(Vocal/instrumental group, 1995–present) Canadians Nickelback – Chad Kroeger (vocals), Ryan Peake (guitar), Mike Kroeger (bass) and Daniel Adair (drums) – came to prominence in their home country via a law that stated a certain percentage of the radio play must be homegrown. This coupled with Kroeger’s distinctively gravelly vocal style lead to massive exposure and a snowballing interest in the ...
, went on to become America’s biggest-selling album of 2007, selling over four million copies. Second album Leave This Town (2009) also topped the Billboard 200, tours with Nickelback and Bon Jovi proving that Idol contestants can make credible rock artists. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Craig David | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
bass, and released the hit album New Found Power. Throughout the runs of Pantera and Damageplan, Dimebag performed as a guest on multiple projects, including cuts for Nickelback, country singer David Allan Coe and the Dallas Stars hockey team. He was called ‘the sixth member of Anthrax’, because of his many guest appearances on the band’s albums. ...
(along with follow-up ‘Dilemma’). This remains an unbeaten record, which Nelly (real name Cornell Hayes) shares with Elton John. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Nickelback | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
Sisters Are Doing For Themselves Black music monopolized the US charts as the 2000s got into gear. In the 2001 singles listings, only nu metallists Crazy Town and Canadians Nickelback registered in the top spot from outside the R&B/soul genre, names like Janet Jackson, Destiny’s Child, Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige also correctly suggesting a female ...
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