The new album from MARILYN MANSON[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif, entitled „The High End Of Low“, sold 49,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 4 on The Billboard 200 chart.
MARILYN MANSON’s previous album, „Eat Me, Drink Me“, opened with 88,000 units to land at No. 8. This marked a significant drop from the 118,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, „The Golden Age Of Grotesque“, which entered the chart at No. 1 back in May 2003.
„It’s Nothing Personal“, the new album from the Boston, Massachusetts-based hardcore/metal band BURY YOUR DEAD, sold around 3,250 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.)
„Polaris“, the new album from Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS, sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif. (Note: Internet/digital sales **ARE** included in the SoundScan totals.)