Metallica Dominate Year-End US Rock Charts

(hennemusic) Metallica's "Hardwired�To Self-Destruct" has dominated the year-end rock charts in the US. According to Billboard, the veteran metal band's tenth release landed at No. 1 on their Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums rankings.

Released late last year, "Hardwired�" sold 11 million units in the US in 2017, making it the only rock album to top 800,000 units. The set debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with opening week sales of 291,000 equivalent album units to deliver the group their sixth US chart-topper.

Metallica also came in at No. 2 on the Mainstream Rock Artists chart for 2017 and at No. 4 on the year-end Top Rock Artists recap. "Hardwired�" recently delivered the band a pair of nominations for honors at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in January. Read more here.

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Metallica Dominate Year-End US Rock Charts

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