Metallica‘s self-titled album – often known as ‘The Black Album’ – has crossed 750 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts – discover out extra in regards to the milestone achievement beneath.
Yesterday (July 15), Billboard introduced the achievement on social media. The album was first launched in 1991, and has now spent over 14 years on the charts sporadically because it dropped.
The achievement marks solely the fourth album in historical past to achieve the milestone. The one three albums which have surpassed ‘The Black Album’ are Pink Floyd‘s ‘The Darkish Facet Of The Moon’ clocking in at a complete of 990 weeks, Bob Marley‘s ‘Legend’ at 843 weeks and Journey‘s ‘Journey’s Biggest Hits’ at 813 weeks.
.@Metallica‘s ‘Metallica’ has now spent 750 whole weeks on the #Billboard200 (No. 178 this week).
It is the fourth album in historical past to achieve the milestone, after @pinkfloyd‘s ‘The Darkish Facet of the Moon’ (990 whole weeks), @bobmarley‘s ‘Legend’ (843) and @JourneyOfficial‘s…
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) July 15, 2024
The album was led by 5 singles: ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘The Unforgiven’, ‘Nothing Else Issues’, ‘Wherever I Could Roam’ and ‘Unhappy However True’.
The document celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2021 with ‘The Metallica Blacklist’, a sprawling 53-track compilation album that noticed a mammoth, genre-crossing listing of artists – that includes Alessia Cara, Royal Blood, Ghost, Rina Sawayama, Miley Cyrus, Sam Fender, St. Vincent, Corey Taylor, Phoebe Bridgers, IDLES, Kamasi Washington and extra – put their very own spins on the tracks, typically with totally different takes on the identical monitor.
It got here after the legendary singer-songwriter featured on Miley Cyrus‘ cowl of the only for ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ alongside Pink Scorching Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith, WATT, Yo-Yo Ma and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo.
