billboard with the details: 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.

It 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. - more on this story

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