Thrash Hits — Slipknot love getting the headlines and they’ve done it once again by claiming the #1 spot on Billboad Top 200 Chart in the US with All Hope Is Gone, but only after an ultra dramatic recount. Initially, the album was announced as debuting at #2 wit... more info

E! OnlineSlipknot Tops ChartNew York Times - 4 hours agoBy BEN SISARIO; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM In a tight race on the Billboard chart this week, an Iowa metal band beat a Los Angeles gangsta rapper by a nose.Metal band Slipknot scores first chart-to... more info

BBC News - UK — Masked metal band Slipknot score their first US number one album - but only after a recount put them ahead of rapper The Game. more info

BBC News - UK — Masked metal band Slipknot score their first US number one album - but only after a recount put them ahead of rapper The Game. more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Masked metal act top US charts after recount is ordered more info

Kerrang! — As we reported on Kerrang! dot com yesterday, Slipknot were pipped to the Number One spot in the US Billboard charts by rapper The Game by a mere 13 copies. The band's latest album, All Hope Is Gone, shifted 238,272 copies in the first week of sale... more info

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Reuters - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday. more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday. more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Masked metal band Slipknot narrowly beat rapper the Game to claim top honors on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday. more info