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METALLICA’s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ Hits Over One Billion Streams On SPOTIFY

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023
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METALLICA’s iconic power ballad, “Nothing Else Matters,” has achieved a remarkable milestone by surpassing one billion streams on Spotify

This noteworthy achievement has earned METALLICA a coveted spot in the Billions Club, a special playlist introduced in 2020 on Spotify that features songs hitting this extraordinary streaming milestone. As a tradition, Spotify honors artists with the prestigious Billions Club plaque upon reaching this remarkable feat. The band now joins the ranks of other renowned artists like SURVIVOR with “Eye Of The Tiger,” ABBA with “Dancing Queen,” and Whitney Houston with “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” in accomplishing this impressive milestone, which has been achieved by nearly 500 tracks to date.

Yesterday (August 31, 2023), Spotify tweeted: “Welcome to the club, @Metallica Nothing Else Matters has joined the #billionsclub https://spotify.link/billionsclub”.

“Nothing Else Matters” originally made its debut on the band’s 1991 self-titled album, often referred to as “The Black Album.” This iconic record received a deluxe box set remastered release in September 2021 through the band’s own Blackened Recordings label. The song itself made its mark, peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and securing top-ten positions on numerous European charts.

The song also found its way into the popular music video game “Guitar Hero: Metallica” and has been covered by more than 40 different artists, including notable acts like STAIND, Shakira, Bif Naked, Macy Gray, DIE KRUPPS, REV THEORY, and APOCALYPTICA.

“The Black Album” remains one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records in music history. Upon its release in 1991, it propelled the group to their first No. 1 album in over 10 countries, including a four-week reign at the top of the U.S. charts. The album’s string of hit singles, including “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad But True,” solidified the band’s status as stadium headliners and household names, dominating radio and MTV. Remarkably, “The Black Album” still holds the title as the best-selling album in the history of Nielsen SoundScan, outselling every release across all genres over the past three decades.

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An intriguing twist came in 2021 when a completely fresh rendition of “Nothing Else Matters” featured twice in Disney’s movie “Jungle Cruise.”

In a significant YouTube milestone, the music video for “Nothing Else Matters” crossed the one billion views mark back in August 2021. This marked a historic moment as it became the first track from the band to reach such a remarkable milestone. The music video, which originally surfaced on YouTube in October 2009, was directed by Adam Dubin and edited by Sean Fullan. It cleverly weaved together clips from the 1992 documentary “A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica.” One memorable scene from the video showcases Lars Ulrich throwing darts at a poster of WINGER frontman Kip Winger, etching itself into fans’ memories.

Before his collaboration with METALLICA, Adam Dubin directed two music videos for the BEASTIE BOYS. During his time as a student at New York University, he shared living quarters with record producer Rick Rubin, who later went on to produce the group’s ninth studio album, “Death Magnetic.”