Silver Side Up - History

History

After the success of their previous album The State in January 2001 Nickelback announce the follow up to The State. In April 2001, the band came back to the same studio that they used to record The State to record Silver Side Up with producer Rick Parashar. In June 2001 the band announce that the new single from the album will be called "How You Remind Me". The band also announce that their producer will be Rick Parashar. In August, the single "How You Remind Me" reached the top ten of both the Billboard Mainstream and Alternative rock tracks chart, and they went on tour in Germany. After the German tour, they traveled back to North America to tour with 3 Doors Down in August and September 2001. The week of 15 September 2001 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, "How You Remind Me" went to number 1. One week later it peaked at number 1 in the Alternative Rock Tracks chart. Silver Side Up was released on September 11, 2001. Silver Side Up reached number 2 in the Billboard 200 and number 1 in the Canadian Albums chart. The Album stayed in the top ten on the Billboard 200 for many weeks. The album also reached the top ten in more countries. The band also shot a video for "How You Remind Me" which got a lot of play on MTV and other channels. After the band play some shows with 3 Doors Down they went to tour with Default, Seven Channels, and Saliva on the Fall of 2001. On the week of December 22, 2001 How You Remind Me peaked at number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100. It stayed number one for 4 weeks straight and stay in the top ten for more than 20 weeks. In early of 2002 the band performed on the Juno Awards they also won many awards in the Juno Awards of 2002 including best group of the year. The band played its first U.K show on early of 2002. By the Summer of 2002 Too Bad was already their second single was another number 1 hit. On the Summer of 2002 they played Europe festivals The festivals contain an audience of 60,000 to 80,000 people. On the fall of 2002 they went back to do shows on North America. In the fall of 2002 "Never Again" was their third number 1 hit. On December 2002 on the Billboard Music Awards the band performed their hit single "How You Remind Me". The band also won four awards in the Billboard Music Awards which were Hot 100 single of the year, Hot 100 single of the year by duo/group, Top 40 rock track of the year and Hot 100 Airplay Single of the year On 2002 the Billboard Hot 100 single of the year was "How You Remind Me" becoming the most successful song of the year 2002. The band performed On January 13, 2003 on the American Music Awards and also the band was nominated for pop/rock category for best rock/duo group of the year. The band also played their final shows in early of 2003. Silver Side Up was certified 6x Multi Platinum on the RIAA. It was also certified 8x Multi Platinum on the CRIAA. The album also has more certifications around the world.