<page_title> List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016 </page_title> <section_title> Chart history </section_title> <table> <cell> Hardwired... to Self-Destruct <col_header> Album </col_header> <row_header> 1 December </row_header> </cell> <cell> Metallica <col_header> Artist(s) </col_header> <row_header> 1 December </row_header> </cell> </table>
The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.