The week of Thanksgiving is usually one of the music industry’s biggest and most important, but sales were low this year despite several high-profile new releases. Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” (Geffen), an album 14 years in the making that was sold through an exclusive deal with Best Buy, sold 260,000 copies; some early estimates for it were nearly triple that amount. “Chinese Democracy” opens at No. 3 on the Billboard album chart, behind Kanye West’s new “808s & Heartbreak” (Def Jam), which sold 450,000, and Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” (Big Machine), which moved ... (more)