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My Chemical Romance Scores First No. 1 Album With 20-Year-Old Reissue
My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade has reached No.
1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time after a deluxe reissue.
The 2006 album jumped from No.
139 to the top of the US chart, 20 years after its release.
It originally peaked at No.
2, making this the band’s highest-charting album until now.
The reissue earned 78,000 equivalent album units, mostly from sales, including 42,000 vinyl copies.
The album was offered in more than 20 physical versions, with expanded editions that included bonus tracks.
Its 20-year climb is the longest wait for an album to return to No.
1, surpassing the previous record held by Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits.
The band marked the anniversary with five shows at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, and its tour is due to end in Indonesia on Nov.
22.
My Chemical Romance has earned its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with “The Black Parade” rising from No. 139 to the top.
The album earned 78,000 equivalent album units in the United States after a deluxe reissue for its 20th anniversary.
It was first released in 2006 and originally peaked at No. 2.
The album’s 20-year wait to reach No. 1 is the longest ever, according to Billboard.
The band marked the anniversary with five shows at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, performing the album in full.
- Who
- My Chemical Romance.
- What
- The Black Parade” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time. It rose from No. 139 after a deluxe reissue.
- When
- On the Nov. 7, 2026-dated chart.
- Where
- The Billboard 200, which ranks albums in the United States.
- Why
- The 20th-anniversary deluxe reissue drove the album’s return to the chart. The sources say it earned 78,000 equivalent album units.
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My Chemical Romance first released “The Black Parade,” which peaked at No. 2.
The band began touring in celebration of the album, with the trek scheduled to end on Nov. 22, 2026.
The band played five shows at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and performed the album in full.
The Black Parade” earned 78,000 equivalent album units in the United States.
The album rose from No. 139 to No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
- Chart position
- No. 139 to No. 1
- Equivalent album units
- 78,000
- Pure album sales
- 68,000
- Vinyl sales
- 42,000
- Original release date
- October 23, 2006
- Anniversary shows
- Five at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
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What people are saying
the sprawling rock opera, which included the hits “Welcome to the Black Parade” and “Teenagers,” was a critically heralded step forward for the quartet, expanding the scope and ambition of their previous work