ANALYSIS the Official UK Singles & Albums Charts Are Compiled by the Official Charts Company, Based on a Sample of More Than 15,000 Physical and Digital Outlets
ANALYSIS The Official UK Singles & Albums Charts are compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on a sample of more than 15,000 physical and digital outlets. They count actual sales and audio streams from last Friday to Thursday, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other physical formats and audio streams weighted using SEA2 methodology. Hot metal: Slipknot conquer chart with first No.1 in 18 years Q BY ALAN JONES wenty years after their eponymous first album debuted and peaked at No.37 on sales of 4,331 copies, heavy T metal veterans Slipknot’s sixth studio album, We Are Not Your Kind, blazes to the top of the chart, becoming their eighth Top 75 entry, fifth consecutive top five studio effort and second No.1. It does so on first week consumption of 31,828 units (including 4,281 from-sales equivalent streams), 3.52% above the 30,745 copies their most recent album, 5: The Gray Chapter, sold debuting and peaking at No.2 five years ago. The band – six of whom have been in Slipknot since their chart debut – previously reached No.1 with their second album, which was named after their home state of Iowa, and sold 51,822 copies on debut, 18 years ago next week. It remains their Paul Harries highest first week sales. Overall sales of Slipknot albums in No.1 the UK exceed 1.5m and although it was their lowest-charting PHOTO: studio set, that self-named 1999 debut remains their biggest seller, with a to-date tally of 378,429.
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