Green Day Stats

Here’s a quick look at Green Day’s discography and how many they’ve sold (according to RIAA certifications. Platinum = 1 million copies sold. Gold = 500,000 copies sold.)… 

1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991) 

Kerplunk (1992) – 1x Platinum

Dookie (1994) – 10x Platinum – a.k.a. Diamond. 

Insomniac (1995) – 2x Platinum 

Nimrod (1997)– 2x Platinum

Warning (2000) – Gold

International Superhits (2001) – 1x Platinum

Shenanigans (2002)

American Idiot (2004) – 5x Platinum

21^st Century Breakdown (2009) – 1x Platinum

UPDATE: 21st Century Breakdown was certified Platinum on February 17, 2011, giving Green Day SEVEN Platinum albums! Four of those seven have gone Multi-Platinum. They just keep on rockin!

GREEN DAY VIDEO DU JOUR... "Going to Pasalacqua" - Live in Chicago. 
- This originally aired on MTV in December of 1994, just as they were exploding onto the national scene. This is their set opener and it's one of my favorite song performances from the concert. Enjoy!