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My Chemical Romance's Classic Hits No. 1 For The First Time In Two Decades
My Chemical Romance returns to No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart with Three ... More Cheers for Sweet Revenge, nearly 20 years after its first peak. LONDON - NOVEMBER 05: My Chemical Romance posed in London on November 05 2005. L - R Ray Toro, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Bob Bryar (Photo by Naki/Redferns)
My Chemical Romance helped bring a developing subgenre of rock music known as emo to the public consciousness in the mid-aughts with its album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The hardcore effort was filled with clever lyrics, dark imagery, and plenty of angst that appealed to a young audience. The group quickly became global superstars thanks to the project, which produced singles like "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" and "Helena."
This week, the set is a major smash in the United Kingdom again, following a special re-release that has turned it into a bestselling title and helped the project climb back to the top.
In early June, a deluxe edition of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was released, and fans picked it up in large numbers. The set included all of the original tunes, remixed versions of them, and several previously unreleased live recordings from the group. That proved to be enough to convince thousands to pick up a copy — though My Chemical Romance's fanbase is so strong that it probably wouldn't have taken much for the title to sell well again.
This frame, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge rockets from No. 11 to No. 1 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. The title has now spent 333 weeks on the list of the bestselling efforts in those genres, and just three of those have been at No. 1. The effort hadn't been seen on the throne of the rock ranking since May 2005, just a little over two decades ago, when it earned almost back-to-back stays at the summit.
At the same time that Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge returns to No. 1 — its all-time peak on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart — the full-length reaches a new high point on two additional tallies. My Chemical Romance pushes its sophomore set back onto both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums rosters. The project reappears at Nos. 5 and 9, respectively, which mark new best showings for the effort.
This week is the first for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge inside the top 10 on both of those rankings. My Chemical Romance earns its third placement inside that region on the Official Physical Albums chart and its second-ever on the Official Albums ranking, which lists the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the nation.
