The 27 Albums On This Week's Billboard 200 That Didn't Experience A Week-To-Week Sales Drop [A Who Charted Special Report]

While reading over this week's SoundScan, I noticed—among the thicket of debuts that included Disney's "new Miley Cyrus" Demi Lovato, Kings Of Leon, TV On The Radio (No. 12!), and the Pussycat Dolls (who just managed to squeak into the top five)—that not many full-lengths that had been out for a while were gaining in sales from the previous week. The No. 1 album, Metallica's Death Magnetic, held on despite a 61% drop from the previous sales week, while Ne-Yo's Year Of The Gentleman only drop...

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