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Album sales have never been lower than this past week

by Bram Teitelman | Jan 16, 2014 | Metal By Numbers

As you saw in yesterday’s Metal by Numbers, there weren’t any notable heavy debuts this week, nor were there even that many metal bands selling. In fact, last week’s sales frame was the lowest-selling week in the SoundScan era, which began in 1991....

Metal By Numbers 1/15: The Charts (And The Site) Get a Makeover

by Matt Brown | Jan 15, 2014 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. So yeah, dat new design. We’re looking flashier that ever on the site, which means that Metal By Numbers is also flashier than ever. Some new debuts would...

Metal By Numbers 1/8: The Charts Have Gone Cold

by Matt Brown | Jan 8, 2014 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. You’ve probably had enough about people talking about the weather, so I won’t say anything else about it other than the picture on the right is actually...

Metal By Numbers 1/2: Happy New Year; Here’s Some Record Sales

by Matt Brown | Jan 2, 2014 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. Nothing changes on New Year’s Day, so say U2. Such lyrics are true in many ways, but are particularly fitting for record sales. The only real big debut at the...

Metal By Numbers 12/18: Charts Are Coming At You Like A Dead Horse

by Matt Brown | Dec 18, 2013 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. It should come as no surprise that there isn’t much happening in the way of metal record sales this week since 1) it’s nearly the end of the year, and 2)...

Metal By Numbers 12/11: The Charts Show a Bit of Common Courtesy

by Matt Brown | Dec 11, 2013 | Metal By Numbers

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I could talk about the elephant in the room in that we, unfortunately, had to skip over Metal By Numbers last week. But I’d rather talk records, specifically...

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