Metallica's latest album, "Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct" topped the charts of Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums Billboard magazine. The 80-minute double album was released in November 2016 and sold 1.1 million copies during 2017.
When released in November 2016, the album immediately topped the charts of the Billboard 200 album after selling 291,000 copies in a week. The single "Atlas, Rise!" even briefly topped the Billboard charts for two weeks in February. Billboard's year-end music summary is based on track ratings between December 3, 2016 and November 25, 2017.
Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct is certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) on 12 April. Metallica personnel received platinum vinyl plaques by their record label executive, Blackened Recordings. The submission took place on May 17 at The New Coliseum Presented By NYCB in Uniondale, New York.
Platinum certification is awarded when the sale of an album reaches one million. This figure achieved Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct from physical album sales, on-demand digital music services and video streaming.
Hardwired... To Self-Destruct physical sales jumped from sales of album packages and tickets to the Metallica stadium concert tour that began on 17 February. Viewers who bought these concert tickets received a physical album. This purchase is listed in the album sales figures. Nevertheless, two Metallica albums in the decade of 2000's, Death Magnetic (2008) and St. Anger (2003) sold more than Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct in a week. Death Magnetic reaches 490,000 copies and St. Anger reached 418,000 in three days.
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