because Mettallica isn't universally appealling enough, or hailed enough to have a landslide win. 100 million total albums sold. not quite the beatles, but that's pretty dang good 20 million of which you can say succeeded more because of the success of the black album, but i wont go into those waters don't get me wrong, i love mettallica from Kill Em All to The Black Album, but maybe it's there last 4 or 5 effors that have subsequently disappointed me that makes me value them less. But i voted for them. Assuming your numbers are correct, that would still leave 80 million albums sold which is still pretty darn good. I only have a problem with St. Anger but I understand how people would have a problem with Load and Reload, and to a lesser extent the Black Album because they do veer away from their earlier work. But again, 80 million is nothing to be ashamed of. And I won't even delve into your spelling adventures. those dam double consonants always screw me over