21st Century Breakdown

Release Date: May 15, 2009
Length: 69:16
Studio: Studio 880 / Ocean Way Recording / Costa Mesa Studios / Jet Studios
Label: Reprise Records
Producers: Butch Vig & Green Day
Mixing: Chris Lorde-Alge
Engineer: Chris Dugan
Artwork: Chris Bilheimer (design, photos, stencils), Marina Chavez (back cover photo) Andrew Black (stencils), Micah Chong (stencils), David Cooper (stencils)
Additional Musicians: Jason Freese (piano), Tom Kitt (strings arrangement), Patrick Warren (string conducting)

Singles: Know Your Enemy, 21 Guns, East Jesus Nowhere, 21st Century Breakdown, Last Of The American Girls
RIAA Certification: Platinum (1 Million) – February 17, 2011
Billboard 200 Peak: #1 (1 week) – 38 weeks on the chart
Top Rock Albums Peak: #1 (3 weeks) – 32 weeks on the chart
Grammy Awards: Best Rock Album (Won). 21 Guns: Best Rock Song (Nominated), Best Rock Performance (Nominated).

Notes: After the longest break between albums of their career, the band returned to the studio with 45 songs to work with along with a new producer in Butch Vig. What emerged from those sessions was another rock opera concept album that once again saw the band hit the top of the charts. In a changing music industry, the album would also mark the last time to date that the band has sold more than 500,000 albums, eventually selling over one million in the US.