METALLICA - Death Magnetic Fastest Selling Album Of The Year In Australia
September 21, 2008, 15 years ago
According to Paul Cashmere from Undercover.com.au, METALLICA's Death Magnetic has walloped in the number one album on the Australian chart this week with sales of 55,877 units in the past 7 days.
If we include one-day sales from the first day of release last week, Death Magnetic has sold 60,726 units.
Metallica has achieved sales with this album akin to the glory days of music retail.
In Australia Death Magnetic is now the fastest selling album on the year.
Death Magnetic was over the finish line before the rest of the chart left the gate. The album sold 11 times more units than number two, Breakout by MILEY CYRUS.
Death Magnetic also sold more units that the combination of all titles between number 2 and number 17.
On New South Wales sales alone Death Magnetic would still have been the number one album.
On Victoria sales alone Death Magnetic would still have been the number one album.
On Queensland sales alone Death Magnetic would still have been the number one album.
On Western Australia sales alone Death Magnetic would still have been the number one album.
