when did korn's follow the leader come out
August 18, 1998
title: Korn text: was released on July 14, 1997. The band gained more popularity after co-headlining the Lollapalooza music festival in 1997 with Tool. However, Korn was forced to stop touring after Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis. A promotional disc was released in 1997 to promote both the band and the "Life Is Peachy" Tour featuring Incubus and The Urge, and included three live tracks. Prior to the release of 1998's "Follow the Leader", Gretchen Plewes, a Zeeland, Michigan high school assistant principal, said in an interview for a Michigan newspaper that Korn's music is "indecent, vulgar, obscene and intends to be title: Korn text: Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Viewer's Choice. It eventually won two awards, one being for Best Rock Video and the other for Best Editing. "Freak on a Leash" failed to enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, although it did manage to peak at number six on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. "Follow the Leader" is considered by members of Korn to be the band's most commercially–successful album, being certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA, and having sold almost ten million copies worldwide. In order to mark the 20th anniversary of title: Follow the Leader (Korn album) text: Follow the Leader (Korn album) Follow the Leader is the third studio album by the American nu metal band Korn. The album was released on August 18, 1998, through Immortal/Epic. This was their first album not produced by Ross Robinson. Instead, it was produced by Steve Thompson and Toby Wright. The album peaked at number one on four charts, including the "Billboard" 200 with 268,000 units sold in its first week of release, "Follow the Leader" is considered by members of Korn to be the band's most commercially–successful album, being certified five-times Platinum by the RIAA. Its singles "Got the title: Korn text: Marin himself). Korn launched a political campaign-style tour to promote the release of "Follow the Leader". The tour took the group, on a chartered jet, all over North America to help promote "Follow the Leader". They talked to fans and answered questions during special "fan conferences", which were organized at every stop along the tour route, and signed autographs. Jim Rose of the Jim Rose Circus hosted the entire "Kampaign" tour. The album was considered by band members a complete success, debuting at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with at least 268,000 copies sold in its first week of title: Korn text: free to record companies and on request to members of the public. Their debut album, "Korn", was released in 1994, followed by "Life Is Peachy" in 1996. The band first experienced mainstream success with "Follow the Leader" (1998) and "Issues" (1999), both of which debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200. The band's mainstream success continued with "Untouchables" (2002), "Take a Look in the Mirror" (2003) and "See You on the Other Side" (2005). A compilation album, "Greatest Hits Vol. 1", was released in 2004, spanning a decade of singles and concluding the band's recording contract with Immortal Records