The non-celebrities are filmed around the world, in front of iconic landmarks, such as Times Square in New York, Millennium Park in Chicago, Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, St Pauls and Tower Bridge in London, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, and the Brandenburger Tor and Reichstag in Berlin. The video features celebrities and anonymous people lip synching to the lyrics. The song remained on the chart for 50 consecutive weeks, before falling off in October 2008. In August 2008, the song re-entered the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart at number 27, and stayed there for an extra four weeks, taking its total of weeks in the top 40 up to 35.
It became the United Kingdom's fifth biggest selling single of 2008.
It also pushed sales of the album there from under 200,000 to over half a million. The release of 'Rockstar' also helped All the Right Reasons achieve a top 10 position in the UK Albums Chart for the first time, becoming their third top 10 album there. On Aug― week ending date Aug― the song re-entered the chart. 'Rockstar' debuted on the UK Singles Chart on Octo― week ending date Octo― and lasted almost nine months on the chart. Over two years after the release of All the Right Reasons, it became the band's biggest hit in the country, selling 587,000 copies. The song was released in physical form there after becoming popular online and climbing into the top 50 on downloads alone. 'Rockstar' was a major success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart, becoming the most successful single overall of Nickelback's career in Britain. As of January 2015, the song has sold 4.5 million copies in the US. in June 2012, making it the band's best selling hit in that country. It reached 4 million in sales in the U.S. in May 2009 and became the best selling rock single of the 21st century before 'How You Remind Me'. 'Rockstar' reached its 3,000,000 downloads mark in the U.S. It became Nickelback's third Top 10 hit from All the Right Reasons, and their fifth career Top Ten on the Hot 100 overall. On 12 September 2007, 'Rockstar' reached a new peak of #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, faring better than 'Far Away'. 'Rockstar' is now the band's best selling digital single to date in the United States, with digital sales there at 4,229,000 as of July 2013. It also registered on charts it had previously failed to do on first release, such as the Pop 100 Airplay. It re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number forty-seven on week ending date July 7, 2007. After its re-release, became active on most charts again, reaching new peaks on numerous charts like the Hot 100, the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100. The song was re-shipped to radio for ads on 5 June 2007, and a video was made to accompany the re-release.
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