Metallica `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.
`Death Magnetic` also came in at number one in the UK and will be the number one album this week in the USA.
