Despite spending only three days on the shelves during its debut week, "21st Century Breakdown," Green Day's first new studio set since 2004's "American Idiot," follows in its predecessor's footsteps by entering the US album chart at No. 1.
Surfacing last Friday (5/15) instead of on the customary Tuesday, "21st Century Breakdown" moved about 215,000 copies during its first few days on store shelves, according to Nielsen SoundScan retail-sales figures as reported by Billboard; by comparison, "Ame...
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L.A. Times - Entertainment — A shaky transition from CDs to digital downloads casts a shadow on the start of music retailers' big summer season.
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Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Green Day easily grabbed the top spot on the U.S. album chart, and also went to No. 1 in at least 13 other countries, the punk trio's label said... more info
Live Daily — Despite spending only three days on the shelves during its debut week, "21st Century Breakdown," Green Day's first new studio set since 2004's "American Idiot," follows i... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Fresh Bread "Green Day continued their march to an inevitable Number One album, setting up rock-opera shop at New York City's Bowery Ballroom on May 18th for th... more info
VH1 News — Green Day played a two-hour set for excited fans at a "secret" show at New York's Webster Hall, in support of their new album, 21st Century Breakdown. more info
MTV.com News — Aggressive crowd-surfer plants a kiss on lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong at Webster Hall show.By Melanie Wolfson
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt per... more info
MTV.com News — Punk veterans pull off #1 bow despite a short week in stores.By Gil Kaufman
Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown
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Kings of A&R — Green Day debuted #1 with approximately 221,345 copies sold of their new album 21st Century Breakdown, and their first album to be produced by Butch Vig. In fact, Butch V... more info
Rolling Stone — The Big News: Despite an unorthodox release date that saw 21st Century Breakdown hit stores on Friday instead of the conventional Tuesday, Rolling Stone cover stars Green... more info