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ALBUMS COMMENTARY
New albums by two venerated American veterans help to keep the post-Easter slump in artist album sales--usually well into double figures--down to a comparatively modest 6%. Madonna's American Life takes pole position with 65,000 sales, while Meat Loaf's introductory Mercury album Couldn't Have Said It Better enters at number four, with more than 33,000 sales.
The latter is Meat Loaf's first album of new material since 1995, when his final Virgin release, Welcome To The Neighbourhood, opened and peaked at number three with first-week sales of 52,000. American acts--Justin Timberlake and The White Stripes--also fill second and third ...