Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is the third studio album by American band Limp Bizkit, released on October 17, 2000 by Flip and Interscope Records.
 
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 1,054,511 copies in its first week of being released, with 400,000 of those copies being sold in the album's first day of release - the largest first-week sales debut for a rock album in the United States ever since Nielsen Soundscan began tracking album sales in 1991. It was also the fourth highest-week debut sales of 2000, behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, 'N Sync's No Strings Attached and Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again. In its second week of being released, the album sold 392,000 copies, and remained at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also went to number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 98,707 copies in its first week in the country. Two months after its release date, the album was certified 4x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and almost seven months after its release date, it was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA. In April 2002, the album was certified 6x platinum by the RIAA. It also was certified 6x platinum by Music Canada in October 2001.