Metallica‘s “Lux Æterna” soars in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated Dec. 10.
Following its Nov. 28 premiere, the observe bows with 5.3 million in radio viewers, 3.3 million official U.S. streams and 4,000 bought by way of Dec. 1, in accordance with Luminate.
“Lux” previews 72 Causes, the band’s eleventh studio album, due April 14, 2023.
Metallica beforehand topped Sizzling Onerous Rock Songs (which started in 2020) for 9 weeks beginning in July with its 1986 basic “Grasp of Puppets,” sparked by its synch in Netflix’s Stranger Issues.
“Lux” concurrently fees in at No. 2 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, the chart’s greatest debut since 2006, when Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ “Dani California” additionally started at No. 2. Metallica ties its highest arrival on the record, matching 2003’s “St. Anger.” The band now boasts 25 high 10s on the tally, relationship to its first — “Enter Sandman,” in 1991.
“Lux” additionally opens at No. 2 on Rock & Alternative Airplay and turns into the group’s first Alternative Airplay entry since 2009 at No. 35.
The observe debuts at No. 1 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales (marking Metallica’s fifth ruler for the reason that chart started in 2007 and second this 12 months following “Puppets” [seven weeks]) and at No. 7 on Hard Rock Streaming Songs.
72 Causes is Metallica’s first studio album since Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, which debuted because the band’s sixth No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart in December 2016. The group first led with its self-titled set in August 1991; the album spends a 688th week on the Dec. 10-dated survey, the fourth-longest run within the tally’s historical past, relationship to 1956.
