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billboard.com - 9/16/2008
Metallica Opens At No. 1 Just Shy Of 500K
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In just a three-day sales window, Metallica's "Death Magnetic" skates close to the half million mark and will lead The Billboard 200 when Nielsen SoundScan releases its charts tomorrow morning (Sept. 17).

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METALLICA Opens At U.S. No. 1 Just Shy Of 500K
BLABBERMOUTH.NET Latest News — Billboard.com reports that METALLICA 's "Death Magnetic" has sold close to a half million copies in just a three-day sales window and will lead The Billboard 200 when Nielsen SoundScan releases its charts tomorrow morning (Sept. 17). 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. METALLICA 's last CD, "St. Anger" , also had an unusual release date after Elektra Records decided to move up its release to Thursday, June 5, 2003 from Tuesday, June 10, 2003 "to ...

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