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TIL "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" by Limp Bizkit is the fastest-selling rock album ever in the United States. It sold 1,055,000 copies in the first seven days of it's release. It broke the record held by Pearl Jam for their album "Vs."

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