Nickelback

This article is about the Canadian rock band. For the gridiron football position, see Nickelback (American football).

Nickelback
Nickelback in 2011 Left to Right: Chad Kroeger, Daniel Adair, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake
Nickelback in 2011
Left to Right: Chad Kroeger, Daniel Adair, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake
Background information
OriginHanna, Alberta, Canada
Genres
Years active1995–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Brandon Kroeger
  • Mitch Guindon
  • Ryan Vikedal
Websitenickelback.com

Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta. Throughout its history, it has consisted of lead guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, and bassist Mike Kroeger. It went through several drummer changes between 1995 and 2005 before Daniel Adair joined.

The band signed with Roadrunner Records in 1999 and reached a mainstream breakthrough in 2002 with the single "How You Remind Me", which reached number one in the United States and Canada. Its parent album, Silver Side Up, would go on to be certified 8× Platinum in Canada.[1] Nickelback's fourth album, The Long Road, was released in 2003 and spawned five singles, including Canadian number one "Someday", which also reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

In 2005, the band's best-selling album to date, All the Right Reasons, produced three top-10 and five top-20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Photograph", "Far Away", and "Rockstar", the latter of which was their biggest success in the United Kingdom.[3] Nickelback released eight singles from their sixth album Dark Horse (2008), including the United States top-10 track "Gotta Be Somebody". In 2011, the seventh album Here and Now topped the charts in Canada.[4] The band has since released No Fixed Address (2014), Feed the Machine (2017), and most recently its 10th album Get Rollin' (2022).

Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.[5] In 2009, Billboard ranked it the most successful rock group and the seventh-most successful artist of that decade; "How You Remind Me" was the best-selling rock song and the fourth-best overall.[6] In 2023, Nickelback were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Chad Kroeger Looks Back on Releasing Nickelback's 'Silver Side Up' on 9/11". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nickelback". AllMusic. November 13, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "The Number Ones: Nickelback's "How You Remind Me"". Stereogum. October 7, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Billboard Canadian Albums". Billboard. January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Nickelback Take on Haters". Billboard. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  6. ^ The Canadian Press (December 15, 2009). "Nickelback named group of the decade by Billboard". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  7. ^ "Nickelback". Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  8. ^ Bliss, Karen (March 16, 2023). "From Dive Bars to Arena Stages, Nickelback Is Inducted Into Canadian Music Hall of Fame". Variety. Retrieved March 16, 2023.