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Metallica’s Hit Song “Enter Sandman” Surpasses 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

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Metallica, the biggest band in Rock and Metal History, has joined the vaunted and rare 1 Billion club for their single “Enter Sandman” – their international hit song from their 1991 album Metallica, a.k.a. “The Black Album.” This follows the recent announcement that the band surpassed 1.6 Billion streams in 2022. Metallica now joins AC/DC (“Highway to Hell,” “Back in Black,” “Thunderstruck”), Arctic Monkeys (“Do I Wanna Know?”), Bon Jovi (“Livin’ on a Prayer”), Fleetwood Mac (“Dreams”), Journey (“Don’t Stop Believin'”), Linkin Park (“In the End” and “Numb”), Lynyrd Skynyrd (“Sweet Home Alabama”), Maneskin (“Beggin'”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), Oasis (“Wonderwall”), Panic! at the Disco (“High Hopes”), Queen (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” “Another One Bites the Dust” and “Under Pressure”), Radiohead (“Creep”), Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Under the Bridge” and “Californication”), The Killers (“Mr. Brightside”), The Police (“Every Breath You Take”), The White Stripes (“Seven Nation Army”), and Twenty One Pilots (“Stressed Out,” “Ride” and “Heathens”) as rock and metal bands with 1 Billion streams. Metallica’s next closest track on the service is “Nothing Else Matters” with over 873,158,195 as of this posting. Of Metallica’s 120 million albums sold worldwide, 28 million plus are from Metallica. Continue reading →


AC/DC Shares The Story Behind the Song “Rock N Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution”

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AC/DC is still celebrating the 40th anniversary of its classic 1980 album “Back In Black”  with its new video series, “The Story Of Back In Black”. Episode five of the series, which focuses on the song “Rock N Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution”, is available to watch below. Read Ghost Cult’s retrospective review here. Last December, “Back in Black” was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 25 million copies. “Back in Black” first went platinum in October 1980 and had previously been certified 22 times platinum in December 2007. The RIAA lists “Back In Black” as the fourth biggest-selling album of all time. On July 25, 1980, AC/DC released “Back In Black” in the U.S., followed by the album’s U.K. release on July 31. It was the band’s first album without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died a few months earlier after passing out and choking on his own vomit following a long night of drinking. Continue reading →


AC/DC Shares The Story Behind the Song “Back In Black”

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AC/DC is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its classic 1980 album “Back In Black”  with its new video series, “The Story Of Back In Black”. Episode three of the series, which focuses on the song “Back In Black” , is available to watch below. Read Ghost Cult’s retrospective review here. Last December, “Back in Black” was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 25 million copies. “Back in Black” first went platinum in October 1980 and had previously been certified 22 times platinum in December 2007. The RIAA lists “Back In Black” as the fourth biggest-selling album of all time. On July 25, 1980, AC/DC released “Back In Black” in the U.S., followed by the album’s U.K. release on July 31. It was the band’s first album without lead singer Bon Scott, who had died a few months earlier after passing out and choking on his own vomit following a long night of drinking. Continue reading →