Welcome to a success story built on the road, on the radio, and on one band's commitment to, above all things, great rock songs. Nickelback exploded across the globe with their sophomore album, Silver Side Up. The follow-up to their Gold-selling 2000 debut The State, Silver Side Up was an instant smash upon release in Sept 2001, going on to sell over nine million copies to date worldwide. The album achieved Gold, Platinum, or multi-Platinum status in the U.S. (5x Platinum), UK (3x platinum) the band's native Canada (8x platinum), Australia (2x Platinum), Germany (Platinum), Holland (Platinum), and ten other territories worldwide. Having gained fans steadily on The State through relentless touring and rock radio play, the band's rise to success was catapulted by Silver Side Up's unstoppable radio anthem, "How You Remind Me". The song that went on to rack up four Grammy Award nominations, four Billboard Awards, four Juno awards, and countless radio accreditations. All important statistics, but the stats are best summed up by the following: "How You Remind Me" was the #1 Most Played Song of 2002, across all formats, according to Billboard Monitor. The band shot into rare air, and stayed there, when two #1 Rock singles followed, "Too Bad" and "Never Again", each commanding audience numbers in the millions. When the dust settled, Nickelback had made another stunning achievement: the band was named #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats.

In 2003, the Vancouver-based ensemble of Chad Kroeger - singer/guitarist and main songwriter, Ryan Peake - guitarist, Mike Kroeger - bassist, and Ryan Vikedal - drummer returned with a new album The Long Road.