

Despite the change, the album still sold approximately 640,000 copies. This album differed from previous albums, which were more along the lines of rock music. On March 21, 2000, the company worked with Priority Records to release a hip hop music album titled WWF Aggression, which involved rappers such as Snoop Dogg, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, and Kool Keith, all of whom recorded versions of various wrestlers' entrance themes. 4 in its début week, stayed on the charts for twenty weeks, and sold over 1.13 million copies.

10 on the Billboard 200, spent thirty weeks on the chart, and sold over 1.21 million copies. 4, released in December 1998 and November 1999 respectively, each sold over one million copies. 2, which was released two years later, spent sixteen weeks on the chart and sold over 480,000 copies.

184 on the Billboard 200 and by 2002, had sold 173,000 copies. WWF Full Metal: The Album was the first album released with the new focus, and included the Monday Night Raw theme "Thorn in Your Eye" by Slam Jam, a supergroup composed of members of metal bands Anthrax, Savatage, Pro-Pain, and Overkill. The format of the wrestling albums changed in 1996, as the focus went from the wrestlers themselves singing to a compilation of various wrestlers' entrance themes. By 2002, however, it had sold a total of 91,000 copies.

Later in 1993, WrestleMania: The Album was released, but it failed to chart on the Billboard 200. The locker room would later reconvene for the song's music video. The album contained the song " Land of a Thousand Dances", recorded by a majority of the WWF roster at the time (including Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura, and Randy Savage). The series of WWE (WWF) produced albums began in 1985 with The Wrestling Album. Historically, most WWE entrance themes have been created by Jim Johnston since the 1980s, while in recent times, themes have been written or performed by John Alicastro and Mike Lauri, known collectively as CFO$ from 2014 to 2020. The label specializes in compilation album of the WWE wrestlers' entrance themes, often by contributing performing artists, but also releases titles that have been actually performed by the wrestlers themselves, including the various-artists album WWE Originals and John Cena's You Can't See Me. It was manufactured and co-marketed by Columbia Records and was distributed by Sony Music. trade name WWE Music Group, LLC., is an American record label funded and operated by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE).
