Green Day Earns Third No. 1 Album

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Green Day’s new album cover, “Revolution Radio.” (Google Commons)

The most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption are ranked on the The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s 12th studio effort enters atop the list with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in a week, according to billboard.com.

The last time Green Day led the Billboard 200 was more than seven years ago, with 21st Century Breakdown. Revolution Radio is Green Day’s 10th top 10 album, stretching back to its breakthrough effort, Dookie, in January of 1995. The new album was led by the single “Bang Bang,” its 21st top 10 hit on the Alternative Songs airplay chart, according to greenday.com.

Revolution Radio also states that “After 21st Century Breakdown, the band’s next studio project was the expansive Uno!, Dos!, Tre! series — three studio albums released in quick succession in late 2012. Uno! and Dos! debuted and peaked at Nos. 2 and 9, respectively, while Tre! missed the top 10, peaking at No. 13