Preceded by " The Beautiful People " , whose music video received three nominations at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards , the album was both a critical and commercial success . Lorraine Ali of '' Rolling Stone '' credited '' Antichrist Superstar '' with ending the dominance of grunge within popular music . In the years since its release , various publications have listed it among the best albums of the 1990s . The album debuted at number three on the '' Billboard '' 200 , and has sold almost 2 million copies in the United States alone . As of 2011 , worldwide album sales have surpassed over 7 million copies
1997 MTV Video Music Awards
1997 MTV Video Music Awards
Antichrist Superstar