Taking to Instagram, the band celebrated the milestone, sharing a photo of the group holding up their framed record. In the caption, they wrote, “Sublime has earned RIAA Diamond Certification! 10 million+ copies sold and over 30 years of lovin’ thanks to the best fans out there. All for Bradley.”
View this post on InstagramThe album, which dropped July 30, 1996, arrived just two months after the band’s frontman, Bradley Nowell, died. According to Rolling Stone, Nowell died of a heroin overdose on May 25 that year. The 28-year-old singer was found dead in his room at the Ocean View Motel in San Francisco.
In April 1997, the album cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard 200, with the lead single, “What I Got,” a feel-good ska-punk/reggae-rock hybrid, climbing to No. 1 on the Modern Rock chart. “Santeria,” a sunny, laid-back revenge fantasy, and “Wrong Way,” a third-wave ska-punk track with a catchy horn section, both peaked at No. 3 on the rock charts.
Though the band broke up in 1996 following Nowell’s death, they have since regrouped. In 2023, the band reunited with Nowell’s son, Jakob Nowell, who stepped into his father’s role.
Since then, Sublime has seen success with their first new album in 30 years, Until the Sun Explodes. Released last June, it spawned a couple of No. 1 hits in “Ensenada” and “Until the Sun Explodes,” both dominating the rock and alternative radio charts.
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