Korn Highlights A comprehensive list of accomplishments while Brian "Head" Welch was a member of Korn
AWARDS Won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance – 2003 Won a Grammy for Short Form Music Video – 2000 Won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video – 2000 Won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing – 1999 Won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Video – 1999
NOMINATIONS Grammys Best Metal Performance – 2004 Hard Rock Performance – 2000 Best Metal Performance – 1997
MTV Video Music Awards Best Rock Video – 2002 Best Art Direction – 1999 Video of the Year – 1999 Best Direction – 1999 Best Special Effects – 1999 Best Cinematography – 1999 Best Breakthrough Video – 1999 Viewer’s Choice – 1999
MTV Europe Awards Best Live Act – 2002 SALES HISTORY 16 Million albums sold to date in the US 32 Million albums sold worldwide as of 2009
ALBUMS Life Is Peachy (1996) Sold more than 106,000 copies its first week
Follow The Leader (1998) Sold 268,000 copies its first week Certified 5x Platinum by RIAA and sold 10 million copies worldwide
Issues (1999) Sold 573,000 copies Certified 3x Platinum SALES HISTORY (continued) Untouchables (2002) Sold 434,000 copies Certified Platinum
Paradigm Shift (2013) Sold 113,000
DISCOGRAPHY Korn (1995) #1 on Heatseekers #72 on The Billboard 200
Life Is Peachy (1996) #3 on The Billboard 200
Follow the Leader (1998) #1 on The Billboard 200 #1 on Top Canadian Albums
Issues (1999) #1 on The Billboard 200 #2 on Top Canadian Albums #2 on Top Internet Albums
Untouchables (2002) #2 on The Billboard 200 #2 on Top Internet Albums #3 on Top Canadian Albums
Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) #9 on Top Internet Albums #9 on The Billboard 200
Greatest Hits Vol. I (2004) #4 on the Billboard 200 #6 on Top Canadian Albums
Paradigm Shift (2013) #8 on The Billboard 200 RADIO “Falling Away from Me” (1999) #7 Mainstream Rock
“Freak on a Leash” (1999) #6 Modern Rock Tracks Spent 27 weeks on Modern Rock Radio; longest of any Korn single to date
“Make Me Bad” (2000) #7 Modern Rock Tracks RADIO (continued) “Here to Stay” (2002) #4 Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks
“Thoughtless” (2002) #6 Mainstream Rock
“Did My Time” (2003) #9 Canadian Singles Chart
“Right Now” (2004) #11 Mainstream Rock
"Never, Never" (2013) #1 Active Rock; #2 Mainstream Rock; #36 Alternative TV & FILM “Falling Away From Me” Appeared on South Park’s Korn’s Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery (Season 3, Ep 10) (1999)
“Did My Time” Used to promote Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life (2003)
“Here To Stay” Featured on the soundtrack to ATV Offroad Fury 2 (2002)
“The Camel Song” Made for the movie soundtrack for End of Days (1999)
“Proud” Made for the soundtrack of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
“Sean Olson” Featured in the movie The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
Jimmy Kimmel Performance on October 7th, 2013 TOURING Kampaign Tour (1998-1999) Promote Follow the Leader
Family Values Tour (1998) Headliner, Played w/ Incubus, Orgy, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, and Rammstein
Sick and Twisted Tour (2000) Promote Issues
The Path of Totality Tour (2011) CD/DVD earned Gold & Platinum Certifications MISCELLANEOUS Welch's work with Korn has resulted in over 50 million albums sold
Ranked #26 of Guitar World's 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All time.
Have released 34 singles, 17 have charted
“Metal Hammer” Magazine Cover (August 1998)
In 1998 produced a weekly online TV Show, KornTV
Ranked #53 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
Saturday Night Live Musical Guest, November 19, 2005 Performed “Twisted Transistor” & “Freak on a Leash”
Korn was the first to be inducted into the TRL's Retirement Home in 1999 with "Got the Life" and was followed by "Freak on a Leash," "Falling Away From Me," and "Make Me Bad."
"Revolver" Cover (2013)
"Metal Hammer" Magazine Cover (2013)