10 Successful Rock Acts Who Never Had A US Number 1
6. Green Day - 75 Million Albums Sold
With as many albums sold as the number 7 entry on this list, Green Day is one of the less tenured groups here.Their studio album debut was released in early 1990 and although they broke through the mainstream with 1994’s Dookie Green Day did not come close to the top spot on the Billboard charts until 2005.
In March of that year the hit single Boulevard of Broken Dreams off of the American Idiot album climbed all the way to number 2 leaving the band just shy of the top spot and they haven’t come close since.
But with youth on their side (relative to most of the outfits on this list) Green Day may not be out of the running for number one just yet! Their 13th studio album Father of all Mother******* was released on February 7th of 2020.