Editing Nu metal (section)

===1997–2001: Mainstream breakthrough===
Few artists were playing nu metal until 1997 when bands such as [[Sevendust]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sevendust-mn0000016132/biography |title=Sevendust |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Dombek |first=Kirk |accessdate=September 10, 2023}}</ref> Coal Chamber,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001958518 |title=Coal Chamber – Coal Chamber |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Limp Bizkit,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000051532 |title=Three Dollar Bill Y'All – Limp Bizkit |author=Erlewine, Stephen Thomas |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 3, 2014|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine }}</ref> and Papa Roach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000982769 |title=Old Friends from Young Years – Papa Roach |first=Jason D. |last=Taylor |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> all released their debut albums, in what ''Billboard'' writer William Goodman calls a "banner year" for the genre.<ref name="Banneryear">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7850188/limp-bizkit-three-dollar-bill-yall-anniversary |title= 20 Years Ago, Limp Bizkit's 'Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$' Introduced the World to Fred Durst's White Rage |work=[[Billboard.com|Billboard]] |last=Goodman |first=William |date=July 1, 2017 |accessdate=August 19, 2021}}</ref> Limp Bizkit released their debut ''[[Three Dollar Bill, Y'all]]'' in July 1997.<ref name="Banneryear"/> The album's popularity grew in 1999 as the band's mainstream profile began to increase; in March of that year, it went platinum in the United States, and eventually went double platinum in July 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Three Dollar Bill, Y'All|artist=Limp Bizkit|type=album|region=United States}} Coal Chamber released its [[Coal Chamber (album)|self-titled debut album]] in 1997, which was a minor hit, being certified gold in the United States in 1999.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Coal Chamber|artist=Coal Chamber|type=album|region=United States}} The album was frequently compared to Korn,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/coal-chamber-mw0001958518 |title=Coal Chamber – Coal Chamber |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |last=Huey |first=Steve |accessdate=September 10, 2023}}</ref> and Coal Chamber's appearance on [[Ozzfest]] in 1996 gave the band attention. Coal Chamber appeared on Ozzfest during the next two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/whatever-happened-to-ozzfest-inaugural-lineup-acts/ |title=Whatever Happened to the Acts from Ozzfest's First Line-up? |work=[[Loudwire]] |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=June 30, 2023 |accessdate=September 10, 2023}}</ref> Also in 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album ''[[Floored]]''. The album achieved mainstream success quickly and was certified 2× platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Floored|artist=Sugar Ray|type=album|region=United States}} Although ''Floored'' is a nu metal album,<ref name=DeathRattle>{{cite web |url=http://grantland.com/features/haim-days-gone-indie-rock-death-rattle/ |title=Indie Rock's Tuneful Death Rattle |work=[[Grantland]] |last=Hyden |first=Steven |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the single "[[Fly (Sugar Ray song)|Fly]]",<ref name=SugarRayBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sugar-ray-mn0000574119/biography |title=Sugar Ray {{!}} Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Huey |first=Steve |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> which is instead a [[reggae]]-oriented song.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.treblezine.com/35049-shadow-of-the-horns-late-90s-metal-worst/ |title=Shadow of the Horns: Late '90s metal was the worst |work=Treble |last=Terich |first=Jeff |date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular,<ref name=SugarRayBio/> the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a [[pop rock]] band with its 1999 studio album ''[[14:59]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-11-ca-62411-story.html |title=Time Isn't Quite Up Yet for Sugar Ray in New Album '14:59' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Nichols |first=Natalie |date=January 11, 1999 |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Deftones' second album ''[[Around the Fur]]'', also released in 1997, peaked at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' 200 on November 15, 1997.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deftones/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Deftones Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |magazine=Billboard |date=22 January 2015 |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref> The album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] in the summer of 1999, and certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2011.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Around the Fur|artist=Deftones|type=album|region=United States}}

[[File:Korn London 1997.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Korn bassist [[Reginald Arvizu]] and former drummer [[David Silveria]] performing live with the band in 1997.]]
In 1998, nu metal's popularity fully coalesced into mainstream success. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' cited August 18, 1998, as the "Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History", which saw the release of Korn's third album ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]'', [[Kid Rock]]'s major label debut ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]'' and [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]'s debut album ''[[Candyass]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hé |first=Kristen S. |date=2018-05-30 |title=August 18, 1998: Korn, Kid Rock, Orgy & The Biggest Day in Nu-Metal History |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/biggest-day-nu-metal-history-1998-korn-kid-rock-8458565/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Follow the Leader'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="KornALBUMS">{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=korn|chart=Billboard 200}} |title=Korn – Chart history (''Billboard'' 200) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref> was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Follow the Leader|artist=Korn}} and paved the way for the success of other nu metal bands.<ref name="guardian" /> At this point, many nu metal bands were signed to major record labels,<ref name=Allmusic /> and were using elements of heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, or grunge.<ref name="Allmusic" /> Hip hop artists [[Vanilla Ice]]<ref name="citypaper" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/01/03/ice_3/ |title=Ice capades |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |first=Andrew |last=Vontz |date=January 3, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> and Cypress Hill,<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5497-dust/ |title=Muggs: Dust |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |last=Martelli |first=Mark |date=March 24, 2003 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> along with heavy metal bands Sepultura,<ref name="Roorback" /><ref name="Juggalos" /><ref name="citypaper" /> Primus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/primus-green-naugahyde-prawn-songato|title=Primus, 'Green Naugahyde'|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=13 September 2011|access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/primus-emgreen-naugahydeem|title=CD Review: PRIMUS Green Naugahyde|first=Jeremy|last=Uley|work=Metal Injection|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref> Fear Factory,<ref name="citypaper">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7475 |title=Baltimore City Paper: Nothingface / An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity &#124; Record Review |work=[[Baltimore City Paper]] |date=December 2, 1998 |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002103145/http://www2.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=7475 |archive-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-2034_fear_factory_digimortal.aspx |title=Fear Factory – Digimortal: Review |work=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]] |first=Quentin |last=Kalis |date=December 8, 2001 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Machine Head,<ref name=InsidetheMachine /><ref>{{cite web |title=Machine Head – Where to Start with – Kerrang|url=http://www.kerrang.com/wheretostartwith/artists/machine_head|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713144438/http://www.kerrang.com/wheretostartwith/artists/machine_head|archive-date=July 13, 2011|work=[[Kerrang!]] |access-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> and Slayer<ref>{{cite web |title=Slayer: Soundtrack to the Apocalypse |first=Adrien |last=Begrand |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=January 23, 2004 |url=https://popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slayer-soundtrack.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413011154/http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/slayer-soundtrack.shtml |archive-date=April 13, 2004 |access-date=May 29, 2007}}</ref> released albums that draw from the nu metal genre. In 1999, Korn's fourth studio album ''[[Issues (Korn album)|Issues]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="KornALBUMS" /><ref name="KornDreDion">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428109/19991124/dion_celine.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819121655/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428109/19991124/dion_celine.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2003 |title=Korn Tops Dre, Celine, Will Smith on Album Chart |date=November 24, 1999 |access-date=October 3, 2007 |publisher=[[MTV]] |author=Mancini, Robert}}</ref> The album was certified 3× platinum by the RIAA in one month.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Issues|artist=Korn}} The album sold at least 573,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref name="KornDreDion" /> During the late 1990s and early 2000s, multiple nu metal bands such as Korn,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/where-are-they-now-1999s-biggest-pop-acts-20120702/korn-0738425|title=Korn|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2 July 2012|access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/korn-guitarist-munky-kicking-boy-bands-to-curb-trl/ |title=Korn Guitarist Munky Reflects on Kicking Boy Bands to the Curb on 'TRL' |work=[[Loudwire]] |first=Graham 'Gruhamed' |last=Hartmann |date=February 1, 2012 |access-date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Limp Bizkit<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=1999&m=08 |title=The TRL Archive – Recap: August 1999 |publisher=ATRL |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=December 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225185107/http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Sfn|Devenish|2000}} and P.O.D.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2001&m=09 |title=The TRL Archive – Recap: September 2001 |publisher=ATRL |access-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911121307/http://atrl.net/trlarchive/?s=recap&y=2001&m=09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/020202/ent_0202020002.shtml#.Vgsk7uxViko |title=P.O.D.'s mixture of rock and faith propel band to platinum success |work=Online Athens |first=Nekesa Mumbi |last=Moody |date=February 2, 2002 |access-date=September 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930233728/http://onlineathens.com/stories/020202/ent_0202020002.shtml#.Vgsk7uxViko |archive-date=September 30, 2015 }}</ref> appeared repeatedly on ''[[Total Request Live]]''. As nu metal became popular, it especially appealed to certain groups of young people. Although Limp Bizkit was particularly popular among "[[Jock (stereotype)|jocks]]" and [[fraternity]] men due to its hedonistic, hypermasculine lyrics,{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=207}} many other nu metal bands, especially the bands with heavier music, instead appealed particularly to [[mall goth]]s and outsiders who identified with the genre's typically angsty lyrics.<ref name=GenZ>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/24/style/nu-metal-gen-z.html/ |title= Are You Ready? Gen Z Is Bringing Nu Metal Back. |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Li |first=Jasmine |date=July 24, 2023 |accessdate=September 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-everyone-is-still-wrong-about-limp-bizkit/ |title=It's Been Over Two Decades and Everyone Is Still Wrong About Limp Bizkit |work=Vice |last=Haidari |first=Niloufar |date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2023}}</ref>

The [[Woodstock 1999]] festival featured multiple nu metal artists and bands such as Korn, Limp Bizkit and [[Sevendust]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 23, 2014 |publisher=MTV |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |title=Check Out This Report From The Woodstock '99 Riot |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1875553/woodstock-99-riot-report-anniversary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907034429/http://www.mtv.com/news/1875553/woodstock-99-riot-report-anniversary/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 29, 1999 |publisher=MTV |first=Teri |last=vanHorn |access-date=September 6, 2014 |title=Creed, Oleander, Sevendust Blame Riot On Woodstock's Crowded, Poor Conditions |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516297/creed-oleander-sevendust-blame-riot-on-woodstocks-crowded-poor-conditions/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906231306/http://www.mtv.com/news/516297/creed-oleander-sevendust-blame-riot-on-woodstocks-crowded-poor-conditions/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/godsmack/biography/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926015502/http://www.mtv.com/artists/godsmack/biography/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 26, 2015 |title=Godsmack Bio |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> During and after Limp Bizkit's performance at the festival, violence occurred and people tore plywood from the walls during the performance of the band's song "[[Break Stuff]]".<ref name="LimpBizkitThrashBack">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516403/limp-bizkit-thrash-back-to-1-after-woodstock-performance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118223257/http://www.mtv.com/news/516403/limp-bizkit-thrash-back-to-1-after-woodstock-performance/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |title=Limp Bizkit Thrash Back To #1 After Woodstock Performance |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=O'Connor |first=Christopher |date=August 4, 1999 |access-date=November 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516201/woodstock-99-report-39-hundreds-suffer-trauma-at-raucous-limp-bizkit-show/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119111252/http://www.mtv.com/news/516201/woodstock-99-report-39-hundreds-suffer-trauma-at-raucous-limp-bizkit-show/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |title=Woodstock '99 Report #39: Hundreds Suffer Trauma At Raucous Limp Bizkit Show |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=July 25, 1999 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Several sexual assaults were reported to have happened during the festival;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/july99/woodstock29.htm |title=Police Investigate Reports of Rapes at Woodstock |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=July 29, 1999 |access-date=November 7, 2015}}</ref> a rape that was reported during Limp Bizkit's performance, and [[gang rape]] was reported to have occurred during Korn's set at the festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907180106/http://www.mtv.com/news/516319/two-woodstock-fans-allegedly-raped-in-mosh-pits/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |title=Two Woodstock Fans Allegedly Raped In Mosh Pits |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=vanHorn |first=Teri |date=July 30, 1999 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Despite the incidents at the festival, Limp Bizkit's popularity and the sales of their then-recent album ''[[Significant Other (album)|Significant Other]]'' were not affected.<ref name="LimpBizkitThrashBack" /> The album peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release, topping over one million sold in two weeks,{{sfn|Devenish|2000|pp=95–113}} and eventually being certified 7× platinum in 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Significant Other|artist=Limp Bizkit}} ''Significant Other'' sold at least 7,237,123 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/ |title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 30, 2002 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Slipknot.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Slipknot performing in [[Buenos Aires]] in 2005]]

In 1999, Slipknot emerged with an extremely heavy nu metal sound, releasing their [[Slipknot (album)|self-titled album]], which was certified platinum in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2005.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Slipknot|artist=Slipknot}} In a review of the band's self-titled album, Rick Anderson of [[AllMusic]] wrote about Slipknot, "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're [[the Osmonds]]. These guys are something else entirely." Anderson noted the death metal influence on the album.<ref name=slipknotreview>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slipknot-mw0000241229 |title=Slipknot – Slipknot |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Anderson |first=Rick |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> Slipknot drummer [[Joey Jordison]], noted by Anderson for his death metal-influenced drumming,<ref name=slipknotreview/> said of Slipknot's music: "The roots are death metal, thrash, [[speed metal]], and I could go on and on about all those bands."{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=124}}

[[File:Disturbed live 2005.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Disturbed performing in 2005]]

In 1999, Staind's second album ''[[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]]'' was released; the track "[[Mudshovel]]" peaked at number 10 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock chart]].<ref name="StaindAwards">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118181857/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/staind-mn0000178799/awards |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2017 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/staind-mn0000178799/awards |title=Staind {{!}} Awards |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> ''Dysfunction'' was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000 and 2× platinum in 2004.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Dysfunction|artist=Staind}} In 2000, Limp Bizkit's third studio album ''[[Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water]]'' set a record for highest week-one sales of a rock album, selling over 1,000,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release—400,000 of which sold on its first day of release, making it the fastest-selling rock album ever and breaking the world record held for seven years by [[Pearl Jam]]'s ''[[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Reese |first=Lori |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85663,00.html |title=Bizkit in Gravy &#124; Music |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 24, 2000 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618192310/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,85663,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'' by Limp Bizkit was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water|artist=Limp Bizkit|region=United States|type=album}} That same year, both Papa Roach's second studio album ''[[Infest (album)|Infest]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/infest-mw0000061496 |title=Infest – Papa Roach |website=[[AllMusic]] |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> and [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'s debut studio album ''[[The Sickness]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sickness-mw0000055972 |title=The Sickness – Disturbed |website=AllMusic |last=Huey |first=Steve |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> were released. Both albums became multi-platinum hits.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Sickness|artist=Disturbed}}{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Infest|artist=Papa Roach}} In 2000, P.O.D.'s album ''[[The Fundamental Elements of Southtown]]'' went platinum in the United States{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Fundamental Elements of Southtown|artist=P.O.D.}} and was the 143rd best-selling album of 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Albums Year End 2000|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=2 January 2013 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> During the late 1990s and early 2000s, many nu metal bands performed at Ozzfest, including [[Kittie]], Disturbed, [[Mudvayne]], [[Linkin Park]], Slipknot, Papa Roach, [[Otep]], [[Static-X]], [[Methods of Mayhem]], [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] and [[Drowning Pool]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1446614/as-ozzfest-ends-bands-continue-their-wicked-ways/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210230135/http://www.mtv.com/news/1446614/as-ozzfest-ends-bands-continue-their-wicked-ways/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |title=As Ozzfest Ends, Bands Continue Their Wicked Ways |publisher=MTV |date=August 14, 2001 |accessdate=February 10, 2022 |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe}}</ref><ref name=ozzfest1>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1121731/ozzy-osbourne-pantera-bring-the-noise-as-ozzfest-2000-kicks-off/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211152627/https://www.mtv.com/news/1121731/ozzy-osbourne-pantera-bring-the-noise-as-ozzfest-2000-kicks-off/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |title=Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera Bring the Noise As Ozzfest 2000 Kicks Off |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=July 3, 2000 |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref> Ozzfest was successful, with Ozzfest 2000, for example, selling out and having 19,000 audience members.<ref name=ozzfest1/> During that same year, nu metal bands like Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit joined rappers like [[Eminem]] and [[Xzibit]] on Eminem's [[Anger Management Tour]], which had sold-out concerts.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eleven-angry-men-vent-in-new-jersey-181667/ |title= Eleven Angry Men Vent in New Jersey |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 20, 2000 |accessdate=February 10, 2022 |last=Charles |first=Pat}}</ref>

[[File:Linkin Park - Summer Sonic 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Linkin Park in 2006]]
Late in 2000, Linkin Park released their debut album ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'', which was the best-selling debut album by any artist of any genre in the 21st century and nu metal's popularity peak.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8981/Linkin-Park-Hybrid-Theory |title=Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (staff review) |website=Sputnikmusic |date=2006-09-02 |access-date=2012-08-27}}</ref> The album was also the best-selling album of 2001.<ref name="RockNY">{{cite news|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|title=MUSIC; New Ideas From the Top of the Charts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/31/arts/music-new-ideas-from-the-top-of-the-charts.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 31, 2002}}</ref><ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1451664/got-charts-linkin-park-shaggy-nsync-are-2001s-top-sellers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204081738/http://www.mtv.com/news/1451664/got-charts-linkin-park-shaggy-nsync-are-2001s-top-sellers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 4, 2014 |title=Got Charts? Linkin Park, Shaggy, 'NSYNC Are 2001's Top-Sellers |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=Basham |first=David |date=January 4, 2002 |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> Linkin Park earned a [[Grammy Award]] for their second single "[[Crawling (song)|Crawling]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/complete-list-of-grammy-nominees/ |title=Complete List Of Grammy Nominees |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=January 4, 2002 |access-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> Their fourth single, "[[In the End]]", was released late in 2001 and peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in March 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Billboard (Vol. 116, No. 25) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 19, 2004 |page=60 |issn=0006-2510 |volume=116 |number=25 <!--|access-date=October 15, 2015-->}}</ref><ref name="LinkinParkSongs">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/307438/linkin-park/chart?page=1&f=379 |title=Linkin Park – Chart history |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In 2001, Linkin Park's album ''Hybrid Theory'' sold 4,800,000 copies in the United States, making it the highest-selling album of the year.<ref name="RockNY" /><ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC" /> Linkin Park's album ''Hybrid Theory'' was certified 12× platinum by the RIAA{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Hybrid Theory|artist=Linkin Park}} and sold at least 10,222,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/photos/top-new-acts-since-2000-1403561474-slideshow/| title=USA: Top 20 New Acts Since 2000 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |last=Grein|first=Paul |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=September 27, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Staind Lewis.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Aaron Lewis (musician)|Aaron Lewis]], the vocalist of Staind, performing in August 2001]]

[[Crazy Town]]'s debut album ''[[The Gift of Game]]'' peaked at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200,<ref name="CrazyAMG">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925221647/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gift-of-game-mw0000252817/awards |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gift-of-game-mw0000252817/awards |title=The Gift of Game – Crazy Town {{!}} Awards |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> went platinum in February 2001,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=The Gift of Game|artist=Crazy Town}} and sold at least 1,500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77197/billboard-bits-crazy-town-nelly-ny-metropolis-fest |title=Billboard Bits: Crazy Town, Nelly, NY Metropolis Fest |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |first=Barry A. |last=Jeckell |date=January 10, 2002 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Worldwide, the album sold at least 2,500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodic.net/reviewsOne.asp?revnr=1686 |title=Crazytown – Darkhorse |publisher=Melodic.net |first=Johan |last=Wippsson |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> Staind's 2001 album ''[[Break the Cycle]]'' debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200<ref name="StaindAwards" /> with at least 716,000 copies sold in its first week of release.{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|p=11}}<ref name="BreaktheCycle">{{cite magazine|first=Andrew |last=Dansby |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/staind-break-in-at-no-one-20010530 |title=Staind Break in at No. One &#124; Music News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 30, 2001 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421814263.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2007,%202001&author=ROBERT%20HILBURN&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Pop%20Albums;%20A%20Prolonged%20Spin%20%27Cycle%27%20for%20Staind |title=Pop Albums; A Prolonged Spin 'Cycle' for Staind |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=June 7, 2001 |access-date=October 13, 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123210027/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421814263.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Jun%2007%2C%202001&author=ROBERT%20HILBURN&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Pop%20Albums%3B%20A%20Prolonged%20Spin%20%27Cycle%27%20for%20Staind |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Break the Cycle'' by Staind was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Break the Cycle|artist=Staind}} with 4,240,000 copies sold in 2001 in the United States.<ref name="LinkinParkShaggyNSYNC" /> Although the album featured nu metal tracks, a lot of the album showed Staind moving to a softer sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5560-342104 |title=Staind : Break the Cycle |work=[[NME]] |last=Pattison |first=Louis |date=12 September 2005 |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref> Noting Staind's change in style to a softer sound, Tommy Udo of ''Brave Nu World'' wrote: "It's often said that nobody over the age of 24 could possibly like Limp Bizkit or Korn, but Staind are a more mainstream band and their songs are likely to appeal to a much bigger fanbase."{{sfn|Udo|2002|p=95}}

In August 2001, Slipknot released their album ''[[Iowa (album)|Iowa]]'', which peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/279598/slipknot/chart |title=Slipknot – Chart history |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> and went platinum in October 2001.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Iowa|artist=Slipknot}} Critic John Mulvey called the album the "absolute triumph of nu metal".<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web|last=Mulvey|first=John|title=Slipknot – Iowa |publisher=[[Yahoo.com]]|date=August 23, 2001|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21574.html|access-date=March 21, 2008}}</ref> P.O.D.'s 2001 album ''[[Satellite (P.O.D. album)|Satellite]]'' went {{nowrap|triple-platinum<ref name="Satellite is certified triple-platinum">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74154/eminem-nelly-lavigne-notch-new-platinum-marks |title=Eminem, Nelly, Lavigne Notch New Platinum Marks |access-date=December 31, 2007 |author=Jeckell, Barry A. |date=September 19, 2002 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote=The triple-platinum milestone was recently reached by hard rock act P.O.D.'s year-old "Satellite" (Atlantic)}}</ref>}} and peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=p.o.d.|chart=all}}|title=P.O.D. Billboard Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> P.O.D.'s popularity continued in the year 2002.<ref name="DAngeloMTV2">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index2.jhtml |title=Nu Metal Meltdown (Part 2) |publisher=[[MTV]] |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201093855/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal_meltdown/news_feature_030124/index2.jhtml |archive-date=February 1, 2003 |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> On June 5, 2001,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Sinner|artist=Drowning Pool}} Drowning Pool released a nu metal album<ref name="Drowning Pool">{{cite web |url=http://rock.about.com/od/drowningpool/p/DrowningPool.htm |title=Drowning Pool |first=Tim |last=Grierson |access-date=January 28, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425225102/http://rock.about.com/od/drowningpool/p/DrowningPool.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2009 }}</ref> titled ''[[Sinner (Drowning Pool album)|Sinner]]'', which features the song "[[Bodies (Drowning Pool song)|Bodies]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/drowning-pools-sinner-album-to-be-reissued-as-two-disc-13th-anniversary-edition-with-bonus-tracks/ |title=Drowning Pool's 'Sinner' Album To Be Reissued As Two Disc 13th Anniversary Edition With Bonus Tracks |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=October 17, 2015}}</ref> The album went platinum on August 23, 2001{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Sinner|artist=Drowning Pool}} and its song "Bodies" became one of the most frequently played videos on MTV for new bands.<ref name=DrowningPoolBio>{{cite web|first=Craig |last=Harris |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/drowning-pool-mn0000167762/biography |title=Drowning Pool &#124; Biography & History |website=AllMusic |date=2002-08-03 |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> "Bodies" went to number 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/301334/drowning-pool/chart?f=376 |title=Drowning Pool – Chart history (Mainstream Rock Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> In 2001, [[System of a Down]]'s album ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'' peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=305 |title=System of a Down – Chart history (''Billboard'' 200) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref> The album was certified 6× platinum in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Toxicity|artist=System of a Down}} System of a Down blended nu metal with occasional influences of [[Middle Eastern music]], [[Greek music]], [[Armenian music]], and jazz music,<ref name=Wiederhorn>{{cite magazine |url=http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-toxicity-anniversary/ |title=14 Years Ago: System of a Down Unleash 'Toxicity' |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |author=Jon Wiederhorn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204132530/http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-toxicity-anniversary/|archivedate=February 4, 2017 |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref> and the band featured political lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1446606/system-of-a-downs-schizophrenia-aggravated-on-toxicity/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001122455/http://www.mtv.com/news/1446606/system-of-a-downs-schizophrenia-aggravated-on-toxicity/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |title=System Of A Down's Schizophrenia Aggravated On Toxicity |publisher=MTV |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |date=August 13, 2001 |accessdate=February 10, 2022}}</ref>