Metallica’s Self-Titled Album Reaches An Incredible Milestone

It’s a big week for Metallica on the charts in the United Kingdom. The hard rock group is one of several acts from that side of the music business that maintains a constant presence on at least one or two tallies at a time, but this period is especially thrilling for the band, as Metallica returns to multiple rankings with both albums and songs.

What may be regarded as perhaps its most successful full-length — at least when looking at commercial metrics — reaches an incredible milestone as it reappears.

Metallica’s Self-Titled Album Reaches 1,000 Weeks

Metallica’s self-titled album is a bestselling release again this week in the U.K. The decades-old set reappears on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, landing at No. 37.

As it returns, Metallica hits an incredible landmark figure. As of this frame, the full-length has spent 1,000 weeks as one of the top 40 bestselling rock releases in the country.

Master of Puppets Follows (Far) Behind

Metallica is the first release by the band of the same name to reach a four-digit-stay count on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. Only one other project by the group, Master of Puppets, has cracked triple digits, as it has thus far accrued 144 weeks on the tally. Metallica has even managed more weeks on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart than all of the band’s other efforts combined.

Metallica Joins an Elite Club

As the self-titled project reaches 1,000 weeks on the tally, it joins just three other projects that are currently present on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart that have accomplished the same showing. Nirvana’s Nevermind leads the ranking with 1,453 stays. Guns N’ Roses have kept Appetite for Destruction on the list for 1,222 periods, while Linkin Park’s debut full-length Hybrid Theory recently joined this group, and is now up to 1,032 turns on the roster.

Two Metallica Singles Chart

Metallica only scores one hit album in the U.K. this week, but a pair of successful tunes help the band make itself heard. “Enter Sandman” returns to the top 10 on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart, pushing from No. 13 to No. 7. The group doubles up on the tally, as “Nothing Else Matters” reappears in last place at No. 40.