System of a Down is in celebration mode right now, as its 2001 signature hit, “Chop Suey!” has just passed a major milestone.
According to Metal Injection, the song just became the band’s first-ever Diamond single, meaning it’s earned 10-times Platinum status from the RIAA, representing 10 million certified units from sales, downloads, and streams. That’s big—and, per the outlet, rare for metal and metal-adjacent songs.
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Released in August 2001, “Chop Suey!” appeared on the alternative metal band’s second studio album, Toxicity. Written by Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian, the track was the lead single from the record.
In an interview with Louder, Malakian explained that he wrote the future hit on an acoustic guitar in the back of an RV while touring. And he knew right from the get-go that it was a winner.
“I can always feel when I write something good, and I can always tell when I write something that needs a little work,” he said. “I thought it was really good. … I didn’t know that it was gonna be our first [hit] single. I didn’t think it was gonna be so huge, but at the time I thought it was good. I was a fan of it.”
Though the song stalled out at No. 76 on the all-genre Hot 100 chart, the album was another story. Toxicity debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 1 on Sept. 22, 2001.
Fueled by hits “Aerials,” the title track, and, of course, “Chop Suey!,” the record remains the band’s biggest smash yet, spending a total of 212 weeks on the album chart.
In 2002, the band scored a Grammy nomination for “Chop Suey!” It was their first of four nominations earned over the years. They won their first and only Grammy thus far with 2005’s “B.Y.O.B.”
Today, System of a Down is still together and playing live shows and festivals. Their upcoming schedule includes a show in Texas this fall, followed by dates in Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand in early 2027.
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