GREEN DAY’S REVOLUTION RADIO IS NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUM CHART
ALBUM MARKS MULTI-PLATINUM BAND’S THIRD
NO. 1 ALBUM
REVOLUTION RADIO TOPS THE CHARTS IN SEVEN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
October 17, 2016 – (Los Angeles, CA) – Revolution Radio – the twelfth studio album from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day – has entered the Billboard Top 200 Album chart at No. 1 with 97,000 in album sales and streaming equivalent albums.
This is the multi-platinum band’s third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. Green Day previously topped the album chart with 21st Century Breakdown in 2009 and American Idiot in 2004.
Revolution Radio will also mark the band’s tenth Top 10 album, stretching back to its breakthrough album Dookie, which peaked at No. 2 in 1995.
In addition to the United States, Revolution Radio also topped the chart in six countries around the world including the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand and Mexico.
Produced by Green Day and recorded in Oakland, Revolution Radio is a potent 12-track blitz of angst-ridden anthems that unites Green Day’s fully formed stylistic approach with lyrical themes that address the complexities and uncertainties of modern day existence. Musically, the album is raw, visceral, and fearless — solidifying the band’s reign as one of the leading voices in rock music.
Revolution Radio was praised by Alternative Press: “The most intensely personal Green Day album in years,” Entertainment Weekly: “Their most focused album in years,” LA Times: “A barnstormer of a new punk record,” Nylon: “…delivers in terms of music, lyrics, and an unstoppable and quintessentially Green Day energy,” Q: “Revolution Radio is Green Day back at their best,” Rolling Stone: “It reflects decades of accrued emotional and musical wisdom,” USA Today: “A bracing return to form,” and many more.
The band is currently on the road for a series of intimate club shows in the U.S. in support of
Revolution Radio. They will kick off their 2017 Revolution Radio North American Tour in March. Visit www.greenday.com for a complete list of dates.
Credit: Frank Maddocks
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ABOUT GREEN DAY
Green Day is an American punk rock band composed of vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool. Formed in 1986, Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at the DIY 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band’s early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records. In 1994, its major label debut Dookie (released through Reprise Records) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the United States. Green Day was widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States. Green Day’s follow up albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) each sold over two million albums and were certified Double Platinum, and Warning (2000) was certified Platinum. 2004 brought the band’s rock opera American Idiot which reignited the band’s popularity with a younger generation and sold over six million copies in the United States. Green Day is one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide. The group has won five Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, Record of the Year for “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, Best Rock Album for the second time for 21st Century Breakdown and Best Musical Show Album for American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording. In 2010, a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway. On April 18, 2015, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of the 2015 class in what was their first year of eligibility for induction. On October 16, 2015, Green Day released the documentary Heart Like A Hand Grenade, an unprecedented behind the scenes look at the writing and recording of their legendary album American Idiot.
