It was a battle of rock vs. pop this week on the Billboard 200 charts ... and rock won by a nose. Linkin Park will put up their fourth #1 debut in a row next week when LIVING THINGS enters the charts at #1 on sales of 223,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
That was just enough to edge out Maroon 5, whose Overexposed
was hot on LP's tail with sales of 222,000. Just over 1,00…