Nu metal
Nu metal began to rise in popularity when Korn's 1996 album "Life Is Peachy" peaked at number 3 on the "Billboard" 200 and sold 106,000 copies in its first week of release. In 1997, Sugar Ray released its second studio album "Floored". The album achieved mainstream success very quickly and was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on February 20, 1998. Although "Floored" is a nu metal album, the only song from the album that achieved chart success was the song "Fly", which is instead a reggae song. Although Sugar Ray continued to be extremely popular, the band abandoned the nu metal genre and became a pop rock band with its 1999 studio album "".