History
The State was recorded in Late 1998 after the band tour for 2 years in Canada. In January 1999, The State was released independently with a blue album cover. In 1999, the album's lead single, "Leader of Men", peaked number 11 at the Canadian RPM rock charts. To support The State in 1999 Nickelback toured all around Canada getting a small Canadian fan base. Later in 1999 Roadrunner Records signed Nickelback and re-released the album in America in 2000. The original blue album cover was replaced by a young boy in a jail cell on the re-releases. In 2000 The State reached the Billboard 200 peaking 130. The State also reached Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart peaking at number 3. In 2000 Leader of Men reached the top ten on the U.S. Mainstream rock charts and stayed in the top ten for ten weeks. Then the second single "Old Enough" was released it reached the top 20 in Canada. It peaked at number 12 in Canadian RPM rock charts. It also peaked at 24 in the Mainstream rock charts. The third single "Breathe" was a top ten hit in the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart becoming the band second top ten hit from the album. The last single was "Worthy To Say" but it did not chart. To support The State Nickelback tour in that year with a lot of bands such as 3 Doors Down, Creed, Sevendust and many more. The band also went to tour on festivals with the Stone Temple Pilots and many more bands with an audience from 35,000 to 45,000 people. The single Leader Of Men got a video which the band shot the video in that year. The video proved to be a success with MTV airing the video moving the video from heavy rotation to regular rotation. The band had a video for the top ten hit Breathe but it was scrapped because the band was busy touring. In early of 2001 the band played its final dates with Everclear. In March of 2001 Nickelback won its first Juno Award for Best New Group. In January 2001, The State was certified gold in Canada by CRIAA. In October 2001 The State was certified gold in America by RIAA. in April 2002 The State was certified Platinum by CRIAA In Canada. In October 2008, The State was certified Platinum by RIAA, selling one million copies. The original 1999 release of The State is currently out of print.
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