Metallica have been the preferred metallic band by Google seek for the final three years, in accordance to outcomes from an web agency that maps such statistics.
And since 2007, when tabulation started, Metallica have battled simply two different artists for that No. 1 spot. A clip displaying the stats in an animated graph bears that out.
Watch the video down towards the underside of this web page.
The 2 bands who’ve at instances overtaken Metallica to turn out to be essentially the most searched metallic band have been Linkin Park and Van Halen. However Motley Crue, Slipknot and Iron Maiden have come shut, typically taking on the second slot on the time-elapsed graph.
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Linkin Park began because the No. 1 most searched metallic band in 2007 earlier than Metallica took over the mantle later that yr, because the chart dynamically shows. Metallica held it till Linkin Park regained it in 2009. Metallica then maintained the No. 2 place behind them.
Linkin Park
In 2014, Metallica overtook the highest slot till Linkin Park made a quick return in 2017, once more being outdistanced by Metallica later that yr. Linkin Park stayed at No. 2 behind Metallica till Motley Crue took No. 2 in 2019. Linkin Park recaptured No. 2 later that yr earlier than Van Halen made a run for No. 1 in 2019.
However Metallica was again at No. 1 by 2020. As of 2022, Iron Maiden (No. 2) and Slipknot (No. 3) are between Metallica (No. 1) and Linkin Park (No. 4).
Among the stats appear to align with instances of word for the rising artist, though that won’t clarify all of it. For instance, Van Halen’s rise in 2019 corresponds with the news of the reunited band’s demise a yr earlier than Eddie Van Halen‘s loss of life in 2020.
The graph video, posted final yr on YouTube, was created by the music charts and information analytics firm Chartex. It’s referred to as a “platform for all information associated to the musical world from the preferred streaming and social media websites” on its YouTube page.
Chartex goals to “present an all-in-one platform for all of your curiosities relating to the music trade, from the historic timeline of music to the evolution of all the various musical genres and the rise and fall of essentially the most well-known artists within the musical sphere,” it says.
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