(antiMusic) Metallica rule the world again this week. First Billboard tells us about how they did in the US this past week: Metallica's "Death Magnetic" held tight Wednesday for a second week at No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. The hard rock band's first album in five years sold 337,000 copies in the United States during the week ended September 21, according to Nielsen SoundScan. moreNow their UK PR folks check in to tell us how they did everyone else: Metallica have held onto the No. 1 spot in the UK albums chart for a second week with their 9th album - Death Magnetic, beating off competition from Queen, The Streets, and The Coral.
They are also No. 1 in the following countries: Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark - second week at No.1, France, Finland, Ireland, India, Holland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Mexico, Portugal, Poland, Sweden, New Zealand, UK - second week, USA, Canada, Also Turkey - no official chart but they are no.1 in every retail chart in the country and Russia again no official chart but no.1 in every retailer in the country.
Metallica will kick off their U.S. tour on 21st October in Glendale , Arizona, which will take them through to the end of January.
