After racking up sales of almost a half-million copies during its abbreviated first week in stores, Metallica [ tickets ]'s "Death Magnetic" moved another 337,000 copies during its second week out, enough to hang on to the No. 1 spot on the US album chart.

Following at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 is Ne-Yo [ tickets ]'s "Year of the Gentleman," which sold about 250,000 copies, according to Billboard, which bases its flagship chart on Neilsen SoundScan figures.

Nelly [ tickets ]'s "Brass Knuckles" makes its debut at No. 3 with sales of about 84,000 copies, Kid Rock [ tickets ]'s "Rock N Roll Jesus" drops one spot to No. 4 on sales of about 64,000 copies, and Hootie & The Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker [ tickets ]'s country debut, "Learn to Live," notches a No. 5 debut. (The latter set also claims the top spot on the Top Country Albums chart.)

Rounding out the Top 10 are Young Jeezy [ tickets ]'s "The Recession" at No. 6, DJ Khaled [ tickets ]'s "We Global" at No. 7, Buckcherry [ tickets ]'s "Black Butterfly" at No. 8, Lil Wayne [ tickets ]'s "Tha Carter III" at No. 9 and The Game [ tickets ]'s "LAX" at No. 10.

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