Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Metallica

Charting Feb 18, 1989 → Jul 30, 2022 · 189 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 189 wk, UK Singles Chart 90 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 189 wk UK Singles Chart · 90 wk Global Music Power · 234 wk

Peak Power: 1.28%; week of Nov 16, 1991
Career Power: 108; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 44; August 1991 – August 1992
Peak Five Years: 60; August 1991 – August 1996
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 189; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.60%; week of Jun 8, 1996
Comebacks: 0; none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

17 records · 108 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Enter SandmanApple Music	#16October 1991	20	August 1991 – January 1992	26.8	26.4
Until It SleepsApple Music	#10June 1996	20	June 1996 – October 1996	19.0	18.8
The Memory RemainsApple Music	#28December 1997	19	November 1997 – April 1998	12.0	11.7
OneApple Music	#35April 1989	15	February 1989 – May 1989	8.5	8.4
The UnforgivenApple Music	#35January 1992	17	December 1991 – March 1992	8.1	8.9
Nothing Else MattersApple Music	#34May 1992	15	March 1992 – July 1992	7.8	7.7
Hero Of The DayApple Music	#60January 1997	18	November 1996 – March 1997	4.9	4.9
The Unforgiven IIApple Music	#59May 1998	15	April 1998 – July 1998	4.8	4.7
I DisappearApple Music	#76June 2000	20	May 2000 – September 2000	3.8	3.8
The Day That Never ComesApple Music	#31September 2008	10	September 2008 – November 2008	3.7	3.6
Master Of PuppetsApple Music	#35July 2022	3	July 2022 – July 2022	2.9	2.6
No Leaf CloverApple Music	#74March 2000	10	February 2000 – April 2000	2.1	2.0
Wherever I May RoamApple Music	#82August 1992	7	July 1992 – August 1992	1.2	1.1
King NothingApple Music	#90March 1997	8	March 1997 – April 1997	1.1	1.0
CyanideApple Music	#50September 2008	1	September 2008	0.7	0.6
My ApocalypseApple Music	#67September 2008	1	September 2008	0.3	0.4
Sad But TrueApple Music	#98October 1992	1	October 1992	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1991 in music →

Metallica's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1991 to August 1992. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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