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Forbes
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Metallica Earns Multiple New Top 10s With A Decades-Old Album
Thanks to a deluxe reissue, Metallica's Load appears on six U.K. charts, and even manages top 10 ... More debuts on both the vinyl and physical albums lists. UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Cliff BURTON and METALLICA and Lars ULRICH and Kirk HAMMETT and James HETFIELD; L-R: Cliff Burton, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett - posed, studio, group shot (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Earlier this month, Metallica re-released its album Load in a super deluxe edition. The decades-old project clearly connected with the hard rock band's massive fanbase, as the full-length appears on half a dozen charts in the United Kingdom this week — and remarkably, on several of them for the very first time. Load Debuts Inside the Top 10 on Multiple Charts Decades after it was initially a commercial success, Load opens inside the top 10 on multiple tallies. The collection debuts highest on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, where it starts at No. 5. With this latest arrival, Metallica has now collected nine top 10s on the format-specific ranking. The last time the group reached the uppermost tier was in December 2023, when Ride the Lightning opened at No. 10, also many years after its initial heyday. The band previously climbed even higher than this current No. 5 spot with 72 Seasons, a brand new release that quickly soared to No. 1 in spring 2023. Metallica's Fifth Top 10 on the Sales List Load also debuts one spot lower on the Official Albums Sales chart. On that list, Metallica earns its fifth top 10 as the 1996 collection kicks off its return at No. 6. The group most recently scored a new top 10 on this ranking in April 2023, when 72 Seasons hit the summit. Since then, four other efforts have launched in lower positions. A New Downloads Win The full-length also reaches the Official Album Downloads chart for the very first time. Though it doesn't approach the top 10 on the list, the hard rock classic is new at No. 45, just missing out on becoming a top 40 bestseller. Load Returns to No. 1 Load reenters a trio of additional tallies, and even manages to conquer one of them, thanks to its recently-shared deluxe reissue. Metallica is back in charge on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, as Load returns to the roster at No. 1 after not appearing very recently. The set also breaks back onto the Official Physical Albums chart at No. 6 and reappears on the main ranking of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the U.K. at No. 46 — coincidentally the same position it lands on the downloads tally.
Forbes
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Metallica's Hit Single Reaches A New All-Time Peak, Decades After Its Release
Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' hits a new chart high, rising to No. 179 on the Billboard Global 200 — ... More decades after its release as a single. UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Cliff BURTON and METALLICA and Kirk HAMMETT and James HETFIELD and Lars ULRICH; L-R: Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton - posed, studio, group shot (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Metallica reached incredible heights decades ago when the band released "Enter Sandman." While the track was a hard rock smash at the time, nobody could have predicted how big or how long-lasting it would prove to be. The tune is still charting to this day, decades later, and is currently rising across a number of Billboard rankings in the U.S. – and around the world. The song even manages to climb to a new peak on a roster that wouldn't even be introduced until decades after Metallica first released one of its biggest singles. "Enter Sandman" finally reached the Billboard Global 200 for the first time just last week. The tally opened at No. 182 on the chart company's ranking of the most consumed songs worldwide. The list, which was introduced in 2020, blends both sales and streaming data to paint a picture of what humanity is listening to. This frame, the tune steps up three spaces to No. 179, which now stands as its loftiest placement yet. Metallica has only scored a pair of hits on the Billboard Global 200. In July 2022, "Master of Puppets" debuted and then went on to reach its all-time high of No. 20. It still stands not only as the group's highest-rising win, but also its longest-charting, as it has racked up four times as many stays on the global ranking as "Enter Sandman" has thus far. Looking at the U.S.-based charts, the Metallica smash climbs on two rankings focused solely on pure purchases. The track nearly returns to No. 1 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, as it vaults from No. 5 to No. 2. At the same time, it narrowly misses re-entering the top 10 on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart, landing at No. 11, up from No. 13. The cut is also a winner on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, as "Enter Sandman" holds steady at No. 3 on the Hard Rock Streaming Songs chart, its all-time best showing.
