This is work of creative art and satire (17 U.S. Code § 107)To date, Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the United States and an estimated 60 million worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of that decade. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to Pearl Jam as "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s". Pearl Jam were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7, 2017, in their first year of eligibility.