Metallica Albums Ranked By Sales

According to Universal Music Japan, METALLICA sold over 120,000,000 albums worldwide, including 64,018,000 in the United States and 2,600,000 in the United Kingdom. The best-selling album by METALLICA is METALLICA, which sold over 33,000,000 copies.

1

METALLICA (1991)

METALLICA

Sales: 33,000,000

Rank in 1991 : 1

Rank in 1990's : 5

Overall rank : 15

2

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1988)

METALLICA

Sales: 11,060,441

Rank in 1988 : 7

Rank in 1980's : 50

Overall rank : 220

 3

MASTER OF PUPPETS (1986)

METALLICA

Sales: 10,000,000

Rank in 1986 : 7

Rank in 1980's : 58

Overall rank : 273

4

LOAD (1996)

METALLICA

Sales: 8,061,530

Rank in 1996 : 8

Rank in 1990's : 144

Overall rank : 348

5

RELOAD (1997)

METALLICA

Sales: 6,627,000

Rank in 1997 : 25

Rank in 1990's : 181

Overall rank : 484

6

RIDE THE LIGHTNING (1984)

METALLICA

Sales: 6,590,906

Rank in 1984 : 12

Rank in 1980's : 96

Overall rank : 489

 7

ST. ANGER (2003)

METALLICA

Sales: 5,000,000

Rank in 2003 : 20

Rank in 2000's : 166

Overall rank : 757

8

S&M (1999)

METALLICA

Sales: 4,985,140

Rank in 1999 : 30

Rank in 1990's : 284

Overall rank : 783

9

KILL `EM ALL (1983)

METALLICA

Sales: 4,307,877

Rank in 1983 : 20

Rank in 1980's : 188

Overall rank : 917

10

DEATH MAGNETIC (2008)

METALLICA

Sales: 4,011,300

Rank in 2008 : 16

Rank in 2000's : 212

Overall rank : 1010

 11

GARAGE INC. (1998)

METALLICA

Sales: 3,905,152

Rank in 1998 : 46

Rank in 1990's : 369

Overall rank : 1052

12

HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT (2016)

METALLICA

Sales: 2,399,493

Rank in 2016 : 12

Rank in 2010's : 145

Overall rank : 1847

13

GARAGE DAYS RE-REVISITED (1987)

METALLICA

Sales: 1,055,740

Rank in 1987 : 124

Rank in 1980's : 915

Overall rank : 4854

14

ONE (JAPAN MINI ALBUM) (1989)

METALLICA

Sales: 100,000

Rank in 1989 : 649

Rank in 1980's : 3698

Overall rank : 29500

 15

ORGULLO, PASIÓN Y GLORIA: TRES NOCHES EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (2009)

METALLICA

Sales: 60,000

Rank in 2009 : 706

Rank in 2000's : 10140

Overall rank : 34868

16

SIX FEET DOWN UNDER (2010)

METALLICA

Sales: 35,000

Rank in 2010 : 849

Rank in 2010's : 7071

Overall rank : 44702

17

METALLI-CAN (JAPAN) (1994)

METALLICA

Sales: 20,170

Rank in 1994 : 1325

Rank in 1990's : 13387

Overall rank : 49842

18

WHEREVER I MAY ROAM [EP] (1993)

METALLICA

Sales: 18,880

Rank in 1993 : 1182

Rank in 1990's : 13493

Overall rank : 51805

19

S&M2 (2020)

METALLICA

Sales: 10,000

Rank in 2020 : 710

Rank in 2020's : 1255

Overall rank : 54391

20

THROUGH THE NEVER (2013)

METALLICA

Sales: 10,000

Rank in 2013 : 1058

Rank in 2010's : 9893

Overall rank : 54643

21

LIVE SHIT: BINGE AND PURGE (1993)

METALLICA

Sales: 6,156

Rank in 1993 : 1231

Rank in 1990's : 13944

Overall rank : 56922

22

UNNAMED FEELING[EP] (2004)

METALLICA

Sales: 1,101

Rank in 2004 : 2107

Rank in 2000's : 18519

Overall rank : 59519

23

FRANTIC[EP] (2003)

METALLICA

Sales: 926

Rank in 2003 : 2009

Rank in 2000's : 18541

Overall rank : 59647