Metallica‘s newly released album “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” looks to be a commercial success with the album current sitting at #1 in 57 countries according to the band themselves. They’ve also revealed that it sits in the top 3 in 75 countries and the top 5 in 105 countries. The group shared the following message regarding that and the response to the album, which hit stores this past Friday, November 18th:
“Now that the four of us are back at home, getting settled and decompressing after one of the craziest, wildest and greatest weeks of our career, word has gotten to us over the weekend that ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct‘ is number one in a staggering 57 countries, Top 3 in 75 countries and Top 5 in 105 countries! We’re not quite sure we can even name 105 countries!
Wow… what an insane awesome ride it’s been. We are stunned, beyond grateful and truly appreciative that not only have Metallica fans embraced ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct‘ beyond our wildest expectations, but more importantly, we’re proud to see that hard rock and metal is still viable and matters in 2016…TO SO MANY PEOPLE! The support, excitement, and love from all corners of the planet means so much to us and we are sincerely blown away by the response.
The story has just begun and there is so much more to come, but we want to thank you for making this such a special time in Metallica history. We look forward to seeing you out on the road as we’re just getting started here. Please keep your posts, photos, comments, critiques and stories coming our way!!”
Meanwhile, hitsdailydouble.com report that the band are on track to sell around 260-280k copies of the album during it’s first week of release in the United States alone, which should easily net it #1 on the charts. Meanwhile, streaming service Spotify has proclaimed Metallica the most streamed metal band in the world. Among the stats they provided were 7 million monthly listeners with 11,892 years worth of music having been streamed. Among the all-time top tracks streamed for the band are:
“Enter Sandman” – 109,707,696 streams
“Nothing Else Matters” – 96,512,557 streams
“Master Of Puppets” – 57,914,979 streams
“The Unforgiven” – 52,132,216 streams
“Whiskey In The Jar” – 45,677,562 streams
