Editing Razorblade Romance (section)

==Release and promotion==
[[File:HER Cover art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Cover art for ''Razorblade Romance'' under the moniker HER]]
HIM initially wanted to release ''Razorblade Romance'' in the fall of 1999 in Finland, in order to start a supporting tour, but BMG Germany refused, fearing the album would be bought there through importing.<ref name="SynninViemää132">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.132. WSOY</ref> Thus it was decided that ''Razorblade Romance'' would be released simultaneously in Finland and internationally.<ref name="SynninViemää132"/> "Join Me in Death" was released as the first single from the album in November 1999, and charted in seven countries, reaching number one in Finland and Germany.<ref name="FIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/him|title=HIM Discography|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807112327/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/him|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="GERJoinMe">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-11688 |title=JOIN ME |publisher=Offiziele Deutsche Charts |access-date=8 June 2017 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121034620/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-11688 |archive-date=21 November 2017 }}</ref> "Join Me in Death" would eventually be [[Music recording sales certification|certified platinum]] in Finland, and gold in Germany and Austria.<ref name="FINcerts"/><ref name="GERcerts">{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=HIM|access-date=7 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="AUTcerts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |title=Gold & Platin |access-date=7 February 2008 |publisher=IFPI Austria |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608024513/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin |archive-date=8 June 2009 }}</ref> BMG had been reluctant to release the song as a single, but eventually complied, after the song was chosen to appear on the soundtrack of the 1999 [[science fiction]] film ''[[The Thirteenth Floor]]''.<ref name="SynninViemää132"/><ref name="SynninViemää134">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.134. WSOY</ref> The version included in the film and released as a single was an early mix, not included on the finished album.<ref name="SynninViemää132"/> Two music videos were produced for the song; the first featured the single mix as well as scenes from ''The Thirteenth Floor'', while the second was shot in England and directed by Billy Yukich.<ref name="JoinMe1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4AscLidWg|title=HIM – "Join Me in Death" (Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409123735/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4AscLidWg|archive-date=9 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="JoinMe2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdp4a3HUx60|title=HIM – "Join Me in Death" (''The Thirteenth Floor'' Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319041125/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdp4a3HUx60|archive-date=19 March 2018}}</ref> HIM was later invited to perform on Germany's ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' to promote the song.<ref name="SynninViemää134"/> ''Razorblade Romance'' was released on 24 January 2000 and charted in six countries, peaking at number one in Finland, Germany and Austria.<ref name="GER">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-3179 |title=RAZORBLADE ROMANCE |publisher=Offiziele Deutsche Charts |access-date=8 June 2017 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319041125/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-3179 |archive-date=19 March 2018 }}</ref><ref name="AUT">{{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=HIM |title=Discographie HIM |publisher=AustrianCharts.at |access-date=7 February 2009 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225025909/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=HIM |archive-date=25 December 2011 }}</ref> The album would eventually go double platinum in Finland, triple gold in Germany, and gold in Austria.<ref name="FINcerts"/><ref name="GERcerts"/><ref name="AUTcerts"/> ''Razorblade Romance'' also charted at number eight on the US [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Chart]] in January 2004, making it the band's first album to chart in the United States.<ref name="US">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303494/him/chart?f=324|title=HIM - Heatseekers Chart history|publisher=[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]|access-date=1 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703040249/http://www.billboard.com/artist/303494/him/chart?f=324|archive-date=3 July 2016}}</ref>

After the album's release, HIM began the supporting tour for ''Razorblade Romance'' with a seventeen date Finnish leg, which was entirely sold-out.<ref name="SynninViemää159">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.159. WSOY</ref><ref name="SynninViemää160">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.160. WSOY</ref> This was followed by a European tour, which lasted nine months and 88 shows.<ref name="SynninViemää161">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.161. WSOY</ref> In May 2000, HIM also embarked on their first tour of England, which lasted six dates, starting at [[The Garage, London|The Garage]] in London.<ref name="SynninViemää164"/><ref name="SynninViemää165">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.165. WSOY</ref> The intense touring cycle and promotional work exhausted the band, to the point where Valo nearly fell off the balcony of a hotel, before being pulled back by friends, and Salminen ended up in the [[Emergency department|emergency room]] after a prank gone wrong.<ref name="SynninViemää161"/><ref name="SynninViemää162">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.162. WSOY</ref><ref name="SynninViemää163">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.163. WSOY</ref> HIM nearly disbanded during this time, but things eventually settled down and the band continued touring.<ref name="SynninViemää164">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.164. WSOY</ref> "Right Here in My Arms", "Gone with the Sin" and "Poison Girl" were released as the follow-up singles from the album, with the former two peaking at number one in Finland, and the latter at number three.<ref name="FIN"/> All three singles also made the [[GfK Entertainment Charts|German Singles Chart]] and received music videos.<ref name="GERAll">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |title=HIM Discography |publisher=Offiziele Deutsche Charts |access-date=8 June 2017 |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102071930/http://i.imgur.com/My5ZAxf.jpg |archive-date=2 November 2015 }}</ref><ref name="RightHere">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQGJ0rfIEk|title=HIM – "Right Here in My Arms" (Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221122654/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SQGJ0rfIEk|archive-date=21 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="Gone">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifwf8RrU-94|title=HIM – "Gone with the Sin" (Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924114822/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifwf8RrU-94|archive-date=24 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Poison">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kya__ocHCk|title=HIM – "Poison Girl" (Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617032308/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kya__ocHCk|archive-date=17 June 2016}}</ref> The re-recorded "Your Sweet 666" and "Wicked Game" were also released as singles in the UK, with the latter receiving a new music video.<ref name="WickedVid">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGK-LRqAqI|title=HIM - Wicked Game (Music Video)|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=16 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419142617/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjGK-LRqAqI|archive-date=19 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="SynninViemää235">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.235. WSOY</ref>

HIM were awarded "Band of the Year", and "Album of the Year" for ''Razorblade Romance'', at the 2000 [[Emma-gaala|Emma Awards]], as well as the "Viewers' Choice Award", and "Video of the Year" for "Join Me in Death", at the 2000 [[VIVA Germany#Annual Conet Awards|VIVA Comet Awards]].<ref name="Emma">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/palkinnot/emmat/emma-palkinnon-voittajat#vuosi-2000|title=Emma-winners|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|access-date=9 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083049/http://www.ifpi.fi/palkinnot/emmat/emma-palkinnon-voittajat#vuosi-2000|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="VIVA1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMCkSYtGCs|title=HIM @ VIVA Comet Awards 2000|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=25 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818053706/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMCkSYtGCs|archive-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> ''Razorblade Romance'' would also be awarded at the 2004 [[Music recording sales certification#IFPI certification|IFPI Platinum Europe Awards]].<ref name="PlatinumEurope">{{cite web|url=http://www.singleeurope.com/platinum/ifpi0405.html|title=IFPI Platinum Europe - Certifications for May 2004|publisher=Singleeurope.com|access-date=25 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319041125/http://www.singleeurope.com/platinum/ifpi0405.html|archive-date=19 March 2018}}</ref> In 2001, HIM were involved in a dispute over the rights to their name in the United States, as the moniker "HIM" was already owned by a drummer from a [[Chicago]] [[jazz fusion]] band of the same name.<ref name="SynninViemää30">Juho K. Juntunen (2002). ''HIM – Synnin viemää'' p.30. WSOY</ref><ref name="HIMHER1">{{cite web |title=HIM:istä tulee Amerikassa HER |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000039757.html |publisher=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |date=19 July 2002 |access-date=5 July 2016 }}</ref> This meant that HIM were renamed HER in the US, and released ''Razorblade Romance'' under that moniker.<ref name="HIMHER1"/> A settlement was eventually reached between the two parties, which allowed both to retain the name HIM.<ref name="HIMHER2">{{cite web |title=HIM saa pitää nimensä USA:ssa |url=https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000000262760.html |publisher=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |date=26 March 2003 |access-date=5 July 2016 }}</ref>