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As they quickly gained popularity in the US and Canada their achievements were recognized and they won the Juno award in 1975 for 'Most Promising Group of the Year'. Rush built a substantial fan group mostly through touring across North America, sometimes doing more than 200 shows a year.

But they were not only concentrating on the touring circuit. In both 1976 and 1977 Rush released chart topping albums. 2112, their first million selling album, also gained them a larger fan base in the US. Nations across the world began noticing this up and coming rock band when they released A Farewell to Kings in 1977, which also featured their first internationally charted single, "Closer to the Heart". Rush's international prominence continued to grow as the years passed, as is evident in the Sounds and Melody Maker Polls in Britain where, in 1980, Rush placed in the top ten of every applicable category.