Das 1991 veröffentlichte Album "METALLICA" belegt den dritten Platz der meistverkauftesten Alben seit Einführung des SoundScan Systems. Das SoundScan System erfast seit 1991 Verkaufszahlen die nach erscheinen eines Albums in den USA erzielt wurden:
1. Shania Twain - Come On Over (1997, 14,4 Mio)
2. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995, 14,0 Mio)
3. METALLICA - METALLICA (1991, 13,1 Mio)
4. Backsteet Boys - Millennium (1999, 13,0 Mio)
5. Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard O.S.T. (1992, 11,7 Mio)
Und hier gibt es noch eine Liste mit allen Metal relevanten Bands:
AMORPHIS – Am Universum: 7,757
AMORPHIS – Tuonela: 12,765
AMORPHIS – Elegy: 15,100
ANDREW WK – I Get Wet: 45,598
ANTHRAX – Volume 8: 77,878
ANTHRAX – Stomp 442: 115,017
ANTHRAX – Sound Of White Noise: 511,284
ARMORED SAINT – Revelation: 14,973
BACKYARD BABIES – Total 13: 2,988
BLIND GUARDIAN – Night At The…: 6,177
BLIND GUARDIAN – Nightfall…: 14,583
BRUCE DICKINSON – Chemical Wedding: 39,698
BRUCE DICKINSON – Accident Of Birth: 44,474
BIOHAZARD – Uncivilization: 20,633
BIOHAZARD – New World…: 51,147
BIOHAZARD – Mata Leao: 51,408
BIOHAZARD – State Of The World…: 198,790
BORKNAGAR – Empiricism: 3,096
CANNIBAL CORPSE – Gore Obsessed: 13,974
CANNIBAL CORPSE – Bloodthirst: 36,574
CANNIBAL CORPSE – Bleeding: 93,588
CHILDREN OF BODOM – Follow…: 7,946
CONTROL DENIED – Fragile Art of Existence: 7,646
CRADLE OF FILTH – Midian: 49,351
CRADLE OF FILTH: Bitter Suites…: 31,808
COAL CHAMBER – Coal Chamber: 447,892
COAL CHAMBER – Chamber Music: 272,491
DEATH – Human: 74,226
DEATH – Individual Thought Patterns: 66,807
DEATH – Symbolic: 35,924
DEATH – Sound of Perseverance: 33,864
DANZIG – Blackacidevil: 119,520
DANZIG – 6:66: Satan's Child: 63,363
DEICIDE – In Torment In Hell: 10,923
DEICIDE – Insineratehymn: 26,939
DEICIDE – Legion: 102,056
DEICIDE – Deicide: 96,184
DEICIDE – Once Upon The Cross: 81,774
DEICIDE – Serpents of the Light: 50,829
DESTRUCTION – Antichrist: 1,877
DESTRUCTION – All Hell Breaks…: 3,110
DOWN – II: 62,366
DOWN – Nola: 232,847
DIMMU BORGIR - Puritanical Euphoric…: 21,311
ENTOMBED – Morning Star: 2,669
ENTOMBED – Uprising: 3,354
ENTOMBED – Same Difference: 6,808
ENTOMBED – Wolverine Blues: 56,764
ENTOMBED – Clandestine: 35,940
ENTOMBED – To Ride, Shoot Straight…: 12,130
EMPEROR – Anthems to the…: 27,232
EMPEROR – IX Equilibrium: 20,812
EMPEROR – Prometheus: Discipline…: 9,141
ECHOBRAIN – Echobrain: 6,924
FAITH NO MORE – Angel Dust: 632,912
FAITH NO MORE – King For A Day…: 205,848
FAITH NO MORE – Album of the Year: 199,199
FANTOMAS – Fantomas: 32,919
FANTOMAS – Director's Cut: 28,721
FEAR FACTORY – Digimortal: 156,264
FEAR FACTORY – Obsolete: 406,247
FEAR FACTORY – Demanufacture: 240,229
FIGHT – A Small Deadly Space: 67,407
FIGHT – War Of Words: 223,902
GAMMA RAY – Powerplant: 4,833
GRIP INC. – Power of Inner Strength: 38,220
GRIP INC. – Nemesis: 21,753
GRIP INC. – Solidify: 12,634
HALFORD – Live Insurrection: 25,532
HALFORD – Resurrection: 60,870
HAMMERFALL – Renegade: 8,969
HAMMERFALL – Legacy Of Kings: 14,436
HAMMERFALL – Glory To The…: 11,279
HELLACOPTERS – Grande Rock: 8,639
HELLACOPTERS – Payin' The Dues: 8,422
IN FLAMES - Colony: 19,074
IN FLAMES – Clayman: 21,773
ICED EARTH – Horror Show: 31,967
ICED EARTH – Something Wicked…: 41,590
IRON MAIDEN – Brave New World: 237,814
IRON MAIDEN – Fear Of The Dark: 402,929
IRON MAIDEN – Rock In Rio: 18,525
IMMORTAL – Sons Of Northern…: 3,223
JUDAS PRIEST – Demolition: 42,831
JUDAS PRIEST – Jugulator: 108,174
KORN – Issues: 3,047,076
KORN – Follow The Leader: 3,414,717
KING DIAMOND – Abigail II…: 13,466
KING DIAMOND – Voodoo: 32,907
KING DIAMOND – Spider's…: 29,224
KREATOR – Violent Revolution: 2,511
KITTIE – Spit: 631,518
KITTIE – Oracle: 169,969
LIMP BIZKIT – Chocolate Starfish…: 6,259,073
LIMP BIZKIT – Significant Other: 7,237,123
MACHINE HEAD – Supercharger: 44,994
MACHINE HEAD – The Burning Red: 134,458
MACHINE HEAD – The More Things…: 115,104
MACHINE HEAD – Burn My Eyes: 145,240
MANOWAR – Kings Of Metal: 91,645
MANOWAR – Louder Than Hell: 39,557
METALLICA – Metallica: 13,101,377
METALLICA – Load: 4,682,409
METALLICA – Re-load: 3,607,713
MEGADETH – The World Needs…: 195,770
MEGADETH – Risk: 304,236
MEGADETH – Youthanasia: 891, 333
MEGADETH – Countdown To…: 2,134,113
MARILYN MANSON – Holy Wood…: 446,756
MARILYN MANSON – Mechanical…: 1,237,008
MORBID ANGEL – Gateways…: 31,357
MORBID ANGEL – Formulas Fatal…: 43,011
MORBID ANGEL – Covenant: 119,893
MESHUGGAH – Chaosphere: 35,232
MESHUGGAH – Destroy Erase Improve: 27,463
MALEVOLENT CREATION – Retribution: 22,598
MALEVOLENT CREATION – Fine Art of Murder: 8,752
MALEVOLENT CREATION – Envenomed: 4,441
MOTORHEAD – March Or Die: 73,682
MOTORHEAD – Overnight…: 14,314
MOTORHEAD – Bastards: 13,223
MOTLEY CRUE – New Tattoo: 155,300
MOTLEY CRUE – Generation Swine: 293,302
NEVERMORE – Dead Heart In…: 19,962
NEVERMORE – Dreaming Neon…: 18,302
NEVERMORE – Nevermore: 8,891
NEVERMORE – Politics of Ecstasy: 11,958
OZZY OSBOURNE – Down To Earth: 737,053
OZZY OSBOURNE – Ozzmosis: 1,572,385
PANTERA – Reinventing The Steel: 570,148
PANTERA – Great Southern…: 758,681
PANTERA – Far Beyond…: 1,308,380
PANTERA – Vulgar Display…: 1,781,674
PAPA ROACH – Infest: 3,164,840
PRIMAL FEAR – Nuclear Fire: 3,766
PITCHSHIFTER – http://www.pitchshifter.com: 60,152
PITCHSHIFTER – Deviant: 33,353
PRONG – Prove You Wrong: 116,721
PRONG – Cleansing: 320,352
PRONG – Rude Awakening: 97,666
QUEENSRYCHE – Q2K: 147,396
QUEENSRYCHE – Hear In The Now…: 304,075
QUEENSRYCHE – Promised Land: 741,648
ROB ZOMBIE – The Sinister Urge: 744,859
ROB ZOMBIE – Hellbilly Deluxe: 2,609,972
SLAYER – God Hates Us All: 180,867
SLAYER – Diabolus In Musica: 253,302
SLAYER – Divine Intervention: 405,092
SLIPKNOT – Iowa: 726,388
SLIPKNOT – Slipknot: 1,414,552
SEPULTURA – Nation: 55,721
SEPULTURA – Against: 127,547
SEPULTURA – Roots: 357,257
SEPULTURA – Chaos A.D.: 452,528
SOULFLY – Primitive: 226,569
SOULFLY – Soulfly: 337,590
STATIC-X – Machine: 400,320
STATIC-X – Wisconsin Death…: 793,934
SAVATAGE – Poets & Madmen: 16,517
SAVATAGE – Edge Of Thorns: 107,880
SOILWORK – Natural Born Chaos: 2,267
SOILWORK – Predator's Portrait: 6,326
SINERGY – Suicide By My Side: 1,300
SINERGY – To Hell And Back: 2,325
SENTENCED – Crimson: 7,285
SENTENCED – Frozen: 4,406
SENTENCED – Down: 4,575
SKINLAB – Disembody…: 35,925
SKINLAB – Bound, Gagged…: 14,927
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD – City: 9,328
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD – No Sleep…: 4,098
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD – Heavy As…: 7,138
SAVATAGE – Edge Of Thorns: 107,657
SAVATAGE – Handful Of Rain: 50,287
SAVATAGE – Poets & Madmen: 16,072
STUCK MOJO – Pigwalk: 39,005
STUCK MOJO – Rising: 42,893
STUCK MOJO – Declaration of a Headhunter: 25,395