Metallica is an American Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band formed in 1981, and consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo. The band has released nine studio albums: Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986), …And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1991), Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), St. Anger (2003), and Death Magnetic (2008). All of the albums were released by the now-dormant Elektra Records, except for the most recent album, released by Warner Bros. Records. One of the most commercially successful heavy metal bands, Metallica has sold over 57 million albums in the United States.
Metallica has received nine Grammy Awards; six were for the "Best Metal Performance" award in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004, and 2009. The song "Enter Sandman" has been particularly successful for the band; it was nominated for "Best Rock Song" at the Grammy Awards, and it won the "Best Metal Video" award at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992. The group has also received two awards from the MTV Video Music Awards: one for "Enter Sandman" and another for "Until it Sleeps". Metallica has been nominated for "Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist" four times at the American Music Awards, winning it twice, in 1993 and 1997. It has also received three nominations from the Billboard Music Awards, winning all three. The band was first nominated at the Juno Awardsin 1992, receiving three nominations but winning none; it was not nominated for another Juno Award until 2005, where the band won the award for "Jack Richardson Producer of the Year" for the song "Some Kind of Monster". Overall, Metallica has received 22 awards from 57 nominations.
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