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Nickelback is a Canadian rock band

formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta,


Canada. The band is composed of
guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger,
guitarist, keyboardist and backing
vocalist Ryan Peake, bassist Mike
Kroeger, and drummer Daniel Adair. The
band went through several drummer
changes between 1995 and 2005,
achieving its current lineup when Adair
replaced drummer Ryan Vikedal.
Nickelback is one of the most
commercially successful Canadian rock
bands in the world, having sold more than
50 million albums worldwide[1] and ranking
as the eleventh best-selling music act, and
the second best-selling foreign act in the
U.S. of the 2000s, behind The
Beatles.[2][3] Billboard ranks them the most
successful rock group of the decade; their
song "How You Remind Me" was listed as
the best-selling rock song and the fourth
best-selling song of the decade overall.
They were listed number seven on
the Billboard top artist of the decade, with
four albums listed on the Billboard top
albums of the decade.[4]

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