Editing Break the Cycle (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Break the Cycle
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Staind]]
| cover      = Staind_Break_the_Cycle.jpg
| alt        = The album cover features a tree against a cloudy sky on grass. In the image we see "Staind" and "Break the Cycle".
| released   = May 8, 2001<ref name="RIAA"/>
| recorded   = August–December&nbsp;2000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Halbersberg |first1=Elianne |title=STAIND |url=https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/staind-367748 |website=www.mixonline.com|date=September 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guitar World - Mike Mushok August 2001 Interview |url=http://www.staind-online.com/articles/gw.htm |website=staind-online.com}}</ref>
| venue      =
| studio     = [[NRG Recording Studios|NRG]] (Los Angeles, CA), [[Long View Farm Studios|Long Farm View]] ([[North Brookfield, Massachusetts|North Brookfield, MA]]), Southbeach ([[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach, FL]]) and [[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]] ([[New York City|New York City, NY]])
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Nu metal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time|title = The 50 best nu metal albums of all time|date = April 2022}}</ref><ref name=NME></ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21545.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010828111108/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/August2001/reviews21545.asp | archive-date=August 28, 2001 | title=Dotmusic - Album Review }}</ref><ref name="Yahoo"></ref>
* {{nowrap|[[alternative metal]]}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vh1.com/?id=1444121&ai_id=503257 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234235/http://www.vh1.com/?id=1444121&ai_id=503257 | url-status=live | archive-date=November 27, 2018 | title=VH1 &#124; Celebrity Reality Television Series }}</ref>
* [[post-grunge]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/rhapsody-university-post-grunge-101 |title=University: Post-Grunge 101 |publisher=Rhapsody |date=September 1, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113943/http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/rhapsody-university-post-grunge-101}}</ref>
}}
| length     = 50:49
| label      = {{flatlist|
* [[Flip Records (1994)|Flip]]
* [[Elektra Entertainment|Elektra]]
}}
| producer   = [[Josh Abraham]]
| prev_title = [[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[14 Shades of Grey]]
| next_year  = 2003
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Break the Cycle
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[It's Been Awhile]]
 | single1date = March 20, 2001
 | single2     = <!--- Please don't remove "May 17, 2001" as this date is officially confirmed by the discogs. We have a acknowledge that Staind released their 3rd studio album Break The Cycle on May 8, 2001, while Discogs states it was released on 16th May 2001, but Staind's Fade was released as a promotional single along with Break The Cycle, so let's assume that Fade was released on 17th May 2001. Please leave the information as it is. Thank you  .--->
[[Fade (Staind song)|Fade]]
 | single2date = May 17, 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7292111-Staind-Break-The-Cycle?srsltid=AfmBOoqoHVQ5ZBq4JcB0C8TGMvqqqwSDJAsoNUWcYftSP_-pYFse5MAp|title=Staind – Break The Cycle|website=[[discogs]]|date=May 2001}}</ref> 
 | single3     = [[Outside (Staind song)|Outside]]
 | single3date = November 26, 2001<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/outside/3137.htm|title=Outisde [CD Single] by Staind (2001-11-26)|website=[[whatrecords]]|date=November 26, 2001}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[For You (Staind song)|For You]]
 | single4date = December 19, 2001
 | single5     = Epiphany
 | single5date = August 2002
}}
}}

'''''Break the Cycle''''' is the third studio album by American rock band [[Staind]], released through [[Flip Records (1994)|Flip Records]] and [[Elektra Entertainment]] on May 8, 2001. It is Staind's most successful album to date and was the album that broke them into the mainstream. It was a huge international success for the band, as it spent three weeks at number-one position in the U.S. album charts and many weeks in the top-10 album charts of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the UK and New Zealand. It sold at least 4&nbsp;million copies in 2001. The album was certified [[Music recording certification#Certification_thresholds|5× platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for sales of over five million units in the U.S on September 8, 2003.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=staind&ti=break+the+cycle&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>