following edwards' disappearance, bradfield, moore, and wire kept with the manic street preachers and went on to gain critical and commercial success. they became one of britain's top rock bands. they have had eight top ten albums and fifteen top ten singles. they have reached number one three times, with their 1998 album "this is my truth tell me yours" and the singles "if you tolerate this your children will be next" (1998) and "the masses against the classes" (2000). they have also won the best british album and best british group accolades at the brit awards in 1997 and 1999, and were lauded by the nme for their lifetime achievements in 2008. their ninth studio album, "journal for plague lovers", was released on 18 may 2009 and features lyrics edwards had left behind to the band weeks before his disappearance.