Top Selling Pop-Punk Albums of the Past 10 Years...

[thiswokendream]

What do you guys think are the biggest and best mainstream pop punk albums of the past ten years that had incredible sales figures? I'm doing a little musical study and I need your help! Thanks.

[duhpunk]

Green Day- American Idiot

obviously.

[thespearkid]

Didn't The Black Parade go platinum?

[thiswokendream]

Didn't The Black Parade go platinum?

I'm not sure but I forgot about that album. I know that it was well reviewed and sold well.

[domotime2]

blink 182 -enema of the state 12 million copies sold
green day - american idiot 15millions copies sold
fall out boy - from under the cork tree 4million copies sold
panic at the disco - a fever you cant sweat 2.2millions copies
good charlotte - young and the hopeless 4million copies sold
blink 182 - take off your pants and jacket 4.5million copies

[domotime2]

my chemical romance - black parade around 2million copies sold

[domotime2]

paramore - riot! has sold around 2-3million worldwide as well.

[domotime2]

sum 41 - allkiller no filler sold roughl 3.5-4million as well.

[thiswokendream]

Seeing that Fall Out Boy sold only 4 mill of FUTCT and Blink sold 12 million of Enema says a lot about the current state of music. That Fall Out Boy album felt HUGE when the singles started hitting. I know that Enema has been out a lot longer but still.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

sum 41 - allkiller no filler sold roughl 3.5-4million as well.
paramore - riot! has sold around 2-3million worldwide as well.
my chemical romance - black parade around 2million copies sold

Almost 1k posts and you still haven't found the edit button?

[domotime2]

Almost 1k posts and you still haven't found the edit button?
I do it for dramatic purposes...

and, no not till just now did I just find the edit button. Thanks canuck.


Plus, im finding out these numbers as I look them up....there's no site that lists the top selling "pop punk" albums, so I'm just going year by year from billboards and trying to find "pop-punk" bands.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

I do it for dramatic purposes...

and, no not till just now did I just find the edit button. Thanks canuck.

lol canuck.

I like you.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

And to the OP: Why not google this?

[thiswokendream]

And to the OP: Why not google this?

Because I also wanted opinions of your guys favorites :)

[HangsLikeHeaven]

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Oh, I thought you were doing this for a little musical study.

[PoisonInMyVeins]

Seeing that Fall Out Boy sold only 4 mill of FUTCT and Blink sold 12 million of Enema says a lot about the current state of music. That Fall Out Boy album felt HUGE when the singles started hitting. I know that Enema has been out a lot longer but still.

enema of the state is a classic album, too. cork tree will never reach the level of enema, especially since it's god awful.

[thiswokendream]

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Oh, I thought you were doing this for a little musical study.

I am doing a study of these albums and looking at what attributed to there success all around. Time of year, music video, sex appeal, on and on and on. But I also want to see what some of your guys personal favorites are so I can look into those more closely.

[TSLROCKS]

enema of the state is a classic album, too. cork tree will never reach the level of enema, especially since it's god awful.

Definitely wouldn't go that far. Enema is definitely the better album but Cork Tree was pretty good

[PoisonInMyVeins]

Definitely wouldn't go that far. Enema is definitely the better album but Cork Tree was pretty good

i was a big fall out boy fan when that album dropped. to me, it was such a letdown in comparison to take this to your grave so that turned me off big time. personal opinion, though.

[thiswokendream]

One thing I am noticing already from the albums listed is that they all have unique vocals and/or singers. Or I guess stand out singers you could say.

[theguy77]

i dont know what you people are thinking, FUCT was way better than anything blink ever did. good pop album.

[fadedmemories]

American Idiot was pop punk?

[Paulb-182]

Dookie obviously

im sure sticks and stones shifted a few units aswell

[fadedmemories]

Dookie obviously

im sure sticks and stones shifted a few units aswell
Dookie was released in 1994

and according to the almighty wiki, Sticks and Stones has sold only 850k

[Paulb-182]

Dookie was released in 1994

and according to the almight wiki, Sticks and Stones has sold only 850k

oh yeah sorry, i didnt catch the part where it said ten years :-)

really??? no way can it only have sold that many.. it was one of the biggest pop punk albums of its time!

[fadedmemories]

oh yeah sorry, i didnt catch the part where it said ten years :-)

really??? no way can it only have sold that many.. it was one of the biggest pop punk albums of its time!
Agreed, should have been bigger, I am proud to say I am one of the 850K who bought it

[Paulb-182]

Agreed, should have been bigger, I am proud to say I am one of the 850K who bought it

me too!

i actually bought it twice, once for me with all the bonus tracks, and one for my ex girlfriend who at the time was of course my girlfriend haha just the standard edition

waste of ten quid that was!

[Troggy]

i dont know what you people are thinking, FUCT was way better than anything blink ever did. good pop album.

that can just be our little secret, shhhh

[Paulb-182]

i dont know what you people are thinking, FUCT was way better than anything blink ever did. good pop album.

thats crazy talk!

[thiswokendream]

Agreed, should have been bigger, I am proud to say I am one of the 850K who bought it

Just about all of my close friends own it. Hell my Dad even owns it! lol.

[Chromefox]

Deja Entendu went Gold, which, as far as I know, is huge (if not the hugest) for an indie label release.

[Chromefox]

lol what??

Smash by The Offspring is the best selling record of all time on an indie label and has sold 14 million copies. Hence "as far as I know". Now I know better. Problem solved.

[Chromefox]

You also know you were a long long way off. Hundreds of albums have sold better than Deja on an indie label.

Even within this scene Hawthorne Heights and Taking Back Sunday have outsold Deja easilly on indie releases. I was considering that they're still not mainstream, and sort of putting aside bands who'd made it mainstream, then sold loads of a previous release simply due to current popularity.

I don't really listen to either band, so I wouldn't know their figures. I do know though, that Hawthorne Heights is crap and that for the sake of taste should not be on any top selling list.

[riot_gurl]

the black parade... went platinum??? rite???

[thiswokendream]

Does anyone know the sales figures of the three albums by The Used? I cannot find anything that looks accurate online.

[bobby runs]

Is it only albums that sold well?

Cause if not I'd say factor in New Found Glory's Sticks and Stones as well as The Starting Line's Say It Like You Mean It.

If sales alone include Blink's Take off and Green Day's Dookie, plus I think My Chem's Three Cheers sold more.

[thiswokendream]

The first two went gold meaning they sold between 500,000 and 1,000,000 albums.

Yeah I was thinking that In Love and Death sold really well. I just remember I couldn't leave the house without hearing a song by The Used somewhere.

[IWasaCamera]

Unless the definition of pop-punk is being contested, this thread is idiotic.

[thiswokendream]

Unless the definition of pop-punk is being contested, this thread is idiotic.

Some of the bands listed aren't "pop punk" in the traditional sense but they are still I guess you could say part of the pop-rock music that helped bring most of the music we listen to into the mainstream. So I don't mind that they are listed. But I am definitely focusing more on the pop-punk bands such as Blink 182, Green Day, Sum41 NFG, and GC.

[Stopher]

JEW's "Bleed American" went Platinum...

[theguy77]

Some of the bands listed aren't "pop punk" in the traditional sense but they are still I guess you could say part of the pop-rock music that helped bring most of the music we listen to into the mainstream. So I don't mind that they are listed. But I am definitely focusing more on the pop-punk bands such as Blink 182, Green Day, Sum41 NFG, and GC.

"punk" =/= ANY fast music with thin vocals. the only thing punk about blink 182, for example, is the drums.

[funkel]

I'm sick to death of the term pop-punk.

[theguy77]

I'm sick to death of the term pop-punk.

who isnt

[funkel]

Jesus.

I don't know, it was the first thing to pop into my head.

[theguy77]

Jesus.

I don't know, it was the first thing to pop into my head.

the word emo is even more annoying though. its never been accepted by any band and it hasnt been properly used since like fucking 1991, so really why doesnt the mainstream just let it go. and why dont people stop conforming to a melodramatic persona to fit their melodramatic music and then expect people to respect them. and why dont the other people stop ostracizing the idea of emotionally charged music since practically all music is driven by feeling, and depression is not the only fucking feeling in the world

[versus_god]

You can have pop-punk. From now on I will refer to it as Ergs-Ergs.

[funkel]

the word emo is even more annoying though. its never been accepted by any band and it hasnt been properly used since like fucking 1991, so really why doesnt the mainstream just let it go. and why dont people stop conforming to a melodramatic persona to fit their melodramatic music and then expect people to respect them. and why dont the other people stop ostracizing the idea of emotionally charged music since practically all music is driven by feeling, and depression is not the only fucking feeling in the world
You'd think the trend would have died after like 2006...

[theguy77]

You'd think the trend would have died after like 2006...

you know in my own little happy utopia perception, the social trend would have never even started if people realized, during my toddler years, that 1) fugazi was not emo, it was an experimental offshoot of emo and 2) even if they were, just because a band cites them as an influence doesnt automatically give them the same genre name if the music doesnt sound anything like it

[funkel]

you know in my own little happy utopia perception, the social trend would have never even started if people realized, during my toddler years, that 1) fugazi was not emo, it was an experimental offshoot of emo and 2) even if they were, just because a band cites them as an influence doesnt automatically give them the same genre name if the music doesnt sound anything like it
I was talking about the woe is me, mirror-picture, swooping haircuts, tight pants trend.

[theguy77]

I was talking about the woe is me, mirror-picture, swooping haircuts, tight pants trend.

its sad. the friends who inspired me to start making my own music when i was 13, ended up attaching themselves to that dress style a couple years later. now they're in their early 20s and still dressed that way. although they dont follow the personality stereotypes which is a very good thing.

[alltimecam]

I was talking about the woe is me, mirror-picture, swooping haircuts, tight pants trend.
why you hatin' on tight pants?

[funkel]

why you hatin' on tight pants?
Uncomfortable and scary.

[alltimecam]

Uncomfortable and scary.
They really are not that uncomfortable, unless you get them much too tight. I feel like a d-bag if I don't wear tight pants because I have really skinny legs

[funkel]

I'm all about freedom, looseness, baggy clothing, so yeah, ha.

[alltimecam]

I'm not stopping you, at least I don't have a crazy "emo" haircut, and am strongly against mirror pictures

[IWasaCamera]

Girl pants get thumbs down. Nothing wrong with a slim-fitting pair of pants though.

[theguy77]

Girl pants get thumbs down. Nothing wrong with a slim-fitting pair of pants though.

this

[alltimecam]

trust me, I'm all man. hahaha

[theguy77]

im 70% man. you know, except for that... thing.

im.. a little more... sensitive... deep down... inside... if you know what i mean

I MEANT PERSONALITY-WISE YOU FUCKING PERVERTED BASTARDS

[Until The Bombs]

Nothing wrong with girl pants, although I dropped wearing them some two years ago.

[robat19]

I'm all about freedom, looseness, baggy clothing, so yeah, ha.
my balls like to BREATHE

[alltimecam]

my balls like to BREATHE
I like to throw them up into my waistband, it feels great.
if you have not seen superbad this could be really awkward

[c_rob2700]

I like to throw them up into my waistband, it feels great.
if you have not seen superbad this could be really awkward
Fuck Superbad, i've been flipping my boner's up since the first grade

[c_rob2700]

and for the thread:
Blink-182/Enema of the State
Green Day/AI

Maybe FUCT and All Killer No Filler

obvious answers, although i don't know if i'm right

[alltimecam]

Fuck Superbad, i've been flipping my boner's up since the first grade
what a fucking innovator, did I get boner's in first grade?
I'm impressed

[c_rob2700]

what a fucking innovator, did I get boner's in first grade?
I'm impressed
i had to hide it somehow

[tomatl]

i dont know what you people are thinking, FUCT was way better than anything blink ever did. good pop album.

Holy shit.

[theguy77]

that would be so uncomfortable to hold your boner upward rather than downward in your pants

[oldskool]

Fenix tx s/t sold like a million I believe..

[fadedmemories]

Girl pants get thumbs down. Nothing wrong with a slim-fitting pair of pants though.
Agreed

[c_rob2700]

that would be so uncomfortable to hold your boner upward rather than downward in your pants
no way man, you just put it up and have the pants hold it
no better way to hide it unless you have your shirt off, then you're screwed

[DaveZeroZero]

my balls like to BREATHE
mine are dead to the world and thus don't need to breathe anyway.

[PopPunkKid]

I think pretty much all of them were mentioned, except maybe Simple Plan- No Pads No Helmets Just Balls and Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue.

[thiswokendream]

I think pretty much all of them were mentioned, except maybe Simple Plan- No Pads No Helmets Just Balls and Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue.

Awesome! I totally forgot about those two. Thanks!

[PopPunkKid]

Awesome! I totally forgot about those two. Thanks!


Yea no problem. It's hard to believe now that Yellowcard actually sold about 2 million copies of Ocean Avenue, when now if they put an album out they might be lucky if it sold like 150,000.

[c_rob2700]

Yea no problem. It's hard to believe now that Yellowcard actually sold about 2 million copies of Ocean Avenue, when now if they put an album out they might be lucky if it sold like 150,000.
No, Yellowcard has a strong fan base

[Nevuk]

im 70% man. you know, except for that... thing.

im.. a little more... sensitive... deep down... inside... if you know what i mean

I MEANT PERSONALITY-WISE YOU FUCKING PERVERTED BASTARDS
I was getting turned on until the spoiler...

[Nevuk]

that would be so uncomfortable to hold your boner upward rather than downward in your pants
I have to do this anyways, and I wear sweatpants. Holding it downward would be hella uncomfortable...

[PopPunkKid]

No, Yellowcard has a strong fan base


Idk man. Don't get me wrong, I like Yellowcard, but didn't Paper Walls do pretty poorly?

[c_rob2700]

Idk man. Don't get me wrong, I like Yellowcard, but didn't Paper Walls do pretty poorly?
They only put out 1 single and had little to no promotion for PW, "Light Up the Sky" had huge potential but the label didn't promote it and they went on hiatus shortly after it was released

[EchoPark]

lol canuck.

I like you.


http://www.marriedtothesea.com/122607/pulled-over-in-canada.gif

[Dubui_209]

Idk man. Don't get me wrong, I like Yellowcard, but didn't Paper Walls do pretty poorly?
Check out Tate's review!
Amazing Cd
And YES Yellowcard has a strong fan base

I HATE SIMPLE PLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

[fadedmemories]

They only put out 1 single and had little to no promotion for PW, "Light Up the Sky" had huge potential but the label didn't promote it and they went on hiatus shortly after it was released
Agreed
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/122607/pulled-over-in-canada.gif
lol wut :-d

[theguy77]

1) there were like, two enjoyable albums and dozens of horrible albums listed in this thread
2) there were no pop-punk albums listed in this thread

[theguy77]

I have to do this anyways, and I wear sweatpants. Holding it downward would be hella uncomfortable...

what it all boils down to is if you want to hit the G-spot in the missionary position or in doggy style, and you train it to curve accordingly.

that was naughty

[Nevuk]

what it all boils down to is if you want to hit the G-spot in the missionary position or in doggy style, and you train it to curve accordingly.

that was naughty
Hmmm, I do have better luck in missionary so that might explain it.

[fadedmemories]

what it all boils down to is if you want to hit the G-spot in the missionary position or in doggy style, and you train it to curve accordingly.

that was naughty
:goodpost:

[DaveZeroZero]

1) there were like, two enjoyable albums and dozens of horrible albums listed in this thread
2) there were no pop-punk albums listed in this thread
Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.

[SanePsychotic]

i dont know what you people are thinking, FUCT was way better than anything blink ever did. good pop album.

Agreed 110%.

[fadedmemories]

Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.
Agreed

[thespearkid]

1) there were like, two enjoyable albums and dozens of horrible albums listed in this thread
2) there were no pop-punk albums listed in this thread
Definition of pop-punk, please.

[Mirrorsandfevers]

the word emo is even more annoying though. its never been accepted by any band and it hasnt been properly used since like fucking 1991, so really why doesnt the mainstream just let it go. and why dont people stop conforming to a melodramatic persona to fit their melodramatic music and then expect people to respect them. and why dont the other people stop ostracizing the idea of emotionally charged music since practically all music is driven by feeling, and depression is not the only fucking feeling in the world
:appl:

[Praetor]

I have that DaveZeroZero assclown on ignore so I can't quote him directly, but I just wanted to respond to this statement.

Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.

Yeah, unrelated as in not even on the same plane. sales = objective, quality = subjective, you = fucking idiot (= objective)

[DaveZeroZero]

I have that DaveZeroZero assclown on ignore so I can't quote him directly, but I just wanted to respond to this statement.

Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.

Yeah, unrelated as in not even on the same plane. sales = objective, quality = subjective, you = fucking idiot (= objective)
I lol'd.

[Nourez]

Almost 1k posts and you still haven't found the edit button?

Or maybe this is how he got his 1k posts ;-)

[theguy77]

I have that DaveZeroZero assclown on ignore so I can't quote him directly, but I just wanted to respond to this statement.

Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.

Yeah, unrelated as in not even on the same plane. sales = objective, quality = subjective, you = fucking idiot (= objective)

hahaha, i dont have anything against the guy but this was just a BURN

[theguy77]

Definition of pop-punk, please.

actual punk music, including all the grittyness and energy, just written melodically with chords, melodies, and song structures that "make sense"

the descendents are the prime example, you can see a clear difference between them and all time blow

[versus_god]

We are buds.

[Jumpoff]

theguy77, that was because pop punk (in the rigidest sense) albums don't sell well generally.

[AP_Punk]

top selling pop punk album of the past 10 years:

http://www.spiralfrog.com/sfimages/covers/pop/cov200/drz000/z016/z0160821404.jpg

[Jumpoff]

Really? Half Fiction was? Had no clue haha.

By the way Kirbie, who in the up teh punx thread regulars is named Ryan? I thought it was shit stroll but was wrong..

[AP_Punk]

nah, half fiction isn't even close to being a top selling album, i think. haha.

uhh...there's RyanDamage and sometimes RyanFTW posts there. and then there's CarloMarx Ryan. :nod:

damn, that's a lot of Ryan's!

[DaveZeroZero]

I have that DaveZeroZero assclown on ignore so I can't quote him directly, but I just wanted to respond to this statement.

Sales of an album and quality of an album are almost always unrelated.

Yeah, unrelated as in not even on the same plane. sales = objective, quality = subjective, you = fucking idiot (= objective)
Sales = based upon perceived quality, => derived from a subjective measure.

[theguy77]

theguy77, that was because pop punk (in the rigidest sense) albums don't sell well generally.

so? that doesnt mean a slightly up-tempo pop-rock band with a nasal singer can hijack the genre name to look cool.

[DaveZeroZero]

so? that doesnt mean a slightly up-tempo pop-rock band with a nasal singer can hijack the genre name to look cool.
BUT LOKNG COL SI TEH ONLEY THNG TAHT MAT3RS IN TEH ROK SCENA 2DAY DUDA!!!!!!111 WTF LOL

[thiswokendream]

Does anyone know of a website where you can just type in the name of an album and look at their all time sales? I tried Billboard charts but it wasn't as straight-forward as I would have liked.

[theguy77]

nah, half fiction isn't even close to being a top selling album, i think. haha.

uhh...there's RyanDamage and sometimes RyanFTW posts there. and then there's CarloMarx Ryan. :nod:

damn, that's a lot of Ryan's!

im clearly more important than all three of those

[theguy77]

BUT LOKNG COL SI TEH ONLEY THNG TAHT MAT3RS IN TEH ROK SCENA 2DAY DUDA!!!!!!111 WTF LOL

good effort on this. A+

[chipdip18]

good effort on this. A+


You haven't been in the TTTYG thread lately, discussing, uh Fall Out Boy...

[AP_Punk]

im clearly more important than all three of those

almost forgot about you! :-p

[fadedmemories]

BUT LOKNG COL SI TEH ONLEY THNG TAHT MAT3RS IN TEH ROK SCENA 2DAY DUDA!!!!!!111 WTF LOL
Lawl