Which chart became the first US album chart topped by Metallica’s The Black Album?

The Billboard 200 became the first US album chart topped by Metallica’s The Black Album.

Released in August 1991, Metallica debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. This was the band’s first album to reach the top of that chart and represented a major change in its commercial standing.

The Billboard 200 ranks albums and extended plays in the United States using a combination of consumption data, including album sales and later forms of listening activity. It is different from the Billboard Hot 100, which ranks individual songs rather than albums.

The album’s singles also appeared on separate singles and rock charts, but those chart achievements should not be confused with its album-chart breakthrough. The Black Album stayed at number one for four consecutive weeks and became one of the most commercially successful heavy-metal albums ever released.