Green Day's 2006 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling five million copies in the U.S. Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful, reaching double platinum, double platinum, and gold status respectively. As a result, Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States. alone, and 15 million copies sold worldwide. Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie (1994) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. Its early releases for independent record label Lookout! Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label. Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (drums, backing vocals) for the majority of the band's existence. Live albums List of live albums, with selected chart positions and certificationsĬompilation albums List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certificationsGreen Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. On February 7, 2020, their most recent album, Father of All Motherfuckers, was released and debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200 and topped the Australian, Canadian and UK charts in its first week.Īlbums Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications In 2016, another studio album, Revolution Radio was released and topped the Billboard 200. ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! peaked at numbers two, nine and thirteen respectively on the Billboard 200. A trilogy of studio albums- ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!-were released toward the end of 2012.
Two singles from the album-" Know Your Enemy" and " 21 Guns"-became top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100. The band's eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown followed in May 2009, topping the Billboard 200 and being certified platinum by the RIAA. The album spawned five commercially successful singles: " American Idiot", " Jesus of Suburbia", " Boulevard of Broken Dreams", " Holiday", and " Wake Me Up When September Ends". Becoming the band's first album to top the Billboard 200, American Idiot sold over six million copies in the United States, and over 14 million copies worldwide. Their seventh studio album American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation. The band's sixth studio album Warning was released in October 2000 to mild commercial success, peaking at number four on the Billboard 200 and only earning a gold certification from the RIAA. Four singles were released from Nimrod the most successful of these was " Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", which hit the top ten in countries such as Australia and Canada. Nimrod followed in October 1997 it peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200. While not as successful as Dookie, the album managed to peak at number two on the US Billboard 200 and received a double platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Insomniac, the band's fourth studio album, was released in October 1995. The album placed Green Day at the forefront of the 1990s punk rock revival. Dookie spawned five singles, including the international hits " Longview", " Basket Case" and " When I Come Around". It was a breakout success, selling over 10 million copies in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide. Dookie, the band's first album on the label and third studio album overall, was released in February 1994. Green Day released their first two studio albums, 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991) (consisting of the original 39/Smooth as well as their first two EPs 1,000 Hours and Slappy) and Kerplunk (1991), through the independent label Lookout! Records before signing to major label Reprise Records. The band has sold over 85 million records worldwide, including more than 24 million in the United States alone. The American rock band Green Day has released 13 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, one soundtrack album, four video albums, 11 extended plays, four box sets, 43 singles, 10 promotional singles and 47 music videos. From left to right: Jason White, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt Green Day performing live in Mannheim, Germany, 2017.
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