Since first landing on the scene in 1996, Nickelback have cemented themselves as one of the most commercially viable and important acts of the past two decades. Lennox, who brought the band to Universal Music Canada on their last album and collaborated with Lipman to secure their new home adds, вЂњNickelback areВ one of the best-selling bands in вЂЋCanadaвЂ™s history and weвЂ™re excited to be able to extend our long-term relationship with them as they enter into this next great chapter with our friends at Republic.вЂќ We are thrilled and extremely proud to work with one of musicвЂ™s all-time powerhouse franchises,вЂќ said Lipman. вЂњNickelback has not only proven to be one of Rock & RollвЂ™s greatest headlining acts, but their ability to write songs defining a generation may be their greatest gift of all. and Canada.ДЄnnounced last week exclusively via, the signing was a joint effort between Republic Records co-founder and CEO Monte Lipman and President and CEO of Universal Music Canada, Randy Lennox. The band is currently recording their anxiously awaited eighth full-length studio album and first since 2011вЂ™s chart-topping Here and Now, which sold over 1.2 million copies in the U.S. Dark Horse featured songs about love, meaning of life (If Today Was Your Last Day) and drugs, such as the track Just to Get High aimed at a friend who became a drug addict.(U.S)В Multi-platinum Grammy Award-nominated rock band Nickelback have officially inked a new record deal with Republic Records. Dark Horse was constructed entirely from the group's standard power ballads and hard rock templates. The sixth studio album by Nickelback Dark Horse was released in November, 2008. This wonderful song can be found on Ultimate Santana by Santana. So the release date was transmitted to 2008-2009, though in spite of career pause Chad did not refuse to record Into The Night, a duet with inimitable Carlos Santana. Nickelback planned to release their new work in 2007-2008, but evetually they decided to take a rest from touring before coming back to the studio. The album was sertified seven times platinum and became the 16th disc in this century to reach such level of sales. Getting this prize for the best rock group of the year became a descent present for Chad Kroeger's 32nd birthday. All The Right Reasons added the first Nickelback's World Music Award to their stock of awards on November 15, 2006. This record also generated a whole buch of successful hits, such as Photograph with the deeply personal lyrics, winding Animals, humorous Rockstar, hard rock Side Of A Bullet and a tender ballad Savin' Me. The same year the band released All The Right Reasons. In the beginning of 2005 Nickelback's drummer Ryan Vikedal left the band and was soon changed by Daniel Adair, ex-3 Doors Down. The album saw a successful international support tour. It became three times platinum with a hadful of alt-rock melodic singles - Someday, Figured You Out, Feelin' Way Too Damn Good, Because Of You and, at last, See You At The Show. In 2003 the more sophisticated album The Long Road appeared. At the same time Chad Kroeger collaborated with Josey Scott from Saliva on a powefull and romatic Spiderman soundtrack Hero. The album became 6 times platinum, throwing the band's songs on the top of Canadian, North American and British charts. It was their breakthrough album that made Nickelback known all over the world with the hit single How You Remind Me. As a result of the supporting tour The State sold about 500,000 copies in Nickelback's home country, which was an undoubted success.In 2001 the band recorded the follow-up Silver Side Up.

At that period there were no new Canadian rock groups, and Nickelback filled the vacant niche with the post-grunge single Leader Of Men. In 1999 Nickelback released the sohpomore work, The State, which saw the light just in time. In 1998 the band members decided to manage the project themselves, distributing the duties among each other. In 1996 Nickelback moved to Vancouver and recorded their debut attempt, Curb, after which Nickelback went on a tour across Canada. Later the same year they were joined by percussionist Ryan Vikedal. At first they were a cover band, but soon got tired of it. The name was offered by Mike, who worked earlier in a fast-food cafe and often had to give a change in nickel coins to the clients. The band Nickelback was formed by three relatives - Chad, Mike and Brandon Kroeger along with Ryan Peake in 1995 in a small Canadian town of Hanna.

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