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Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983.

Founded by guitarist/vocalistDave Mustaineand bassist David Ellefson following Mustaine's

departure from Metallica, the band has since released 12studio albums, three live albums,

two EPs, 26 singles, 32 music videos, fourcompilationsand one box set. As a pioneer of the

American thrash metal movement, Megadeth rose to international fame in the 1980s and was

ranked as one of the "Big Four of Thrash" along withMetallica, Slayer, andAnthrax, who were

responsible for creating, developing and popularizing the thrash metal sub-genre.

Band members

Dave Mustaine lead vocals, guitar(19832002, 2004present)

Dave Ellefson bass, backing vocals(19832002, 2010present)

Chris Broderick guitar, backing vocals(2008present)

Shawn Drover drums, percussion(2004present)

Discography

Main article: Megadeth discography

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!(1985)

Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)

So Far, So Good... So What!(1988)

Rust in Peace (1990)

Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Youthanasia (1994)

Cryptic Writings (1997)

Risk(1999)

The World Needs a Hero (2001)

The System Has Failed(2004)

United Abominations (2007)

Endgame (2009)

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Megadeth awards and nominations

[hide]Awards and nominations

Award Wins Nominations

Genesis Awards 1 1

Grammy Awards 0 9

Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 1 3

Full Armor of God Broadcast Full ArmorAward

1 1

Totals

Awards won 4

Nominations 12

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Nickelback is a Canadianrock band from Hanna, Alberta, formed in 1995 by Chad Kroeger, Mike

Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger. While largely a rock band, the group

has also experimented with various other musical styles such aspopand country, aside from

theirhard rock and post-grunge base. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful

Canadian groups, having sold over 35 million albums worldwide.[2]

Nickelback ranks as the 11th

best selling music act of the 2000s, and is the 2nd best selling foreign act in the U.S. behindThe

Beatles for the 2000s.[3] In December 2009, Nickelback were ranked 7th on Billboard Magazine's list

of "Artists of the Decade" - both the highest-ranked band and the highest-ranked rock artist in the

list.[4]

Billboard Magazine also named Nickelback as the Adult Pop Artist of the decade.[5]

The band

has sold 21,000,000 album copies in the U.S.[6]

The band is based in Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada. Its name originates from the nickel in

change that band member Mike Kroeger gave customers at his job atStarbucks; he would

frequently say, "Here's your nickel back."[7]

Band members

Current members

Chad Kroeger lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar(1995present)

Ryan Peake rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals(1995present)

Mike Kroeger bass (1995present)

Daniel Adair drums, backing vocals (2005present)

Formermembers

Brandon Kroeger drums (19951997)

Mitch Guindon drums (19971998) Ryan Vikedal drums (19982005)

Discography

Nickelback has released six studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, twenty-seven singles,

and five video albums.

Curb (1996)

The State (1998/2000)

Silver Side Up (2001)

The LongRoad(2003)

All the RightReasons (2005)

Dark Horse (2008)

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New Album (2011-present)

According to an interview with Daniel Adair on January 23, 2010, Nickelback plans on recording a

seventh album after the Dark Horse Touris over, and the expected release is sometime in 2011.

Also, Adair mentioned that the band wanted to go back to the musical style thatAllThe Right

Reasons had, which he described as "more organic."[17]

Chad Kroeger has officially announced in an interview with Billboard.com that songwriting for the

next Nickelback album will commence as early as February 2011 with 'about four tunes' already in

mind.[18]

Nickelback awards and nominations

Nickelback performing in 2006

[hide]Awards and nominations

Award Wins Nominations

American Music Awards 2 7

Billboard Music Awards 3 5

Grammy Awards 0 6

Juno Awards 12 28

MuchMusic Video Awards 7 15

Totals

Awards won 26

Nominations 66