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When did the Smashing Pumpkins break into mainstream?
Despite problems in its recording, The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold over four million copies in the U.S. alone.

Question: How did they do this?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the Smashing Pumpkins record their album Siamese Dream?