Studio Album · No. 3
Follow the Leader Songwriting Credits by KoRn
Produced by Toby Wright · Engineered by Brendan O'Brien (mixing), Stephen Marcussen (mastering)
Holds writing credit on 13 of 13 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether KoRn carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Follow the Leader was produced by Steve Thompson and Toby Wright (Wright taking over after Thompson's mid-production departure), with Brendan O'Brien mixing and Stephen Marcussen mastering. The album expanded Korn's palette into rap rock collaborations: "All in the Family" features Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit and "Children of the Korn" features Ice Cube. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 268,000 first-week copies and was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA. The "Freak on a Leash" music video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.
Follow the Leader is the third studio album by Korn, released in August 1998 on Immortal/Epic Records and produced by Brendan O'Brien and Steve Thompson, the band's commercial breakthrough, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with 268,000 first-week sales and establishing nu-metal as a mainstream commercial genre. Davis wrote all lyrics; the album features guest appearances from Ice Cube, Fred Durst, and Tre from Sugar Ray, reflecting the hip-hop and pop-crossover commercial strategy; 'Got the Life,' 'Freak on a Leash,' and 'All in the Family' (featuring Fred Durst) were the principal tracks. 'Freak on a Leash' won the Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and was nominated for Record of the Year, a Grammy appearance that confirmed nu-metal's mainstream cultural legitimacy. Follow the Leader has been certified six-times platinum in the United States and sparked an explosion of nu-metal commercial acts in its wake, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, and dozens of others all accelerated their major-label activity following the album's commercial success. The album represents the full arrival of the nu-metal movement as a commercial mainstream force.