Editing ...And Justice for All (album) (section)

==Commercial performance==
Although Metallica's music was considered unappealing for mainstream radio, ''...And Justice for All'' was highly successful in the US.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Klaine|first=Ted|title=Metal Telepathy|journal=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|publisher=Foundation For National Progress|volume=16|issue=5|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OYDAAAAMBAJ&q=metallica+...And+Justice+for+All+sales&pg=PA18|access-date=July 27, 2013|date=September–October 1991|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302144235/https://books.google.com/books?id=8OYDAAAAMBAJ&q=metallica+...And+Justice+for+All+sales&pg=PA18|url-status=live}}</ref> It became Metallica's best-selling album upon release,<ref>{{cite web|last=Hart|first=Josh|title=Metallica's '...And Justice For All' to Be Made Available on Green Vinyl|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/metallicas-and-justice-all-be-made-available-green-vinyl|work=Guitar World|access-date=June 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623042000/http://www.guitarworld.com/metallicas-and-justice-all-be-made-available-green-vinyl|archive-date=June 23, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> peaking at number six on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], where it charted for 83 weeks.<ref name="bb">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=metallica|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Metallica&nbsp;– Chart history |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6GWtUSMdI?url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/310639/Metallica/chart?f=305&sort=timeon |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> More than 9,700,000 copies have been sold in the United States since 1991, when [[Nielsen SoundScan]] began tracking sales.<ref name="USsales">{{cite web|last=Young|first=Simon|date=March 9, 2023|title=Here are the astonishing US sales stats for every Metallica album|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallica-album-sales-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311130902/https://www.loudersound.com/features/metallica-album-sales-us |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023|website=[[Metal Hammer]]}}</ref> It was certified platinum nine weeks after it was released in stores, and 1.7 million copies were sold in the US by the end of 1988.<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="Winwood"/> Since its release, the album has scanned more than 8 million copies in the US and, according to MTV's Chris Harris, "helped cement [Metallica's] status as a rock and roll force to be reckoned with".<ref name="MTV"/> ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' explained that with this album, Metallica received substantial media exposure,<ref name="Classic Rock"/> becoming a multi-platinum act by 1990.<ref name="daddy">{{cite magazine|author1=Moses, Michael|author2=Kaye, Don|title=What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 5, 1999|volume=111|issue=23|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=metallica+...And+Justice+for+All+sales&pg=PA84|access-date=July 27, 2013|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302144157/https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=metallica+...And+Justice+for+All+sales&pg=PA84|url-status=live}}</ref> The group broke through on radio in early 1989 with "One", which was released as the third single from the record.<ref>{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Michael|title=Popular Music in America: And The Beat Goes On: And the Beat Goes on|year=2008|publisher=Clark Baxter|location=Boston|isbn=978-0-495-50530-3|page=320}}</ref> According to [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']], the accompanying [[Damaged Justice]] tour evolved the band into arena headliners, while significant airplay was garnered by "One" and by the group's first music video.<ref name="daddy"/>

''...And Justice for All'' achieved similar chart success outside the United States. It topped the charts in [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finland]], peaked within the top five on the charts in [[Media Control Charts|Germany]], [[Sverigetopplistan|Sweden]], and the [[UK Albums Chart|United Kingdom]], and remained on the UK chart for six weeks.<ref name="Finnish charts">{{cite web|url=http://suomenalbumilistat.blogspot.com/2014/07/syyskuu-1988-september.html|title=Finnish Album Charts|language=fi|publisher=Timo Pennanen|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421120951/http://suomenalbumilistat.blogspot.com/2014/07/syyskuu-1988-september.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hung Medien"/><ref name="ukcharts"/> The album managed to peak in the top ten on the [[VG-lista|Norwegian]] and [[Swiss Hitparade|Swiss]] album charts,<ref name="Hung Medien"/> as well as in Spain. It was less successful in Mexico and France, where it peaked at number 92 on the former chart, number 130 on the latter.<ref name="Hung Medien"/> ''...And Justice for All'' received a three times platinum certification from [[Music Canada]] for shipping 300,000 copies, a platinum certification from [[IFPI Finland]] for having a shipment of little over 50,000 copies, and was certified gold by the {{Lang|de|[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]]|italic=no}} (BVMI) for shipments of 250,000 copies.<ref name="canada cert"/><ref name="finland cert"/><ref name="ger cert">{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch |title=Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Metallica; 'And Justice for All') |publisher=[[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] |id=In the ''Interpret'' field, insert ''Metallica'' |access-date=November 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202022835/http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/ |archive-date=December 2, 2013 }}</ref> It was awarded gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] in 2013 for shipping 100,000 copies in the UK.<ref name="uk cert">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |title=British album certifications&nbsp;– Metallica&nbsp;– ''And Justice for All'' |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=August 23, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209224203/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archive-date=February 9, 2014 }}</ref> ''...And Justice for All'' was surpassed commercially by the band's following album, ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite book|last=Farr|first=Jory|title=Moguls and Madmen: The Pursuit of Power in Popular Music|year=1994|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-671-73946-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/mogulsmadmenpurs00farr/page/257 257]|url=https://archive.org/details/mogulsmadmenpurs00farr/page/257}}</ref>