METALLICA's "Black" Album Is The Top-Selling Album Of The Last Twenty Years

METALLICA is one of the top-selling artists since Nielsen SoundScanbegan started tracking album sales in May 1991, with cumulative US sales of over 53 million copies.

The band's 1991 fifth album, "the black album," is the top selling album of the last twenty years having sold over 15,735,000 copies to date.

Top Ten Selling Albums Of SoundScan Era (1991 - January 1, 2012)...
01. METALLICA - "Metallica (15,735,000)
02. SHANIA TWAIN - "Come On Over (15,513,000)
03. ALANIS MORISSETTE - "Jagged Little Pill (14,714,000)
04. BACKSTREET BOYS - "Millennium (12,168,000)
05. BEATLES - "1" (11,985,000)
06. Soundtrack - "Bodyguard (11,829,000)
07. SANTANA - "Supernatural (11,772,000)
08. CREED - "Human Clay (11,574,000)
09. N' SYNC - "No Strings Attached (11,122,000)
10. CELINE DION - "Falling Into You (10,790,000)

Top Ten Selling Artists Of SoundScan Era (based on album sales from 1991 to January 1, 2012)...
01. GARTH BROOKS (68,561,000)
02. THE BEATLES (63,299,000)
03. MARIAH CAREY (53,612,000)
04. METALLICA (53,170,000)
05. CELINE DION (51,492,000)
06. GEORGE STRAIT (43,310,000)
07. EMINEM (41,166,000)
08. TIM MCGRAW (40,169,000)
09. ALAN JACKSON (38,860,000)
10. PINK FLOYD (37,228,000)

METALLICA will perform, "the black album", in its entirety at several European festivals this Summer.

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