Six are from Metallica
Metal Insider published a study this week on the best-selling albums of 2016. Five of the top 10 are by Metallica. Check out the full list below:
1. Metallica, Hardwired… To Self Destruct (516,000 copies)
2. Disturbed, Immortalized (298,000 copies)
3. Metallica, Metallica (“The Black Album”) (267,500 copies)
4. Bon Jovi, The House Is Not For Sale (174,000 copies)
5. Journey, Greatest Hits (169,000 copies)
6. Metallica, Master of Puppets (163,000 copies)
7. Metallica, …And Justice For All (155,000 copies)
8. Metallica, Ride the Lightning (153,000 copies)
9. Megadeth, Dystopia (148,000 copies)
10. Five Finger Death Punch, Got Your Six (146,500 copies)
11. Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage (144,000 copies)
12. Guns N' Roses, Greatest Hits (138,000 copies)
13. Deftones, Gore (133,000 copies)
14. Skillet, Unleashed (123,500 copies)
15. Volbeat, Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie (123,000 copies)
16. AC/DC, Back in Black (117,000 copies)
17. Guns N' Roses, Appetite For Destruction (115,000 copies)
18. Nirvana, Nevermind (114,000 copies)
19. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (113,000 copies)
20. Shinedown, Threat to Survival (110,000 copies)
21. Pierce the Veil, Misadventures (105,000 copies)
22. Metallica, Kill 'em All ( 104,000 copies)
23. A Day to Remember, Bad Vibrations (102,000 copies)
24. Korn, The Serenity of Suffering (100,000 copies)

