While several successful rock bands that became popular around the same time or after them experienced the same accusations of 'selling out' ( Coldplay, Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte are just a few that come to mind), none have earned quite the same level of ire and hatred as Nickelback, which first formed in 1995. The band was also the second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. Some songs such as 'Got Me Runnin Round,' featuring rapper Flo Rida and a horn section, depart from Nickelbacks tried and true style. 4 on the Top 10 songs of the 2000’s list. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian bands, with album sales topping more than 50 million worldwide. The album sold 80,000 copies in its first week and to date has failed to achieve gold status (500,000 copies) in the U.S. Their inescapable and irresistible smash How You Remind Me was named Billboard’s ‘Top Rock Song of the Decade’ and was No. But six studio albums, countless follow-up hit singles and millions of album sales later, Nickelback (and leading man Chad Kroeger) continue to be the punchline of the music industry. Nickelback’s success includes worldwide sales of more than 50 million units, solidifying their status as one of the top-selling acts of all time. Its an awful thing to associate our release date with, but we just have to deal.

Oh, and according to Nielsen Soundscan, the catchy ear-worm was also the most-played song of the radio from 2000-2009, earning over 1.2 million plays. Theres so much other more important stuff, you forget all about album sales. The Canadian band's first mainstream hit song would go on to become the decade's most-downloaded song, according to MTV, with Billboard also naming it the No.

Those stats sum up Nickelback's long, successful and tirelessly mocked run as one of music's most rock bands of the last two decades, which began with their 2001 smash single 'How You Remind Me.'

Nickelback album sales to date