Metallica‘s “Nothing Else Matters” music video has officially joined the 1 billion views club on YouTube. The video for that single from their 16x multi-platinum 1991 self-titled album (aka ‘The Black Album‘) was first uploaded to YouTube back on October 26th, 2009. It’s the first track from the band to hit that milestone on the service.
While the “Nothing Else Matters” video reigns supreme on YouTube for the band, its is another ‘Black Album’ track that currently holds the most streams for them for Spotify: “Enter Sandman“. As of press time that track had over 701,655,995 streams, while “Nothing Else Matters” trails in second with 642,970,784 streams. Conversely, the official upload of the “Enter Sandman” music video currently sits at 483,754,232 views.
Metallica will be dropping a deluxe edition of ‘The Black Album‘ on September 10th, along with a guest-filled tribute album to it by the name of “The Metallica Blacklist“. The group also plan to head back out on the road this fall on a run that will see them celebrate their 40th anniversary at two special shows in San Francisco.
09/24 Louisville, KY – KY Expo Center (‘Louder Than Life‘)
09/26 Louisville, KY – KY Expo Center (‘Louder Than Life‘)
10/08 Sacramento, CA – Discovery Park (‘Aftershock Festival‘)
10/10 Sacramento, CA – Discovery Park (‘Aftershock Festival‘)
11/04 Hollywood, Fl – Hard Rock Live
11/06 Atlanta, GA – Mercedes-Benz Stadium (‘ATLive‘)
11/12 Daytona Beach, FL – Daytona International Speedway (‘Welcome To Rockville‘)
11/14 Daytona Beach, FL – Daytona International Speedway (‘Welcome To Rockville‘)
11/17 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center (40th Anniversary Show)
11/19 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center (40th Anniversary Show)
06/15 Copenhagen, DEN – Copenhell
06/17 Landgraaf, NET – Pinkpop Festival
06/19 Florence, ITA – Firenze Rocks
06/22 Prague, CZE – Prague Rocks
06/26 Clisson, FRA – Hellfest
07/01 Werchter, BEL – Rock Werchter
07/06 Madrid, SPA – Mad Cool Festival
07/08 Lisbon, POR – NOS Alive
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