Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice,…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as Si…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice,…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice,…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Lamb of God takes a predictable second week slide, but they've still got the #12 album in the country, which is amazing. Otherwise, it's a pretty slow week for debuts, unless you're U2…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations that have metal shows, as well as SiriusXM,…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Unless you count Kid Rock (which we have in the past) or Nickelback (sorry, we dont), there's no metal in the top 50 this week. It's also a pretty slow week for music all around in the wake of last week's Gra…
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Added by BITPOM on February 25, 2009 at 2:46pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Looks like people still watch the Grammys, or at least give the gift of music along with the flowers and candy. A lot of music, including metal, got a nice increase this week. Who knew that when Robert Plant…
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Added by BITPOM on February 18, 2009 at 4:31pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
After such a dismal few weeks, It looks like there was a decent amount of sales uptick this week on the charts. Possibly it was due to the Grammys, or maybe a lot of Valentin…
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Added by BITPOM on February 11, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Unless you played the halftime of the Super Bowl, you probably didn't sell too many albums this week. Not many debuts this week. Actually, no metal debuts made it in the top 200. At least there's some new bl…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
The record-buying public is still in hibernation, according to this week's sales charts. Other tha…
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Added by BITPOM on January 21, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
Well, now that the recession is in full swing and the holidays are a memory, everybody's cutting back on spending. Nowhere is that more obvious than looking at sales charts for this week. Only one album sold…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
The holidays are over, and now that everyone's finished with their shopping, redeeming iTunes gift cards, and exchanging crappy albums for ones they want, January starts off with a pretty slow week. In f…
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Added by BITPOM on January 7, 2009 at 1:27pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
In case you didn't get the memo or pay attention to the news, we're in a recession. Apparently, the record buying public hasn't gotten the memo or paid attention to the news either, as the holiday shoppi…
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Added by BITPOM on December 17, 2008 at 1:55pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more.
For those of you that aren't in the music industry, as far as new music is concerned, with the exception of a few big releases, labels are pretty much done after Thanksgiving. As a result, there aren't a…
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Added by BITPOM on December 10, 2008 at 2:16pm —
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more. Guns N' Roses lead the pack of debuts, selling 261,000 copies of Chinese Democracy. Considering the hype and all the time it took for the album to come out, has got to be seen as a disappointment. However, wi…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more. In this week, Mudvayne has a top 15 debut to lead off the debuts, while a Christmas album is most added a…
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Metal By Numbers is a weekly coluimn in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more. This week, Dir en Grey and The Faceless lead the debut pack, while at metal radio, Mudvayne is most added and Unearth remains #1 in a relatively static top ten.
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Dir en Grey,
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Once again, it’s time for another installment of Metal By Numbers, in which we look at the top sellers of the week as well as what’s getting played at Metal Radio courtesy of radio trade magazine FMQB, whose metal panel consists of about 80 college and commercial stations, as well as SiriusXM, Music Choice, and more. Saleswise, it’s a mixed bag. After weeks of #1 albums from the likes of Metallica and AC/DC, the Aussie rockers surrender the throne they’ve held for the last two weeks to the li…
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