For the primary time in 32 years, Metallica’s newest album has not debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. 72 Seasons, their newest LP, got here in with 146,000 equal album items and fell simply behind Morgan Wallen’s One Factor at a Time, which has held the highest spot for seven weeks now with 166,000 equal items, reviews Billboard. That is their first album since 1991’s Metallica, which spent 550 weeks on the Billboard 200, that hasn’t cinched No. 1.
One Factor at a Time is Wallen’s third studio album and got here out again on March 3. It’s held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 since then. Over the previous decade, Wallen and Taylor Swift are the one two artists to have a number of albums spend at the least seven weeks on the spot, his second being 2021’s Harmful: The Double Album.
Though 72 Seasons broke their multi-decade-long streak, Metallica did have the biggest week for any rock or exhausting rock album, by items, in almost 4 years, notes Billboard. Serving to their new LP obtain that feat are the singles “Lux Æterna,” “Screaming Suicide,” “If Darkness Had a Son,” and its titular tune.
Later this week, Metallica will kick off an intensive world tour in assist of 72 Seasons. After choose dates in Europe, the band will play at stadiums within the U.S. by way of the tip of the 12 months. They’re additionally slated to co-headline Energy Journey, a three-day mega-concert that isn’t an homage to the late Riley Gale’s beloved Texas thrash steel band. Then, in 2024, they head again on the street for live shows in Europe, Mexico, and extra cities within the U.S.
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