(Reprinted from Loudwire - please note that I did not write this and you can find the original link here)
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Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan have just released a list of the top-selling albums of the SoundScan era (1991-2011). Coming in at No. 1 with more than 15 million units sold to date is Metallica‘s self-titled 1991 disc, aka The Black Album.
The Black Album topped the charts in eight countries and delivered some of metal’s most legendary tracks such as ‘The Unforgiven,’ ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘Enter Sandman.’
Metallica recently celebrated their 30th anniversary as a band by four small club dates for their fan club members in San Francisco. Some of the biggest names in metal came out to share the stage with Metallica during the four-day celebration such as Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Halford as well as former Metallica members Jason Newsted and Dave Mustaine.
Metallica are set to release a B-sides album of songs recorded during the ‘Death Magnetic’ sessions on Jan 30. titled ‘Beyond Magnetic.’Top 10 Highest-Selling Albums of the Nielsen SoundScan Era
TOP 10 SELLING ALBUMS | ||||||||||||||||||
(1991 – 1/1/2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Artist | Units Sold | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ‘Metallica,’ Metallica | 15,735,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ‘Come On Over,’ Shania Twain | 15,513,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ Alanis Morissette | 14,714,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | ‘Millennium,’ Backstreet Boys | 12,168,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | ’1,’ Beatles | 11,985,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Soundtrack, ‘Bodyguard’ | 11,829,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | ‘Supernatural,’ Santana | 11,772,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ‘Human Clay,’ Creed | 11,574,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | ‘No Strings Attached,’ N Sync | 11,122,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | ‘Falling Into You,’ Celine Dion | 10,790,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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