Release
In March 7, 2000 Nickelback released The State in the United States. The album single Leader Of Men got played on the radio stations and being played a lot got the song to reached the top ten of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart peaking at number 8. The song even remain in the top ten for 10 straight weeks and became a breakthrough hit in the U.S. for Nickelback. Leader Of Men even got a new video this time the video got heavy rotation on MTV. MTV give Leader Of Men a lot of airplay support. Even though Leader Of Men became a top ten hit in America The State sales weren't doing that good until August 2000 when The State reached the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 3 in the Top Heatseekers albums chart. The album peaked at number 130 in the Billboard 200 becoming Nickelback first album to reached the Billboard 200. The second single Breathe proved to be another top ten hit for Nickelback earning Nickelback two top ten hits in one album. The third single Old Enough got radio play but it just peaked at number 24 in the Mainstream Rock Chart. Leader Of Men and Breathe are both the most successful songs from the album. By the end of the year 2000 The State almost reached gold status in both America and Canada but it reached gold status in Canada in January of 2001 and gold in America in October 2001 then it got Platinum status in May of 2002 in Canada and Platinum status in 2008 in America.
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