Green Day discography

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Green Day discography
A band performing live. Two men play guitars, one to left and one to the right and one man in between the two guitarists sings into a microphone. One man is playing drums behind the other three men.
Green Day performing live in Mannheim, Germany, 2017. From left to right: Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt
Studio albums14
Live albums4
Compilation albums4
Video albums4
Music videos56
EPs12
Singles49
Soundtrack albums1
Promotional singles23
Anniversaries3

The American rock band Green Day has released 14 studio albums, four live albums, four compilation albums, one soundtrack album, four video albums, 12 extended plays, 4 box sets, 48 singles, 10 promotional singles, 3 anniversaries, and 56 music videos. The band has sold over 75 million records worldwide,[1] including more than 26.5 million in certified album sales in the United States.[2] 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. Dookie, the band's first album on the label and third studio album overall, was released in February 1994. It was a breakout success, selling over 10 million copies in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide.[3][4] Dookie spawned five singles, including the international hits "Longview", "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around". The album placed Green Day at the forefront of the 1990s punk rock revival.[5]

Insomniac, the band's fourth studio album, was released in October 1995. 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).[6][7] Nimrod followed in October 1997; it peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200.[6] 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.[8][9] 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.[6][7]

Their seventh studio album American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation. Becoming the band's first album to top the Billboard 200, American Idiot sold over seven million copies in the United States,[10][11] and over 14 million copies worldwide.[12] The album spawned five commercially successful singles: "American Idiot", "Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday", and "Wake Me Up When September Ends". A Broadway musical was created based on the album.

The band's eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown followed in May 2009, topping the Billboard 200 and being certified double platinum by the RIAA.[6][7] Two singles from the album—"Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns"—became top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.[13] A trilogy of studio albums—¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!—were released toward the end of 2012. ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! peaked at numbers two, nine and thirteen respectively on the Billboard 200.[6] ¡Uno! received a gold certification from the RIAA.[6][7] In 2016, another studio album, Revolution Radio was released and topped the Billboard 200. That album was followed by Father of All Motherfuckers, which was released in 2020 and debuted in the top five of the Billboard 200 and topped the Australian, Canadian and UK charts in its first week. The band released their most recent album, Saviors, in January 2024.

  1. ^ "Green Day, Nine Inch Nails among Rock Hall nominees". USA Today. October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  3. ^ "Green Day Mints Quadruple Platinum 'Idiot'". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Adam, Chandler (February 1, 2014). "Green Day's Album 'Dookie' Is 20 Years Old Today". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  5. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. p. 357. ISBN 0-306-81271-1.
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  10. ^ Jason Lipshutz (December 20, 2012). "Green Day's Album Trilogy: What Happened with 'Uno!,' 'Dos!' and 'Tre!'?". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  11. ^ Gallo, Phil (July 16, 2012). "Green Day: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  12. ^ Daly, Sean (July 30, 2009). "Some of history's most notorious take-that albums aimed at specific bad guys". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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