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Metallica's Black Album Remains Top Seller In The US

The band have sold more than 15m copies of their 5th album

Published 5th Jan 2012

The album has topped the charts for the top selling album of the Soundscan era (i.e. since 1991), selling a massive 15.735,000 copies in the US alone.

Metallica also sit at number four in the total album sales charts with 53,170,000.

Here's the top ten of both individual albums and total album sales:

Top Ten Selling Albums Of SoundScan Era (1991 - January 1, 2012):

  1. METALLICA - "Metallica (15,735,000)
  1. SHANIA TWAIN - "Come On Over (15,513,000)
  1. ALANIS MORISSETTE - "Jagged Little Pill (14,714,000)
  1. BACKSTREET BOYS - "Millennium (12,168,000)
  1. BEATLES - "1"(11,985,000)
  1. Soundtrack - "Bodyguard (11,829,000)
  1. SANTANA - "Supernatural (11,772,000)
  1. CREED - "Human Clay (11,574,000)
  1. N' SYNC - "No Strings Attached (11,122,000)
  1. 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)

  1. GARTH BROOKS (68,561,000)
  1. THE BEATLES (63,299,000)
  1. MARIAH CAREY (53,612,000)
  1. METALLICA (53,170,000)
  1. CELINE DION (51,492,000)
  1. GEORGE STRAIT (43,310,000)
  1. EMINEM (41,166,000)
  1. TIM MCGRAW (40,169,000)
  1. ALAN JACKSON (38,860,000)
  1. PINK FLOYD (37,228,000)

(Blabbermouth)