

Their eponymous debut album produced a single for the song " Sugar", which reached the top 30 on the Billboard mainstream rock songs and alternative songs charts. The following year, they released their eponymous debut album, which peaked at number 124 on the United States' Billboard 200 and number 103 on the United Kingdom's UK Albums Chart it was certified platinum two years later by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and gold by Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).

By the end of 1997, the group had signed to American Recordings, then distributed as Columbia Records. They have released five studio albums, nineteen singles (including promotional releases), and thirteen music videos. System of a Down is an American rock band formed by musicians of Armenian origin: vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian, and drummer John Dolmayan in the mid-1990s.
