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===1993β1997: Reorganization and career breakthrough === {{Main|The Beacon Street Collection|Tragic Kingdom}} The band began work on its next album the next year, but Interscope rejected much of its material, and the band was paired with producer [[Matthew Wilder]]. Eric did not like to relinquish creative control to someone outside the band and eventually stopped recording and rehearsing. He left No Doubt in 1994 to resume an animation career with the [[cartoon]] [[TV series]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref name="btm"/> Kanal then ended his seven-year relationship with Gwen, saying that he needed "space".<ref>''Born to Be''. [[MuchMusic]] programming. Original airdate: March 2006. Retrieved November 13, 2006.</ref> Unsure of what to do with the band, Interscope sublicensed the project to [[Trauma Records]] in 1993.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Sandler|first=Adam|date=May 28, 1997|title=Interscope facing Trauma in $100 million lawsuit|url=https://variety.com/1997/biz/news/interscope-facing-trauma-in-100-million-lawsuit-1116677862/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827215526/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1116677862.html?categoryid=16&cs=1|archive-date=August 27, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2006|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> No Doubt released ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]'', consisting of outtakes from its previous recording sessions, in 1995 on its own label, Beacon Street Records. Mixing 1980s [[punk rock]] and some grunge influences into the band's sound, the album contains a rawer sound than ''No Doubt'',<ref name="rotn">{{cite web|title=No Doubt|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-n/nodoubt_main.htm|access-date=July 27, 2017|website=Rock On The Net}}</ref> and it sold more than three times as many copies as its predecessor.<ref name=":1" /> Later that year, Trauma Records released ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'', much of which dealt with the relationship between Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 8, 1996|title=No Doubt's "Tragic Kingdom"|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1432752/no-doubts-tragic-kingdom/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803072443/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432752/19960408/no_doubt.jhtml|archive-date=August 3, 2009|website=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> The release of 1995's ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'' and the single "[[Just a Girl]]" allowed the group to achieve mainstream commercial success. No Doubt began touring in support of the album late that year, and it grew into a 27-month international tour.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|last=Willman|first=Chris|title=Future Tense?|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,276102_4%7C7534%7C%7C0_0_,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123082725/http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,276102_4%7C7534%7C%7C0_0_,00.html|archive-date=November 23, 2008|access-date=August 6, 2020|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In 1996, the second single, "[[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]]", was successful, and "[[Don't Speak]]", a [[ballad]] written by Gwen and Eric Stefani about Gwen and Kanal's break-up,<ref name=sullivan2011>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |title='We'll make one more album, then I'll get pregnant' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/feb/15/shopping.artsfeatures |access-date=August 22, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 15, 2002 |location=London}}</ref> was released as the third single and broke the previous record when it topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay for sixteen non-consecutive weeks. No Doubt was nominated for two [[Grammy Award]]s for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] and [[Best Rock Album]] at the [[1997 Grammy Awards]]. By the end of the year, half of the songs on ''Tragic Kingdom'' had been released as singles, and the album was certified eight times platinum. Later, they were nominated for two more Grammys for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]], both for "Don't Speak".<ref name="rotn"/> The [[Recording Industry Association of America]] certified the album diamond in February 1999,<ref>{{cite web|title=Diamond Awards|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701163046/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblDiamond|archive-date=July 1, 2007|access-date=August 24, 2007|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref> and with worldwide sales of sixteen million.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Van Meter|first=Jonathan|date=April 2004|title=The First Lady of Rock|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|url=http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/032204/page2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622202951/http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/032204/page2.html|archive-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref> Through the success of ''Tragic Kingdom'', the band's self-titled debut album began again to sell copies, and reached total sales of over a quarter of a million copies.<ref name=":1" /> The album's release fueled a dispute between Trauma and Interscope Records over No Doubt's recording contract. Trauma sued for [[United States dollar|US$]]100 million for [[breach of contract]], [[fraud]], and [[extortion]] and sought to have its [[joint venture]] agreement ended, claiming that Interscope had reneged on its contract after the band had become more successful than expected.<ref name=":2" /> No Doubt had previously stated that it had switched to Trauma Records and that the transition was "really great...because now we have the attention and the focus of a small indie label."<ref>{{cite web|date=May 28, 1997|title=No Doubt In Middle Of Legal Battle|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432741/19970528/no_doubt.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423151137/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432741/19970528/no_doubt.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2003|access-date=July 27, 2017|website=MTV News}}</ref> The case was [[settlement (litigation)|settled]] out of court with a $3 million payment.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Thigpen|first=David E.|date=November 10, 1997|title=A Sound Rebound|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987345-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023222704/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987345-2,00.html|archive-date=October 23, 2012|access-date=December 30, 2006|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
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