My Chemical Romance has landed its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, with 'The Black Parade' vaulting from No. 139 to the top on the November 7-dated chart following the release of the 2006 album's 20th anniversary deluxe reissue.
The set pulled in 78,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. during the tracking week ending October 29, a 653 percent jump, according to Luminate. 'The Black Parade' first debuted and peaked at No. 2 when it was released in 2006, and it had remained the band's highest-charting album until this week.
Vinyl played a decisive role in the comeback. Vinyl alone moved 42,000 copies, the best vinyl week of the band's career, helped by a rollout spanning more than 20 physical variants across vinyl, CD and cassette, including signed editions, all of which are combined for charting purposes. Traditional album sales totaled 68,000.
Reaching No. 1 two decades after release is now the longest wait ever for an album, topping the 15-year, nine-month gap set by Toby Keith's '35 Biggest Hits' after his death in 2024. The album also became the band's first No. 1 in Britain this week.
The milestone caps a year in which the band has toured behind the album since July 2025, including a five-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in October. The tour is slated to wrap on November 22 in Indonesia.
