Barenaked Ladies

BNL soon signed with Sire/Reprise and issued their full-length debut, Gordon, in 1992. Featuring ‘Be My Yoko Ono,’ ‘If I Had a $1,000,000,’ and ‘Brian Wilson,’ the album moved over one million units and initiated BNL’s reign as Canadian pop kings. At the height of grunge’s popularity, producer Ben Mink came aboard to helm 1994’s Maybe You Should Drive, a mellow folk-pop album.1996’s obscuro-pop album Born on a Pirate Ship, and the band charted new celebrity territory by appearing on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 to perform their Top 40 hit ‘The Old Apartment.’

Success in the U.S. came fast, and BNL began selling out their summer shows. Rock Spectacle became BNL’s first record to be certified gold in the U.S., and it paved the way for their biggest album to date. Stunt, the group’s fourth studio effort, was issued in July 1998 and transformed the Barenaked Ladies into stars in both the U.S. and U.K. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts and went on to sell over four million copies. Maroon followed and reached platinum status on the success of ‘Pinch Me;’ it also netted the band two Juno Awards for Best Pop Album and Best Group, as well as a nomination for a Grammy. A greatest-hits collection, Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001), was issued in fall 2001 to celebrate the band’s first decade. Creating their own label they released their next four albums. A holiday record, Barenaked for the Holidays, arrived in 2004, while the companion albums Barenaked Ladies Are Me and Barenaked Ladies Are Men were issued in 2006 and 2007, respectively.