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== Commercial performance ==

''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 291,000 [[album-equivalent units]] in its first week, of which 282,000 were pure album sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7588880/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-album|title=Metallica Rocks With Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|website=billboard.com|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223125909/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7588880/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-album|url-status=live}}</ref> The remaining 9,000 units comprised 34,000 song purchases and 9.3 million streams. It was the third-largest debut of the year in the US on pure sales, behind [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s ''[[Views (album)|Views]]'' and [[Beyoncé]]'s ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha-Roy|first=Piya|title=Metallica rocks to top of Billboard album chart|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-music-charts-metallica-idUKKBN13N246|work=[[Reuters]]|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129003536/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-music-charts-metallica-idUKKBN13N246|url-status=livedead}}</ref> The album slipped to number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in its second week, selling 75,000 units,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=The Weeknd's 'Starboy' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Third-Biggest Debut of 2016|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7597375/the-weeknd-starboy-billboard-200-no-1|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 4, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130022651/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7597375/the-weeknd-starboy-billboard-200-no-1|url-status=live}}</ref> including 71,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Matt|title=Metal By Numbers 12/7: Black (album) Friday sales|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-127-black-album-friday-sales|website=Metal Insider|date=December 7, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-date=December 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208151950/http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-127-black-album-friday-sales|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' was the best selling heavy metal album of 2016 in the US and seventh overall, with 516,000 copies sold by the end of December.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metal by Numbers: The best-selling rock and metal in 2016|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-the-best-selling-rock-and-metal-in-2016|publisher=Metal Insider|date=January 5, 2017|access-date=January 6, 2017|archive-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106013013/http://www.metalinsider.net/columns/metal-by-numbers/metal-by-numbers-the-best-selling-rock-and-metal-in-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It became the highest selling debut of the year in Germany with more than 200,000 copies shipped in its first week, earning a platinum certification.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metallica Mit Erfolgreichstem Album-start 2016|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/287-metallica-mit-erfolgreichstem-album-start-2016|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|date=November 29, 2016|access-date=November 25, 2016|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802194925/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/287-metallica-mit-erfolgreichstem-album-start-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' had the biggest opening week of 2016 in Australia with 26,000 copies sold, debuting at number one on the [[ARIA chart]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Cameron|title=Metallica have the fastest-selling album in Australia for 2016|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/metallica-have-the-fastestselling-album-in-australia-for-2016/news-story/33aa0813aad63ecb4d49109947367999|website=[[News.com.au]]|date=November 29, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126165510/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/metallica-have-the-fastestselling-album-in-australia-for-2016/news-story/33aa0813aad63ecb4d49109947367999|url-status=live}}</ref> Overall, the album was number one in 57 countries, entered the top three in 75 nations and the top five in 105 countries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metallica's 'Hardwired... To Self-Destruct' Tops U.S. Chart With Nearly 300K Copies Sold|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct-tops-u-s-chart-with-nearly-300k-copies-sold/|publisher=[[Blabbermouth]]|date=November 27, 2016|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804013340/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct-tops-u-s-chart-with-nearly-300k-copies-sold/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 12, 2017, the album went platinum.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA certification for Metallica albums|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=metallica#search_section|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002501/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=metallica#search_section|url-status=live}}</ref> Since July 7, 2017 the album officially sold more than 1,004,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Metallica's 'Hardwired' Hits 1 Million Sold in the U.S|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7857905/billboard-200-chart-metallica-hardwired|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709123812/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7857905/billboard-200-chart-metallica-hardwired|url-status=live}}</ref> The former No. 1 set is the band's 12th album to sell at least a million copies since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. The album earned gold certification in Netherlands on September 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BYtN1_8A54s/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/metallica/1597994328175910444 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Instagram post by Metallica • Sep 6, 2017 at 4:36pm UTC|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> With 585,000 copies sold in the US during 2017, it finished as the country's ninth highest selling album of the year.<ref name="USsales2017End">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Is Nielsen Music's Top Album of 2017 in U.S |magazine=Billboard |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227232707/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>