THE OFFSPRING ALBUM IN STUDIO (1989) THE OFFSPRING: 400,000 (1992) IGNITION: 1,500,000 (1994) SMASH: 12,000,000 (1997) IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE: 3,400,000 (1998) AMERICANA: 11,700,000 (2002) CONSPIRACY OF ONE: 4,000,000 (2003) SPLINTER: 1,700,000 (2008) RISE AND FALL, RAGE AND GRACE: 900,000 (2012) DAYS GO BY: 400,000 COMPILATION (2005) GREATEST HITS: 2,300,000 TOTAL: 38,300,000
METALLICA ALBUM IN STUDIO (1983) KILL 'EM ALL: 6,500,000 (1984) RIDE THE LIGHTNING: 9,500,000 (1986) MASTER OF PUPPETS: 11,200,000 (1988) ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: 14,000,000 (1991) METALLICA: 27,300,000 (1996) LOAD: 10,600,000 (1997) RELOAD: 8,300,000 (2003) ST.ANGER: 5,200,000 (2008) DEATH MAGNETIC: 4,600,000 EP, LIVE, COMPILATION, SOUNDTRACK & COLLABORATION (1987) THE $5.98 EP - GARAGE DAYS RE-REVISITED: 1,600,000 (1998) GARAGE INC. : 6,200,000 (1999) S&M: 6,900,000 (2004) SOME KIND OF MONSTER: 300,000 (2011) LULU (with Lou Reed): 300,000 (2011) BEYOND MAGNETIC: 300,000 (2013) THROUGH THE NEVER: 300,000 TOTAL: 113,100,000
Holy Metallica! They shattered my Linkin Park 113m to 58m. But Metallica has been on for like 30+ years, LP like 15. And albums doesn't sell much anymore...
It's natural! Every artist of the 80s or 90s has sold more than one of the 00s, and every artist of the 00s has sold more than one of the 10s. Is the -> Download. If Linkin Park were a band of the 80s (or 90s), now they would have sold as Metallica or more. Or... if Metallica were a band of the 00s, probably now they would not have sold not even than 20m.
Metallica may sold more copies than LP, but The Eagles is the best selling American band of all time.
TENACIOUS D ALBUM IN STUDIO (2001) TENACIOUS D: 1,600,000 (2006) THE PICK OF DESTINY: 800,000 (2012) RIZE OF THE FENIX: 400,000 TOTAL: 2,800,000
BILLBOARD 200: YEAR END TOP SELLING HARD ROCK ALBUMS 2001 - #1 Hybrid Theory: 4,8 million copies 2003 - #1 Meteora: 3,5 million copies 2007 - #1 Minutes To Midnight: 2,1 million copies 2010 - #2 A Thousand Suns (behind Dark Horse by Nickelback): 600,000 copies 2011 - #3 A Thousand Suns (behind Wasting Light by Foo Fighters and Greatest Hits by Bon Jovi): 200,000 copies 2012 - #2 Living Things (behind Here And Now by Nicklelback): 560,000 copies* * this is strange, because according to Nielsen Soundscan -> Year End sales 2012: - Living Things 560,000 - Here And Now 380,000 (and 930,000 in total with the sales of 2011)
WORLDWIDE ALBUMS: YEAR END TOP SELLING HARD ROCK ALBUMS 2001 - #1 Hybrid Theory: 9,0 million copies 2003 - #1 Meteora: 6,9 million copies 2007 - #1 Minutes To Midnight: 4,7 million copies 2010 - #2 A Thousand Suns (behind Greatest Hits by Bon Jovi): 1,7 million copies 2012 - #1 Living Things: 1,6 million copies
THE HUNTING PARTY SALES Week 14: 16,000 copies worldwide (3,050 US) Total so far: 799,000 (238,000 US)