Metallica has been for over 500 weeks in Billboard 200

That ensures that The Black Album is one of the four plates is more than 500 weeks on the Billboard 200. Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon sticks out head and shoulders above the rest, with 937 weeks. The fifth studio album from Metallica, however, has the record of the most sold cd in the history, and went almost 17 million times over the counter, according to Nielsen Music.

The American Billboard Magazine already publishes since 1956 each week a list of the most sold albums. The list is this time led by the new album Egypt Station of Paul McCartney.