Red Hot Chili Peppers' first live album “Live in Hyde Park” reached No. 1 on the UK albums chart. The album also reached No. 1 in Austria, Belgium and Switzerland.
Red Hot Chili Peppers reached No. 1 on the UK album chart with their eighth studio album, By the Way. The album reached No. 1 in a total of eighteen countries.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released their second studio album, Freaky Styley, produced by George Clinton. Guitarist Hillel Slovak also returned to the band.