That album is the best selling debut album of the 21st century according to a lot of sources and may go on to become the best selling debut album of all time possibly. It has sold 30 million worldwide. To say they only became "legendary" because of Chesters death is pretty insane. Their last album, 3 months or so before his death, debuted at #1. They were already well cemented as a huge band long before that. The have 7 albums and 6 of them went to #1. Citing their Wiki it says they have been nominated for 197 different awards in the music industry (Grammys, AMAs, various global MTV awards, Billboard Awards, NME, etc) and have won 69 of them. Unreal! They've sold over 100 million records collectively. I don't see how you can say anything about the death of Chester being the only reason they are held in such high regards. Sorry, that's just a total BS take.