Studio Album · No. 4
Issues Songwriting Credits by KoRn
Produced by Brendan O'Brien · Engineered by Brendan O'Brien (mixing), Stephen Marcussen (mastering)
Holds writing credit on 16 of 16 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 16 / 16 documented
Scored across the 16 tracks with documented writers, by whether KoRn carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 16 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 10
Issues was produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, who had mixed Follow the Leader the previous year, with Nick DiDia handling recording and Stephen Marcussen mastering. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 571,000 first-week copies, then the ninth-largest debut in chart history. Korn expanded their compositional range with "Somebody Someone," the orchestral "4U," and the electronic-leaning "Make Me Bad." Issues has sold an estimated 13 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album globally, and earned 3× Platinum certification in the United States. No singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100; "Falling Away from Me" and "Make Me Bad" appeared only on the Bubbling Under chart.
Issues is the fourth studio album by Korn, released in November 1999 on Immortal/Epic Records and produced by Brendan O'Brien, released 15 months after Follow the Leader during the peak of nu-metal's commercial dominance, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with 576,000 first-week sales, which was among the largest opening weeks for a hard rock album in history at the time. Davis wrote all lyrics; the album includes 'Falling Away from Me,' 'Make Me Bad,' 'Somebody Someone,' and 'Wake Up' among the principal tracks, with Staind members Jonathan Davis Jr. providing additional musical contributions. Issues has been certified five-times platinum in the United States and generated three top-ten mainstream rock singles; the commercial performance reflected the band's position at the absolute peak of nu-metal's commercial wave. The album is primarily regarded as a consolidation of the Follow the Leader formula rather than a creative expansion, but the commercial numbers it generated represent the high-water mark of the band's mainstream commercial performance.