Green Day Top The Charts

Green Day knocked Bob Dylan off the top of the UK albums chart yesterday (May 17), going straight in at Number One with their new effort "21st Century Breakdown".

Dylan's album "Together Through Life" slipped to the Number Eight spot, with Green Day's album clocking enough sales since its release on Friday (May 15) to bag the top spot ahead of rivals including Maximo Park and Lily Allen.

In the singles stakes Black Eyed Peas went straight in at Number One with their comeback single "Boom Boom Pow".

UK singles chart Top Ten:

01. Black Eyed Peas – 'Boom Boom Pow'
02. Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz – 'Number 1'
03. La Roux – 'In For The Kill'
04. Eminem – 'We Made You'
05. Lily Allen – 'Not Fair'
06. Ironik – 'Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)'
07. Lady GaGa – 'Poker Face'
08. Calvin Harris – 'I'm Not Alone'
09. Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake – 'Love Sex Magic'
10. Prodigy – 'Warrior's Dance'

UK albums chart Top Ten:

01. Green Day – '21st Century Breakdown'
02. Lily Allen – 'It's Not Me It's You'
03. Lady GaGa – 'The Fame'
04. Prodigy – 'Invaders Must Die'
05. Pink – 'Funhouse'
06. Maximo Park – 'Quicken The Heart'
07. Beyonce – 'I Am Sasha Fierce'
08. Bob Dylan – 'Together Through Life'
09. Jim Reeves – 'The Very Best Of'
10. Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[TheInfringement]

not shocking. it's an excellent album in my opinion

[God_Knows]

TheInfringement wrote:

not shocking. it's an excellent album in my opinion

totally agree, great album.

[littleleo88]

God_Knows wrote:

TheInfringement wrote:

not shocking. it's an excellent album in my opinion
totally agree, great album.

thirded. not normally a huge fan of green day, but so far loving the album.

[JimmyC8277]

the 3 songs i have heard from the album were all pretty good. will be picking it up soon.

[Chase_Jarvis23]

Well good for them

[Armagedn]

That's good. I really like this album.

[crrrN]

They deserve it. This album is great!

[billyf93]

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

[superstud_zat]

billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

Dont hate bro, no need for rash language, give it time you will like it

[supersonic23]

Thats good. I felt this album was much more superior than American Idiot.

Now we wait for the overkill of this album.

[Noah1982]

I've heard "know your enemy" twice and its so remedial and pointless. I know that punk rock is supposed to be simple, straight-forward music....but this is just lacking any excitement whatsoever.

[str84ever]

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.

[acid eaters]

i'm not surprised it when to the top it's a good album but this album has it's share of great songs and rather simplistic talentless songs. my favourite is 21 guns i'd say know your enemy is the most overrated one on the album

[PanteraBread]

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

[Alex_1992]

This album would likely have been top regardless of how good it was - people would still buy it. But as far as i am concerned, i really like it, and i don't normally like Green Day - American Idiot was ok, and Dookie was great, don't care for the rest - i'm into metal more than stuff like this, but this album is really good.

[kxy1992]

It really is an excellent album, I listened to all the songs without stopping them halfway.

[ChemyVamp]

str84ever wrote:

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.

billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

lol pm everyone who judges this album only by listening to Know Your Enemy is totally wrong since that's the worst song. and 21stCB is the most political song so i think not everyone will like it.

this is an epic album imo and deserves to be number 1.

[ModestMelon]

Not surprising but totally deserved. Personally my least favourite green day album but hopefully it'll grow on me as it is still a brilliant piece of work for what it is.

Really enjoying ¡Viva La Gloria! Murder City, Restless Heart Syndrome and Horseshoes & Handgrenades and looking forward to the tour!

[Blitz93]

Very good album in my opinion, one of Green Day's best albums, if not the best. I love their old stuff as well, but I think they've come a long way and its for the better. The albums are produced a lot better, Billie Joe's voice has definately improved even more (he always had a great voice, but I think its even better these days)

[toaster_poodle]

No surprise there, but good for them.

And lol at the morons judging the album based on Know Your Enemy

[threedaysgrace9]

Know your enemy...eh ok song.
rest of album...amazingly good.
picks up right where american idiot left off

[EugeneDebs]

toaster_poodle wrote:

No surprise there, but good for them.

And lol at the morons judging the album based on Know Your Enemy

Exactly. Know Your Enemy is catchy but zero substance. But, the more I think about, the more I'm glad thats the first single. Butcher a song where there is nothing to butcher really. I mean, they could've picked one of the ballads or one of the numerous other songs on the album and come out huge right away, but they didn't.

In any case. I really really am into this album.

[Ricebag Darrel]

No surprise, but not worthy.

[guitartiger]

in love with the album, hehe hope it gets to number 1 in the US...if it hasn't already that is, im not sure =/.....

[petey gunnz]

awesome album peacemaker is the best song who agrees?

[LeadSalad182]

They waited too long. If they had put this out in like 2006 or early 2007 i would have ate it right up, but i've just lost interest in them.

[MetFan10]

Congrats!

[manutd4lyf]

Shortly to beaten by Eminem's The Relapse probably

[GangsterLi]

str84ever wrote:

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.

he actually stated he wrote it in five minutes lol

[wolfy808]

Viva La Gloria!

[ChucklesMginty]

21st century breakdown - where people prefer Greenday to Bob Dylan

I have to admit to songs are catchy though. But Greenday really aren't my thing, and as a Dylan fan I find it a little depressing.

[ChucklesMginty]

Oh also, I consider them pop punk as opposed to just punk or punk rock. Real punk doesn't get the #1 spot.

[Peres.T.Peanut]

havnt checked the album, but from what ive heard seems an awful lot repetitive and unnoriginal

[getts182]

Lohnanmilitia wrote:

Its a shame the album sucks

And I base that on listening to the leak on vh1.com. Breakdown just seemed like a total rehashing of idiot to me.
Not interested in buying it at all.

[jetfuel495]

ChucklesMginty wrote:

Oh also, I consider them pop punk as opposed to just punk or punk rock. Real punk doesn't get the #1 spot.

I've always thought there was a difference between real punk and punk rock, but maybe that's just the way I look at it.

Either way, I'm in the process of listening to the album, and I gotta say, I feel a little let down. Maybe my tastes have just changed since 2004. There are a few tracks on here that I really like (Viva la Gloria! and Murder City) but other than that I can't really get into it. Maybe the album will grow on me with time.

[USCENDONE BENE]

billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

That's not really the point of number one albums dude, everyone could buy it in its first week to see what it's like and they all absolutely hate it, but it would still get to number one cos of album sales. Charts are popularity lists with many of the buyers going in blindly. I, however, am a great fan of the album.

[HIM-boy]

iv honestly never been more dissapointed than when i listened to this album. it sucks

[ThePEACEmaker]

To be honest when i first got this album i thought omg what have they done..but once i listned to it alot more it really grew on me their are some badass songs on 21st century

[FearOfTheDuck]

Is it like old green day which i didn't mind? or is it the sell out make up wearing american idiot style?

[The Dance Hat]

This is a great album and I don't see the need for people to whine about it. American Idiot is a different album than this, stop saying it's the same. It [bis[/b]still political at times, but that doesn't mean its them trying to remake it.

Also, Know Your Enemy is good in the context of the album. Listen to it in order.

[gunsnrosesfan11]

That doesn't surprise me. bought the album and it was brilliant.

[peacemaker898]

Don't judge the album on Know Your Enemy, I didn't like that song either. The rest of the album is GREAT, though.

[Neurie]

This album is not old Green day, its kind of a mixture between Greenday the warning years throwing in some My Chemical Romance and some pretence at being queen like rock opera in places.

The albums not bad its just not good and not Greenday.

The album went to number 1 as american idiot sold well and theres alot of sheep nowadays people.

Whilst the album is policitcal in places it also feels false, where it feels punkier it feels like thier trying too hard and should now just settle down in to the pop punk genre Greenday ahve become and go tour with Avril and Pink.

The Greenday of old is dead, and so it should be, they were a product of their time.

To be honest if I was in my late 30's to early 40s with a wife and a couple of children happy with my life and not a stupid kid smacked out of my head on drugs and scratching to make it, I would be writing differently and making different music.

Its what Greenday have eveolved to.

This would probabaly have happened to other bands of the era who imploded, we have yet to see if this will happen when faith no more release thier new album, but influensical band slike Nirvana if they were still around would have thier old fans moaning about how good they used to be(actually in the case of Nirvana I think they would have fadded in to obscurity)

[Neurie]

BTW I agree know your enemy is on of the weaker songs

[Msu_Man04]

peacemaker898 wrote:

Don't judge the album on Know Your Enemy, I didn't like that song either. The rest of the album is GREAT, though.

Love the name. Peacemaker is on my my favorite songs from the album.

And I agree. Know Your Enemy, as far as the studio album is concerned, is one of the weakest tracks. It has very good LIVE potential, though.

I don't NOT like ANY song. The closest song there is to the "Do not like" zone is Christian's Inferno, but even that one I still like.

[Lemoninfluence]

checked

[Toxicity3431]

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

First time I saw the video I thought they were doin a cover of it or something,lol

[ElectriPUNK]

str84ever wrote:

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.

Listen to any original punk-rock song from the sex pistols or ramones they literally took five minutes to write, but they were amazing. Original punk rock was about doing your own thing and not giving a shit about what other people think anyways.

[MandoMetal]

i think the album is definetley old green day. but ya know people change and so do musicians. and this album is actually good. my mother thought it was the beatles when she heard "Last Night on Earth".

[89cruefan]

the songs i have heard i havent liked and dont like the fact that one of the songs has a part which is stolen from another band. tbh i aint a fan of the newer green day

but anyways congrats to them. they deserve to go to number one.

[tomsawyer67]

And.... who called it? kind of a no brainer really. they r mainstream, so they become successful with songs that a five year old could write and that resemble riffs in the likeness of ACDC, but they r rich and famous. Good job world. you never fail to disappoint.

[Adam_Harrison9]

I just listened to the album all the way through in my dad's car on the way back from uni. If any of these tracks are chart-topping material then I may as well end my life. Goodbye U-g.

[thedudemeister]

It's a good album, not surprising it's number one

[taytay8b]

Good to hear. I love the album, i think it's brilliant. I've never been a big Green Day fan, although I did enjoy American Idiot when it came out. So i picked up the album not knowing what to expect, and even though it took a little bit to grow on me, i absolutely love it.

[Msu_Man04]

tomsawyer67 wrote:

And.... who called it? kind of a no brainer really. they r mainstream, so they become successful with songs that a five year old could write and that resemble riffs in the likeness of ACDC, but they r rich and famous. Good job world. you never fail to disappoint.

A five year old? I hardly doubt so... If you're going to try to diss them, at least be intelligent and don't pull crap out of your a$$.

And there is no resemblance to AC/DC here. Sure,there are power chords, but about EVERY BAND ON EARTH has used power chords.

Wow. I agree. The world disappoints me, too.

[ratmblink123]

Don't bash the album after hearing it once, or just hearing Know Your Enemy.

The album is amazing. Great work.

tomsawyer67 wrote:

And.... who called it? kind of a no brainer really. they r mainstream, so they become successful with songs that a five year old could write and that resemble riffs in the likeness of ACDC, but they r rich and famous. Good job world. you never fail to disappoint.

Yeah, a five year old could definitely write and arrange every single song on this album.
Go waste your time somewhere else.

[Trinitron]

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

Agreed, I was scared it was a cover and almost sh!t myself in fear of them butchering it.

[AU79 XY]

I illegally downloaded this album and I am happy I did so.

[sds5000]

Msu_Man04 wrote:

And there is no resemblance to AC/DC here. Sure,there are power chords, but about EVERY BAND ON EARTH has used power chords.

yeah, but great bands dont use them exclusivley

[Obie]

i dont get why any band would ever want to release music that has been done before. this album is nothing new that hasnt already been done by REAL old school punk bands. green day should quit if they dont wanna come up with anything NEW.

[guitar_kid_alex]

this album is amazing.

[Ironpriest]

PanteraBread :
There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

So there is also only one holiday too? by Madonna?
Only one Modern World by the Jam?

get over it.

[erict.1995]

I heard Know Your Enemy and the 1st thing i thought of was how bad it repeated.21st Century Breakdown was good but sounded just like Jesus of Suburbia, but im sure it has even better stuff on it than that.

[roland_96]

What? This is really the greatest album i have ever heard. And only people who haven't heard All of the album said Know Your Enemy was the worst song. The worst song by !!!!!FAR!!!!! was See The Light. That song sucked seriously. The only bad thing about this record at all. My favorite is Horseshoes and Handgrenades.

[dan1bad]

i thought it was a really great album.. especially compared to american idiot .. its constructed alot better and the songs are just great

[Msu_Man04]

sds5000 wrote:

Msu_Man04 wrote:

And there is no resemblance to AC/DC here. Sure,there are power chords, but about EVERY BAND ON EARTH has used power chords.

yeah, but great bands dont use them exclusivley

I disagree; I believe Green Day is a great band. I believe that technically skilled musicians wouldn't use them exclusively.

[Bass of Grunge]

As much as I hate Green Day, it's better for them to be #1 than some pop/rap shit.

[RisingForce1990]

Personally, I find this news entirely shameful to the music world. Now, I'm not a fan of Green Day, at all, however, I will give it to them, they have a good fan base. The music... eh, kind of makes me want to vomit. How they could top Dylan on the charts is beyond me, but I could see how they could be up there. I still think that Bob Dylan deserves his place at #1. But then again, the Billboard Charts aren't really a reflection of skill or how good the music really is, it's merely a reflection of album sales.

[LocalDealer14]

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

me too

[petho]

Its better than most the other albums on there. Theres probably 2 albums that are listenable.

[crashmmvii]

21 guns is the best song on the album, 21st century breakdown and know your enemy are annoyingly repetitive...but good album. better than american idiot.

[g_tab_man]

str84ever wrote:

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.

actually in an interview billie joe said that know your enemy really was written in about five minutes. And i couldn't love the song or the album more.

[TheJuicyDangler]

Has'nt quite caught me yet, but gonna give it a few more spins and see what happens

[Adam_Harrison9]

Obie wrote:

i dont get why any band would ever want to release music that has been done before. this album is nothing new that hasnt already been done by REAL old school punk bands. green day should quit if they dont wanna come up with anything NEW.

Since when would any old school punk band write what Green Day have on this album?

[original_idiot]

Such a friendly comment board

Good album, got it the day it came out.

I definitely love old Green Day, but the new stuff is good too, in a different way. I kind of feel like this album and American Idiot were meant to be heard more as an album than as individual songs.

[syngates07]

dylan>green day, but the new album is ok.

[ebuch]

ChemyVamp wrote:

str84ever wrote:

I like Green Day but i thought this album was total shit. American Idiot was alot better.

Know Your Enemy honestly sounds like it took 5 minutes to write.

It's just terrible.billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

lol pm everyone who judges this album only by listening to Know Your Enemy is totally wrong since that's the worst song. and 21stCB is the most political song so i think not everyone will like it.

this is an epic album imo and deserves to be number 1.

Well, it's just okay, it doesn't deserve number 1 though, actually I think none of the albums on the top 10 do, except maybe Dylan

[Year Zero]

This album is boring, why is it topping charts. Oh wait people are retarded, no suprise.

[Rockstar729]

I love the way everyone hated on American Idiot, even though I personally enjoy it, and most are enjoying this one...

[sprkidjar]

Noah1982 wrote:

I've heard "know your enemy" twice and its so remedial and pointless. I know that punk rock is supposed to be simple, straight-forward music....but this is just lacking any excitement whatsoever.

yea i'm pretty sure the most forgetful person in the world won't forget the name of the song after only hearing it once.

[mast4r cheif]

charts are not representative of real music.
just people who think they are music fans.

[Peter Reardon]

mast4r cheif wrote:

charts are not representative of real music.
just people who think they are music fans.

Burned.

[queenslander47]

Year Zero wrote:

This album is boring, why is it topping charts. Oh wait people are retarded, no suprise.

its topping charts because of the name "Green Day". would make no difference if the album was shittest thing ever or greatest thing ever it was always gonna sell well. its their first album in five years.

and from what i've heard its not bad

[thesquirrel]

LocalDealer14 wrote:

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

me too

Me three.

[gerbil_mastr]

supersonic23 wrote:

Thats good. I felt this album was much more superior than American Idiot.

Now we wait for the overkill of this album.

great album, but agreed. you know this is all we're gonna hear for like the next year

[gerbil_mastr]

thesquirrel wrote:

LocalDealer14 wrote:

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

me too

Me three.

Me four :p

[mattiwillohouse]

great album, Green Day are ace )

[qcollis]

gerbil_mastr wrote:

thesquirrel wrote:

LocalDealer14 wrote:

PanteraBread wrote:

There is only one Know Your Enemy song in my heart, and that's from RATM.

me too

Me three.

Me four :p

+5

[mattiwillohouse]

billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

I'd say Know your enemy was one of the weaker songs on the album, but hey ho..

[mrlee192]

im a big fan of glam metal, and all things hard rock.

and even i think the new green day album is great.

[texzephyr]

big suprise, Know your enemy not in the top ten and yet the album is no.1. green day have always written albums, not just singles... and in my opinion kye was a poor choice for the first single...

[ESPman6505+]

i have heard a few songs and they are decent...they will grow on me.
I still think that dookie is there greatest album...but thats my opinion...i just enjoy old green day

[pieboy]

Why is everyone loving this album so much? It's so pedestrian and bland, half of it may as well be an MCR record, the only Green Day album I haven't enjoyed. Every track sounds ridiculously similar, mostly starting with piano or picking intros and then going into the same power chord rhythm and a massively overused structure

[loganpwns]

please, lets not call this a punk album, its clearly not

[RCH15]

I think they deserve it. It's a great album. I don't really like Know Your Enemy, but songs like Viva La Gloria and 21 Guns are pretty great.

Oh, and can we not call it a punk album? Not that it isn't great music, it's just not punk. Pop punk, maybe.

[RCH15]

pieboy wrote:

Why is everyone loving this album so much? It's so pedestrian and bland, half of it may as well be an MCR record, the only Green Day album I haven't enjoyed. Every track sounds ridiculously similar, mostly starting with piano or picking intros and then going into the same power chord rhythm and a massively overused structure

Dude.

It's Green Day. That's the structure of... Well... Every song they do. Or ever have done. Ever.

[jayyshep]

why is UG space waste with talk of the black eyed peas?

[UGmodsblow]

So, I suppose if you're a new band starting out, you should really just label yourself as a pop/punk/rock/metal/folk/country/motown/rnb/hiphop/deathmeta l/emo/screamo/alt/nu-metal/rap/grass roots band so you can forgo the lame ass excuses like 'they're not punk' anymore.
Let it go people...it's rock...it's music...wether it has 2 chords, or 50 chords....1 word lyrics, ..or 1000 words.
Everyone remember Rage Against the Machines song 'F$%k You I won't do what you tell me'...? How many times is that repeated over and over? Why do you think that was? ...IT'S ARTISTIC CHOICE! If you don't like it, skip it.
Green Day made an album they wanted to make. It's melodies are incredible, and the fact that the album tells a story is something that every songwriter should be envious of.
There's a rule you follow in the studio...K I S S...keep it simple stupid....you don't have to write the craziest riffs in 5/8 timing wilts singing opera to impress other musicians. You just have to write good songs.

Congrats Green Day! This album is incredible.

[firsttoknow]

UGmodsblow wrote:

So, I suppose if you're a new band starting out, you should really just label yourself as a pop/punk/rock/metal/folk/country/motown/rnb/hiphop/deathmeta l/emo/screamo/alt/nu-metal/rap/grass roots band so you can forgo the lame ass excuses like 'they're not punk' anymore.
Let it go people...it's rock...it's music...wether it has 2 chords, or 50 chords....1 word lyrics, ..or 1000 words.
Everyone remember Rage Against the Machines song 'F$%k You I won't do what you tell me'...? How many times is that repeated over and over? Why do you think that was? ...IT'S ARTISTIC CHOICE! If you don't like it, skip it.
Green Day made an album they wanted to make. It's melodies are incredible, and the fact that the album tells a story is something that every songwriter should be envious of.
There's a rule you follow in the studio...K I S S...keep it simple stupid....you don't have to write the craziest riffs in 5/8 timing wilts singing opera to impress other musicians. You just have to write good songs.

Congrats Green Day! This album is incredible.

agreed. green days still going strong

[Tallica93]

tomsawyer67 wrote:

And.... who called it? kind of a no brainer really. they r mainstream, so they become successful with songs that a five year old could write and that resemble riffs in the likeness of ACDC, but they r rich and famous. Good job world. you never fail to disappoint.

Im with you, it sucks that actually talented bands spend months writing songs, and then a bunch of antsy retards can discover three chords, and use them to write an album in the amount of time it takes me to do a shit.....

[Burney123456789]

Ah well at least its done good so far

[skatelover_911]

I hat most of the new "punk" scene crap but the two songs I have heard off of this album were awsome. probably gonna buy it sooner or later

[GuitarShredder+]

I can't wait to get this album! I still listen to American Idiot all the time; Jesus of Suburbia is probably my favorite off that one. I haven't heard anything from this one yet, though... Hopefully I can get it soon!

[element4433]

Checked.

[Abhorred One]

Green Day made an album they wanted to make. It's melodies are incredible, and the fact that the album tells a story is something that every songwriter should be envious of.

Are you kidding me? Concept albums are hardly new, and most of them have much stronger stories than this. Listen to Dream Theater's Scenes From a Memory, Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime, or even Bathory's Blood on Ice, then talk to us about concept albums.

[phixsmusic2]

I'm no fan of GD, nor will I ever buy this album (or download it, for you semantics majors), but man, "21 Guns" is a freaking catchy song!

[VegetaSWE]

billyf93 wrote:

i dont see how this is number one, in my opinion this ablum is shit. the only songs i could listen to again would be know your enemy and 21st century breakdown

thats becouse you heard them first and only know them...give the rest time or you just miss a great album