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In 2000, Pearl Jam released its sixth studio album, Binaural, and initiated a series of " official bootlegs" of live albums. "Last Kiss" became the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1998, Pearl Jam released " Last Kiss" on the band's fan club Christmas single however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999. Cameron has remained as Pearl Jam's drummer ever since. The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons being replaced by Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who had previously worked with the members of Pearl Jam in the Temple of the Dog project and had drummed on the band's first demos.
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Pearl Jam subsequently released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. In 1994, the band released its third studio album, Vitalogy, which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status.įollowing Abbruzzese's exit in 1994, original Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons joined the band. Burdened by the pressures of success, Pearl Jam decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos. set the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. Following an intense touring schedule, the band went into the studio to record what would become its second studio album, Vs. Ten broke Pearl Jam into the mainstream, and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s. A few months after the completion of the band's debut studio album, Ten, drummer Dave Abbruzzese joined the band.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Stone Gossard, and guitarist Mike McCready, who then recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Krusen. Rounding out SoundScan’s top 10 selling albums since 1991 is ‘N Sync’s No Strings Attached, with 11.14 million.The discography of Pearl Jam, a Seattle-based alternative rock band, consists of 11 studio albums, 15 live albums, three compilation albums, 36 singles, and numerous official bootlegs. In fourth place is Backstreet Boys’ Millennium (12.21 million), followed by the Beatles’ 1 (12.16 million), The Bodyguard soundtrack (12.06 million), Santana’s Supernatural (11.73 million), Creed’s Human Clay (11.64 million) and Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Legend (11.26 million) at Nos. Shania Twain’s Come On Over is in second place with 15.53 million and Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is in third with 14.82 million. Since 1991, the highest selling album - according to SoundScan - is Metallica’s self-titled 1991 release, which has moved 15.86 million. At the present, the album is selling well below 1,000 copies a week. While we had a quick succession of albums hit 10 million in the last year, the next-closest album to 10 million is still 400,000 copies away: Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love (9.6 million). It should be a while before another album crosses the 10 million mark.
