American Idiot

Release Date: September 20, 2004
Length: 57:12
Studio: Studio 880 / Ocean Way Recording
Label: Reprise Records
Producers: Rob Cavallo & Green Day
Mixing: Chris Lorde-Alge
Engineer: Chris Dugan, Doug McKean
Artwork: Chris Bilheimer (cover art)
Additional Musicians: Rob Cavallo (piano), Jason Freese (saxophone), Kathleen Hanna (vocals)

Singles: American Idiot, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Jesus Of Suburbia
RIAA Certification: 6x Platinum (6 Million) – January 24, 2013
Billboard 200 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) – 143 weeks on the chart
Grammy Awards: American Idiot (2005 – Album): Best Rock Album (Won), Album of the Year (Nominated). American Idiot (2005 – Song): Record of the Year (Nominated), Best Rock Performance (Nominated), Best Rock Song (Nominated), Best Music Video (Nominated). Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (2006): Record of the Year (Won).

Notes: Starting over after the band deemed work on an album to be called Cigarettes And Valentines was not considered to be up to their standards, Green Day recorded a punk rock opera that would project them back to the top of the charts. Taking 10 months to record and costing $650,000, American Idiot was a massive undertaking for the band but would go on to sell over 6 million copies in the US alone. In 2024, a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of the album was released that featured previously unreleased demos and outtakes.