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Originally Posted by Igster
The point was, they outlasted bands that they were being compared to as not groundbreaking or different and that they were not a very good band or well liked, yet they are still around and are still selling albums.
Say what you want about Nickelback, but they have sold a ton or records, have a huge number of hits and have influenced many bands as well. Am I a fan, nope, but you can't discount the effect they have had on the industry as well.
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Generic, corporate #### rock existed before Nickelback, and will contiue to exist forever. So no, they had no impact on music or the industry, other than to answer the question "How many times can a band write a slightly different variation of the exact same song, and still make it a hit?". Congrats on still being around and relevant, but so is Slipknot.
But using album sales is extremely dangerous, because did you know Air Supply is more impactful than Linkin Park (they sold more records, more top 10 hits)? Yeah, don't ever use record sales as a basis for anything other than that: record sales. Otherwise, Baby Genuises (box office of $51 million adjusted for inflation) is more impactful than Citizen Kane (box office of $25 million adjusted for inflation)