Queen and Led Zeppelin are left behind.
Billboard published a year-end list showing the top chart numbers for Rock songs in 2017.
Despite Metallica's album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct being released in 2016, it topped the Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums that year.
The album also reached number two on the Mainstream Rock Artists , and five tracks reached high positions on various charts.
Names like Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Queen, Guns N' Roses, Five Finger Death Punch, and Led Zeppelin also had their moment, but they've fallen by the wayside.
Billboard revealed that the chart is based on radio airplay, streaming, and sales (online and physical) figures for artists during the period from December 3, 2016 to November 25, 2017.
Check out the lists below:
Top Hard Rock Albums Artists 2017:
- Metallica
- Linkin Park
- Foo Fighters
- Queen
- Guns N' Roses
- Nickelback
- Disturbed
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Led Zeppelin
- Journey
Top Rock Albums Artists 2017:
- Metallica – Hardwired… To Self-Destruct
- Imagine Dragons – Evolve
- Twenty One Pilots – Blurryface
- Soundtrack: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
- Soundtrack: Suicide Squad: The Album
- Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
- Linkin Park – One More Light
- The Lumineers – Cleopatra
- The Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Greatest Hits