My Chemical Romance Manages A First In The Band’s Decades-Long History

My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' has now lived connected the Billboard 200 for 150 weeks, which marks a first for the set connected the biggest albums floor plan successful America. American emo stone set My Chemical Romance, group portrait, United Kingdom, 2006. The band's existent lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and Bob Bryar connected drums. (Photo by Richard Ecclestone/Redferns)

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2026 is turning retired to beryllium a immense twelvemonth for My Chemical Romance. The group has not returned pinch a caller medium – moreover though it has been a decade and a half since the rockers delivered Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys – but fans astir the world person been showing their emotion for the emo heroes.

The outfit is presently connected its Long Live the Black Parade tour, which began past summertime and which is scheduled to extremity successful November. A tally of shows passim Europe precocious concluded, and later successful August, the set will return to the United States. It will execute passim the summertime and autumn earlier walking to respective countries successful Asia to reason the trek, which has already earned much than $100 cardinal successful grosses.

Due mostly to the tour, arsenic good arsenic typical rereleases, My Chemical Romance has been performing good connected charts successful territories wherever it has precocious played. In the U.S. this week, aggregate albums from the group are coming connected astatine slightest 1 Billboard ranking apiece, and 1 of them brings the troupe to a caller milestone.

My Chemical Romance Reaches 150 Weeks

The Black Parade celebrates its 1 100 fiftieth week connected the Billboard 200. The medium rises 3 spaces to No. 173 connected the ranking, which is built to show the most-consumed albums and EPs of immoderate style successful the nation. Both income and streams are counted successful the tally’s methodology.

The Black Parade becomes the first merchandise from My Chemical Romance to scope 150 frames connected the Billboard 200. In a small much than a month, it will apt go the band’s first task to walk 3 afloat years connected the tally.

My Chemical Romance Owns Two 100-Week Albums

The Black Parade is 1 of only 2 collections by My Chemical Romance to rack up triple-digit weeks connected the Billboard 200. The other, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, has spent 118 turns connected the tally – truthful far.

None of the band’s different 4 charting projects person travel adjacent to reaching the aforesaid milestone. In fact, nary of them person managed moreover half a twelvemonth connected the roster.

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys has spent 16 weeks connected the Billboard 200. May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001–2013, Life connected the Murder Scene and The Black Parade Is Dead! person earned six, 5 and 3 frames, respectively.

My Chemical Romance Nearly Reached No. 1

The Black Parade is besides the highest-charting medium of My Chemical Romance’s profession connected the Billboard 200. The group debuted and peaked astatine No. 2 successful November 2006, astir scoring 1 of the standout stone acts from the aughts a coveted champion.

Four of the half-dozen titles by the set that person reached the roster person surgery into the apical 10. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge launched connected the Billboard 200 successful June 2004, but it did not emergence to its No. 6 precocious until this past June. Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits 2001–2013 peaked astatine Nos. 8 and 9, respectively.

My Chemical Romance Charts The Black Parade Three Times

The Black Parade appears connected 3 Billboard rankings this week, and it climbs connected 2 of them. In summation to its betterment connected the Billboard 200, the medium lifts 1 rung to No. 49 connected the Top Rock & Alternative Albums floor plan – though that’s still second-to-last place.

The full-length moves successful the other guidance connected the Top Album Sales chart. The Black Parade slips 3 spaces to No. 35 connected the purchase-only tally.

My Chemical Romance Falls From Its Peak

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys appears connected the Top Album Sales chart, the only roster successful America wherever My Chemical Romance lands aggregate wins this week. The group does autumn dramatically, though, tumbling from No. 3 to No. 24.

Last frame, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys reentered the ranking astatine No. 3, which became its caller all-time high. The return almost tied the task pinch some The Black Parade and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge arsenic My Chemical Romance’s highest-charting releases connected the tally. Both of those full-lengths missed ruling the Top Album Sales floor plan by conscionable 1 space, arsenic they peaked astatine No. 2.