Just after New Year's Day 2005, drummer Ryan Vikedal was replaced by 3 Doors Down's drummer Daniel Adair.
Nickelback promptly went into the studio with their new drummer from January through May 2005.
The sessions resulted in their fifth studio album, All the Right Reasons which was released on October 3, 2005.
It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 with 323,350 copies in its first week in the United States, as well as producing five U.S. Hot 100 top 20 singles: "Photograph", "Savin' Me", "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared" and "Rockstar".
Three of these became U.S. Hot 100 top 10 singles.
Also, the album peaked at number one on the Canadian albums chart.
The album sold more than 12 million singles and over 9 million ringtones.
The album also made Nickelback the first band in Nielsen BDS history to have 5 singles on the CHR charts.
 It included appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, who played a guitar solo on the song "Follow You Home" and sang backing vocals on "Rock Star"—and a posthumously sampled appearance by Chad Kroeger's friend Dimebag Darrell from Pantera, culled from guitar outtakes.
All the Right Reasons had sold over 7 million copies in the U.S. to June 19, 2010.

The band spent much of 2006 and 2007 touring across the globe.
In the fall of 2006, the band opened for Bon Jovi on the European leg of the Have a Nice Day Tour.
Over 2 million fans attended Nickelback's shows during those two years.

The band played at Sturgis, South Dakota to over 35,000 people at the 2006 Sturgis Bike Rally.
The performance was filmed with 15 high-definition cameras.
They released the DVD and Blu-ray of it in 2009, several years after the performance.
In November 2006, the band won an American Music Award for best pop/rock album, surprising the band itself. "
We just kinda showed up because we were supposed to give one of these away tonight," Chad Kroeger said after receiving the award.
Chad Kroeger added he had thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers would win the award.
Just after New Year's Day 2005, drummer Ryan Vikedal was replaced by 3 Doors Down's drummer Daniel Adair. Nickelback promptly went into the studio with their new drummer from January through May 2005. The sessions resulted in their fifth studio album, All the Right Reasons which was released on October 3, 2005. It peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 with 323,350 copies in its first week in the United States, as well as producing five U.S. Hot 100 top 20 singles: "Photograph", "Savin' Me", "Far Away", "If Everyone Cared" and "Rockstar". Three of these became U.S. Hot 100 top 10 singles. Also, the album peaked at number one on the Canadian albums chart. The album sold more than 12 million singles and over 9 million ringtones. The album also made Nickelback the first band in Nielsen BDS history to have 5 singles on the CHR charts.  It included appearances by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, who played a guitar solo on the song "Follow You Home" and sang backing vocals on "Rock Star"—and a posthumously sampled appearance by Chad Kroeger's friend Dimebag Darrell from Pantera, culled from guitar outtakes. All the Right Reasons had sold over 7 million copies in the U.S. to June 19, 2010.
The band spent much of 2006 and 2007 touring across the globe. In the fall of 2006, the band opened for Bon Jovi on the European leg of the Have a Nice Day Tour. Over 2 million fans attended Nickelback's shows during those two years.
The band played at Sturgis, South Dakota to over 35,000 people at the 2006 Sturgis Bike Rally. The performance was filmed with 15 high-definition cameras. They released the DVD and Blu-ray of it in 2009, several years after the performance. In November 2006, the band won an American Music Award for best pop/rock album, surprising the band itself. "We just kinda showed up because we were supposed to give one of these away tonight," Chad Kroeger said after receiving the award. Chad Kroeger added he had thought the Red Hot Chili Peppers would win the award.
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