Break the Cycle

Break the Cycle
Break the Cycle
Studio album by Staind
Released	May 8, 2001
Recorded	August–December 2000
Studios	NRG (Los Angeles, CA); Long Farm View (North Brookfield, MA); Southbeach (Miami Beach, FL); Electric Lady (New York City, NY);
Genres	Nu metal; post-grunge; alternative metal;
Length	50:49
Labels	Flip; Elektra;
Producer	Josh Abraham
Staind chronology
Singles from Break the Cycle
	"It's Been Awhile"; Released: March 18, 2001; "Fade"; Released: May 17, 2001; "Outside"; Released: November 26, 2001; "For You"; Released: December 19, 2001; "Epiphany"; Released: August 2002;

Break the Cycle is the third studio album by American rock band Staind, released through Flip Records and Elektra Records 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, the UK and New Zealand. It sold at least 4 million copies in 2001. The album was certified 7× platinum by the RIAA for sales of over seven million units in the U.S on September 3, 2026.