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Forbes
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Metallica's Decades-Old Album Hits No. 1 For The Second Time Ever
Metallica's Load returns to No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart nearly 30 years ... More after its original debut thanks to a super deluxe reissue. (MANDATORY CREDIT Midori Tsukagoshi/) Metallica in a dressing room during live in Europe, unknown, September 1996. (Photo by Midori Tsukagoshi/) It's not uncommon for Metallica to appear on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, the United Kingdom's ranking of the bestselling full-lengths and EPs in those styles. The group usually claims at least one of the 40 available spaces, if not several at a time. What is less commonly seen these days is Metallica's name in the top spot. While the band's back catalog remains hugely popular and certain titles continue to sell well enough each and every frame to hold on, it takes a special set of circumstances for the hard rock legends to own the ranking, as the band does once again this week. Metallica Returns to No. 1 Metallica returns to the throne on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart as Load reappears on the tally. The decades-old project reenters the list at No. 1, pushing Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance out of first place and down to third, as Roar Like Thunder by Buckcherry opens in the runner-up spot. Load Hits No. 1 for Only the Second Time Load leads the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart for only the second time. The project debuted atop the tally in June 1996. It's been almost 30 years since then, and somehow Metallica's sixth full-length has never managed to rule the ranking again, until now. The project has managed 79 total stays on the roster, 33 of which have been inside the top 10. Metallica's New Super Deluxe Box Set On June 13, Metallica reissued Load as a super deluxe box set. The lengthy collection includes demos, additional mixes, videos, live tracks, and more. Those who opted for the physical version received 15 CDs, four DVDs, and a book that features more than 100 pages all about the group. Load Rises Into the Top 10 As Load takes control of the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, it also reaches the top 10 on three other lists. Metallica's project debuts at No. 5 on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking and No. 6 on the Official Albums Sales roster. The set also breaks back onto the Official Physical Albums chart at No. 6, while coming in at No. 40 on both the Official Albums and Official Album Downloads tallies.
Forbes
28-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Metallica Become The First Metal Band To Hit Double Diamond
(MANDATORY CREDIT Midori Tsukagoshi/) Metallica photo session in a dressing ... More room during live in Berlin, Berlin, November 5, 1992. (Photo by Midori Tsukagoshi/) Standing as the most popular metal band in the world, it doesn't come as much of a surprise to see that Metallica's Black Album is now RIAA certified double diamond, i.e. 20 times platinum. This news comes straight from the RIAA awards social media page, which also notes that Metallica's magnum opus Master of Puppets has now gone eight times platinum as well. Metallica saw their biggest mainstream breakthrough with their 1991 self-titled LP (aka The Black Album) earning the band their first No.1 charting album. To date it's their highest selling album, and the first metal album to reach double diamond, which of course makes The Black Album the most popular metal record of all time. It's safe to say that much of the band's mainstream appeal is a direct result of The Black Album. Sure, just about every metal fan will say that any of the band's previous four albums are superior, and while they might be true, none of those album would have seen the multi-decade success they've had if it wasn't for The Black Album breaking Metallica through to millions of new fans. Metallica now holds the accolade for becoming the first metal band to have a record go double diamond, but there are handful of other hard-rock albums that have managed to reach the same feat. AC/DC's 1980 opus Back In Black is certified 27 times platinum, and Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut Appetite For Destruction, is triple diamond (30 times platinum). The only other metal record to come close to Metallica's double diamond certification is Black Sabbath's 1970 sophomore LP, Paranoid, which currently sits at 12 million sales worldwide. It's hard to say whether or not there will ever be another metal band that's as successful or as popular as Metallica. Of course, the sky is the limit as to what's possible, but the ceiling that Metallica continue to raise make it seem less than likely another metal act will surpass or even match their feats in the next few decades. Hopefully these proves to be wrong and some other band soon reinvents the wheel just as Metallica did in 1991.
