Belonging to the genre of pop punk, punk rock and alternative rock; American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the amazing American band Green Day released dating back to the year 2004. After seeing a constant downfall for several years, American Idiot marked as a comeback album for this Green Day.

It took Green Day a long 10months and $650,000 to make their album American Idiot. Billie Joe Armstrong, the leader of Green Day took a lot of time and thinking to pen the lyrics. He traveled for inspiration to a couple of cities, this worked out for them as the American Idiot is an Album that revolves around Jesus from Suburbia. It express Armstrongs take on socio-political issues. Due to its explicit language the record was not on sale in stores like Wal-Mart.

The album delivered five successful singles like "American Idiot", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Jesus of Suburbia" all of which were successful and hit with the audience. American Idiot received rapturous reviews and was instantly declared the best album made by Green Day. With over 15 million copies sold worldwide, its the most successful album of Green Day. American Idiot bagged 6 nominations for the 2006 Grammys for Green Day, out of which they won the award for Best Rock Album.