Editing Metallica (album) (section)

=== Weekly charts ===

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|+Weekly chart performance for ''Metallica''
!Chart (1991–2021)
!Peak<br/>position
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{{Album chart|Australia|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=AUS chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Austria|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=AUT chart|access-date=September 21, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|Flanders|7|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=BE-NL chart|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|Wallonia|2|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=BE-WA chart|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|BillboardCanada|8|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=BBCAN chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{album chart|Czech|43|date=202137|rowheader=true|refname="cz"|access-date=September 20, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|Denmark|5|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=DEN chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Netherlands|4|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=NLD chart|access-date=November 19, 2021}}
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!scope="row"|[[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-07.pdf|title=Eurochart Top 100 Albums – September 7, 1991|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=36|page=26|date=September 7, 1991|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716093327/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-07.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
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! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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{{Album chart|France|53|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=FRA chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Germany|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=GER chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{album chart|Hungary|10|year=1991|week=40|rowheader=true|access-date=November 24, 2021}}
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!scope="row"|Irish Albums ([[Irish Albums Chart|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-14.pdf|title=Top National Sellers: Ireland|work=[[Music & Media]]|page=42|date=September 14, 1991|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929224849/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
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!scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-14.pdf|title=Top National Sellers: Italy|work=[[Music & Media]]|page=42|date=September 14, 1991|access-date=September 21, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929224849/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-09-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
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!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="Oricon"/>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
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{{Album chart|Mexico|42|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=MEX chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|New Zealand|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=NZ chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Norway|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=NOR chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Poland|5|id=1392|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|Portugal|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=PTE chart|access-date=September 27, 2021}}
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{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20210917|rowheader=true|access-date=November 1, 2021}}
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!scope="row"|South African Albums ([[SABC]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Kimberley |first=Christopher |year=1997 |title=South Africa Chart Book |url=https://postimg.cc/w1bB4cVW |page=100 |access-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
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{{Album chart|Spain|5|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=SP chart|access-date=September 21, 2021}}
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{{Album chart|Sweden|4|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=SWE chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Switzerland|1|album=Metallica|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=SWI chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|UK2|1|artist=Metallica|date=19910818|rowheader=true|refname=UK chart|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|refname=BB200|access-date=August 27, 2013}}
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{{Album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2021}}
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!scope="row"| Zimbabwean Albums<ref>{{cite book |last=Kimberley |first=Christopher |year=1998 |title=Albums Chart Book: Zimbabwe |url=https://postimg.cc/bZGPrXxT |page=47 |access-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
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