Slipknot `All Hope Is Gone` has not only debuted at number one in Australia, the Slipknot fans have gone into stores to buy it.
The album sold 18769 units sold but only 487 of them were digital. 18232 of the sales were from fans that went into stores to buy the physical CD.That is an incredible figure in the digital age, and it mirrored the pattern for another hard rock act, Disturbed.
While only 2% of Slipknot sales were digital, Sneaky Sound System`s `2` album has number three was closer to 13% digital sales.
Coldplay sales were around 8% digital this week, Jason Mraz was closer to 10%, MGMT was around 10% and Xavier Rudd was near 8%.
However, other top 10 acts including The Whitlams digital sales were only around 2.5%, Mamma Mia was near 4% and John Williamson registered around 2% of sales digitally.
Music fans are more likely to buy pop, dance and rock digitally. Metal, country and classic rock is still alive and well over-the-counter.
