Gotthard is a Swiss hard rock band founded in Lugano by Steve Lee and Leo Leoni. Their last eleven albums have all charted at number one, making them one of the most successful Swiss album chart acts ever.[1] With 2 million albums sold (1 million of which were sold in Switzerland, which only has 7.5 million inhabitants), they managed to get multi-platinum awards in different parts of the world. It is nationally the most successful rock band, however, if international sales are considered, they are still trailing Krokus[citation needed].