The State is the second album released by the Canadianrock band Nickelback. "Leader of Men" was the lead single from this album followed by "Old Enough", "Breathe" and "Worthy to Say". "Leader of Men" held a peak position of #130 on the Billboard 200. The album also held a peak position on Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums charts position #3 in 2000. The album went Platinum in Canada in April 2002 and went Platinum in 2008 in the United States.
Background
The State was recorded in 1998.[citation needed] In September 1998, The State was released independently with a blue album cover. The next year later in 1999, it was reissued on EMI Canada, with a re-formatted version of the original cover (the words "Nickelback" and "The State" were originally in yellow, in the same size near the right edge of the cover, on the EMI reissue, the word "Nickelback" was made into a bigger font and "The State" rendered in white, at the top of the cover). In 2000, it was reissed again on EMI Canada, this time with different artwork: a young boy in a jail cell on the re-releases. In 2000 The State reached the Billboard 200 peaking 130. To support The State, Nickelback toured with 3 Doors Down, Creed, Sevendust, and Stone Temple Pilots.[citation needed] In early of 2001 the band played its final dates with Everclear.[citation needed] In March 2001 Nickelback won its first Juno Award for Best New Group.[citation needed] In 1999, when Roadrunner signed Nickelback, they reissued The State, keeping the cover from the 2000 reissue. The State was released in Europe in April of 2001.
