Metallica Album Is Fourth Ever to Reach Historic Chart Record

Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album has grow to be the fourth studio launch ever to succeed in a historic chart file.

The album, affectionately often called The Black Album, has formally spent a complete of 750 weeks on the Billboard 200. It is the fourth file in historical past to spend that period of time on the chart, following Pink Floyd’s The Darkish Aspect of the Moon (1973), the Bob Marley and The Wailers compilation album Legend (1984) and Journey’s Biggest Hits (1988).

Subsequently, The Black Album is the youngest album to succeed in the chart milestone — and is the second studio album to take action, because the Bob Marley and Journey albums are each compilations.

To place the period of time it is spent on the chart into perspective, 750 weeks comes out to about 14.38 years. The album initially peaked at No. 1 on Aug. 31, 1991, and it at the moment sits at No. 178 on the Billboard 200 almost 33 years later.

Metallica was the legends’ breakthrough into the mainstream, although they had been already favorites amongst the thrash steel group for years earlier than that. It bought 598,000 copies in its first week, and spent a complete of 4 weeks straight on prime of the chart.

Since then, it is bought over 30 million copies worldwide, 17 million of which had been within the U.S. alone.

After it turned their first No. 1 album, Load (1996), Reload (1997), St. Anger (2003), Dying Magnetic (2008) and Hardwired… To Self-Destruct (2016) all topped the chart as nicely.

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Their newest file, 2023’s 72 Seasons, peaked at No. 2.

A few of the different longest-charting Billboard 200 albums embody Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Chronicle (1976) biggest hits compilation, Nirvana’s Nevermind (1991), Weapons N’ Roses’ Biggest Hits (2004), AC/DC’s Again in Black (1980) and Queen’s Biggest Hits (1981).

Congrats to Metallica!