Editing Hootie & the Blowfish (section)

===1994–1995: ''Cracked Rear View'' and mainstream success===
Their mainstream debut album was ''[[Cracked Rear View]]'' (1994). Released in July 1994, the album's popularity grew after its release, becoming the best-selling album of 1995, and was one of the fastest-selling debut albums of all time. The album was certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] in the United States in January 1995, and incrementally rose to 12× platinum by January 1996, and 16× platinum by March 1999. In May 2019, the certification was updated from 16× platinum to 21× platinum.

The album featured four hits, "[[Hold My Hand (Hootie & the Blowfish song)|Hold My Hand]]" (U.S. No. 10), "[[Let Her Cry (song)|Let Her Cry]]" (U.S. No. 9), "[[Only Wanna Be with You]]" (U.S. No.&nbsp;6), and "[[Time (Hootie & the Blowfish song)|Time]]" (U.S. No. 14).<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{Cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Mojo Books |year=2000 |isbn=1-84195-017-3 |edition=5th |location=Edinburgh |page=459}}</ref> The album's last single, "[[Drowning (Hootie & the Blowfish song)|Drowning]]", was not as successful as its predecessors, peaking only on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart. In 1995, Hootie & the Blowfish and [[Bob Dylan]] reached an out-of-court settlement for the group's unauthorized use of Dylan's lyrics in their song "Only Wanna Be with You".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/rock_clock/11_3/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla |title=Rock Clock - November 3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030628/http://www.vh1.com/news/rock_clock/11_3/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssMozilla |archive-date=October 1, 2007 |website=VH1 |access-date=May 25, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Miami Dolphins]]' Hall of Fame quarterback [[Dan Marino]] appeared along with several other athletes in the band's [[music video|video]] for the song "Only Wanna Be with You".<ref>Hootie and the Blowfish. ''A Series of Short Trips'' (DVD). Atlantic, 1996.</ref>