My Chemical Romance / Discography

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My Chemical Romance (2007)

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock - band My Chemical Romance . According to the sources and record awards, the band has sold more than 18.3 million records in their career. The most successful release is the third studio album The Black Parade with around 4.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2002 I brought you my bullets, you brought me your love - - - UK-
gold
gold
UK 		-
First published: July 23, 2002
Sales: + 100,000
2004 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge DE57 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT73 (1 week)
AT 		- UK34
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)UK 		US28
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(77 weeks)US
First published: June 8, 2004
Sales: + 3,692,500
2006 The Black Parade DE11 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (20 weeks)
AT 		CH18 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(63 weeks)UK 		US2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(98 weeks)US
First published: October 23, 2006
Sales: + 4,535,000
2010 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys DE18 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT15 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH25 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK14th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)UK 		US8th
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: November 19, 2010
Sales: + 607,500

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2006 Life on the Murder Scene - - - UK53
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		US30 (4 weeks)
US
First published: March 21, 2006
Sales: +60,000
2008 The Black Parade Is Dead! DE51 (1 week)
DE 		AT24 (3 weeks)
AT 		- UK12
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK 		US22 (3 weeks)
US
First published: June 30, 2008
Sales: + 60,000

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2014 May Death Never Stop You DE66 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK15th
gold
gold

(6 weeks)UK 		US9 (5 weeks)
US
First published: March 25, 2014
Sales: + 100,000
2016 The Black Parade / Living With Ghosts - - - UK11 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: September 23, 2016

More compilations

  • 2012: Conventional Weapons

EPs

year title Remarks
2002 Like Phantoms, Forever First published: August 1, 2002
2005 Warped Tour Bootleg Series First published: July 19, 2005
2007 Live and Rare First published: December 19, 2007
2009 The Black Parade: The B-Sides First published: February 3, 2009
2010 The Mad Gear and Missile Kid First published: November 19, 2010
2011 iTunes Festival: London 2011 First published: July 18, 2011

Tribute albums

  • 2005: Funeral: The String Quartet Tribute to My Chemical Romance
  • 2006: Piano Rocks: My Chemical Romance - A Piano Tribute

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Headfirst for Halos
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love 		- - - UK80 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: April 5, 2004
I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 		- - - UK19th
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		US86
platinum
platinum

(6 weeks)US
First published: September 13, 2004
Sales: + 1,200,000
Thank You for the Venom
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 		- - - UK71 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: December 13, 2004
2005 Helena (So Long & Goodnight)
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 		DE67 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - UK20th
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US33
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: May 23, 2005
Sales: + 700,000
The Ghost of You
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 		- - - UK27 (2 weeks)
UK 		US84 (1 week)
US
First published: August 29, 2005
2006 Welcome to the Black Parade
The Black Parade 		DE58 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH64 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)UK 		US9
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published: September 12, 2006
Sales: + 3,611,500
2007 Famous Last Words
The Black Parade 		DE68 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT57 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK8th
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		US88 (7 weeks)
US
First published: Jan 22, 2007
Sales: + 200,000
I Don't Love You
The Black Parade 		DE89 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK13 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: April 2, 2007
Teenagers
The Black Parade 		DE74 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT50 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK9
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)UK 		US67
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: July 9, 2007
Sales: + 2,600,000
2009 Desolation Row
Watchmen - The Guardians (OST) 		- - - UK52 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: January 26, 2009
2010 Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 		DE94 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT71 (1 week)
AT 		- UK31
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK 		US77 (1 week)
US
First published: September 28, 2010
Sales: + 200,000
Sing
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys 		- - - UK50 (5 weeks)
UK 		US58
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
First published: October 11, 2010
Sales: + 500,000
2012 Boy Division
Conventional Weapons 		- - - UK76 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 30, 2012
2014 Fake Your Death
May Death Never Stop You 		- - - UK63 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: February 17, 2014

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2005 Under Pressure
In Love and Death 		- - - - US41 (3 weeks)
US
First published: April 12, 2005
The Used feat. My Chemical Romance

More singles

  • 2002: Vampires Will Never Hurt You
  • 2003: Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us
  • 2004: Headfirst for Halos
  • 2010: The Only Hope for Me Is You
  • 2011: Planetary (Go!)
  • 2012: The Kids from Yesterday

B sides

  • Astro Zombie (Game: "Tony Hawk's: American Wasteland)
  • Heaven Help Us (Single: "Welcome to the Black Parade")
  • Kill All Your Friends (Single: "Famous Last Words")
  • My Way Home Is Through You (Single: "Famous Last Words")
  • Zero Percent (Single: "Na Na Na")

Guest Posts

  • 2005: Under Pressure ( The Used feat. My Chemical Romance )

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

  • 2004: Hellfest, Vol. 3: Official Video Documentary
  • 2005: Taste of Chaos Tour 2005
  • 2006: Life on the Murder Scene (Sales: +4,000)
  • 2007: AOL Sessions
  • 2007: Things That Make You Go MMMM!
  • 2008: The Black Parade Is Dead! (Sales: + 200,000; US:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 2009: ¡Venganza!
  • 2010: A Road Less Traveled

Music videos

year title Director (s)
2002 Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us Marc Debiak, Mark Serao, Chris Vaglio
Vampires Will Never Hurt You Marc Debiak
2004 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (Version 1) Greg Kaplan
I'm Not Okay (I Promise) (Version 2) Marc Webb
2005 Helena (So Long & Goodnight) Marc Webb
The Ghost of You Marc Webb
2006 Welcome to the Black Parade Samuel Bayer
Famous Last Words Samuel Bayer
2007 I don't love you Marc Webb
Teenagers Marc Webb
2009 Desolation Row Zack Snyder
2010 Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) Roboshobo, Gerard Way
Sing PR Brown, Gerard Way
2011 Planetary (Go!) Michael Sterling Eaton

Demos

  • 2001 Dreams of Stabbing and / or Being Stabbed

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE-DE AT1AT CH-CH UK1UK US3US
Albums in the charts DE5DE AT4thAT CH2CH UK7thUK US6thUS
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK3UK US1US
Singles in the charts DE6thDE AT3AT CH1CH UK14thUK US9US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2006: for the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2007: for the single Welcome to the Black Parade
  • MexicoMexico Mexico
    • 2005: for the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
    • 2007: for the album The Black Parade
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2005: for the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
    • 2007: for the single Welcome to the Black Parade
    • 2010: for the album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Platinum record

  • ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
    • 2006: for the video album Life on the Murder Scene
  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2007: for the album The Black Parade
  • EuropeEurope Europe
    • 2012: for the album The Black Parade
  • IrelandIreland Ireland
    • 2006: for the album The Black Parade
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2005: for the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
    • 2007: for the album The Black Parade
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2007: for the album The Black Parade

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 8,000 capif.org.ar
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 105,000 aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 7,500 ifpi.dk
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 (1,000,000) ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 15,000 irishcharts.ie
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 200,000 musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON) Mexico (AMPROFON) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 51,500 amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 37,500 nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 14 × platinum14th 13,750,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 3,620,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 14 × gold14th Platinum record icon.svg 27 × platinum27

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  1. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US