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| Released | August 18, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | March–May 1998 | |||
| Studio | NRG Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California)[1] | |||
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| Length | 70:08 | |||
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| Producer | Steve Thompson, Toby Wright, Korn | |||
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Follow the Leader (stylized as FOLLOW the LEADEЯ) is the third studio album by American nu metal band Korn. It was released on August 18, 1998, through both Immortal and Epic Records. This was their first album not produced by Ross Robinson. Instead, it was produced by Steve Thompson and Toby Wright.
The album peaked at number one on four national charts, including the US Billboard 200 with 268,000 units sold in its first week of release,[4] Follow the Leader is the band's most commercially–successful album, being certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA. Its singles, "Got the Life" and "Freak on a Leash", both charted on more than three charts, and their music videos are considered to be the first music videos retired from MTV, most notably the MTV show Total Request Live.[5] The album generally received positive reviews by critics; AllMusic saying the album is "an effective follow-up to [Korn's] first two alt-metal landmarks."[6]
The Family Values Tour promoted the album, along with its five singles. The song "Freak on a Leash" was nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards, and won for the Best Rock Video award, as well as Best Editing.[5] The music video for "Freak on a Leash" won Best Short Form Music Video at the 2000 Grammy Awards.[7]
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