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Blink-182 have topped the chart with eight albums for a total of 13 weeks. Linkin Park have spent 54 weeks at number one with eight albums Slipknot have topped the chart with seven albums for a total of 13 weeks. Black Stone Cherry have seven UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones to date. Trivium have topped the album chart seven times.
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [216] [217] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [218] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [219] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Rolling Stone ranked Black Sabbath number 44 in their list of the 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time, describing the title track as the song that "would define the sound of a thousand bands". [49] Additionally, in 2017, the magazine ranked it 5th on their list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". [50]
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" is a recurring opinion survey and music ranking of the finest albums in history, compiled by the American magazine Rolling Stone. It is based on weighted votes from selected musicians, critics, and industry figures.
In 1989, Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 39 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". [36] In 1994, Paranoid was ranked number three in Colin Larkin's Top 50 Heavy Metal Albums. According to Larkin, "Pretenders have often grasped at their crown, but Paranoid shows that Black Sabbath remain the quintessential metal band ...
In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk as 57th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.' [7] In 2018, Loudwire named it the best black metal album of all-time. [8] In 2020, Metal Hammer included it in their list of the top 10 1997 albums. [9]
In the early 1990s, most pioneering black metal artists had minimalist album covers featuring xeroxed black-and-white pictures and/or writing. [5] This was partly a reaction against death metal bands, who at that time had begun to use brightly colored album artwork. [5] Many purist black metal artists have continued this style.
The band The Beatles is #1 on the 200 list, in addition to being the most featured in the rankings Pink Floyd appears at 2nd in the 200 list, in addition to appearing 3 times in the rankings Michael Jackson is number 3 with the album Thriller Led Zeppelin is number 4 with the album Led Zeppelin IV The Rolling Stones is 6th with Exile on Main St. Carole King is the highest ranked woman on the ...