Editing Green Day (section)

== Legacy ==
The band's 1991 album ''Kerplunk'' is one of the bestselling independent albums of all time, selling over 4.5 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/green-day-kerplunk-album-anniversary/ |title=26 Years Ago: Green Day Take a Step Toward Success With 'Kerplunk' |last=Childers |first=Chad |website=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 17, 2018 |access-date=February 10, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131201/http://loudwire.com/green-day-kerplunk-album-anniversary/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> It was also listed in a 2007 ranking of the 100 greatest indie albums by Blender.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/7175/blenders_100_greatest_indie_rock_albums_ever/franchises/list/|title=Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever|date=November 14, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406050058/http://www.stereogum.com/7175/blenders_100_greatest_indie_rock_albums_ever/franchises/list/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Green Day is credited (alongside [[Bad Religion]], [[the Offspring]], [[NOFX]], [[Social Distortion]], and [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]]) with popularizing mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States,<ref>DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. p. 357, {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}</ref><ref name="punk revival">{{cite web |author=D'Angelo, Joe |year=2004 |title=How Green Day's Dookie Fertilize d A Punk-Rock Revival |publisher=MTV |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/20040915/story.jhtml |access-date=July 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022232353/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/green-days-dookie-pop-punk-fertilizer.jhtml |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Punk Rock: An Oral History |url=https://archive.org/details/punkrockoralhist00robb |url-access=registration |last=Robb |first=John |publisher=PM Press, Ebury Press |isbn=978-1-60486-005-4 |quote=I saw Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring, taking punk to the mall rats and the stadiums with multi-million-selling albums. |page=[https://archive.org/details/punkrockoralhist00robb/page/537 537] |year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Luciano, Phil |title=Sublime to perform with new singer |date=July 14, 2011 |url=http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x1850043729/Sublime-to-perform-with-new-singer |newspaper=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|pjstar.com]] |access-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402235442/http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x1850043729/Sublime-to-perform-with-new-singer |archive-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref> particularly with the album ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'',<ref>{{cite web |first=Joe |last=D'angelo |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1491001/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival/ |title=How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival |publisher=MTV |date=September 15, 2004 |access-date=June 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716054856/http://www.mtv.com/news/1491001/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival/ |archive-date=July 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Melissa |last=Bobbitt |url=http://90srock.about.com/od/Reviews/fl/The-Offsprings-Smash-Turns-20.htm |title=The Offspring's 'Smash' Turns 20 |publisher=[[About.com]] |date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=June 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712100116/http://90srock.about.com/od/Reviews/fl/The-Offsprings-Smash-Turns-20.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref><ref name="punktomainstream">{{cite news|first=Zac |last=Crain |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-10-23/music/green-day-family-values/ |title=Green Day Family Values – Page 1 – Music – Miami |newspaper=Miami New Times |date=October 23, 1997 |access-date=September 2, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522215802/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1997-10-23/music/green-day-family-values/ |archive-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> which was cited by [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]] as the most important [[pop-punk]] album of all time, the best alternative album of 1994 by ''Rolling Stone'',<ref name="Fuse">{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2014/01/green-day-dookie-20-years |title=Green Day's 'Dookie' Turns 20: Musicians Revisit the Punk Classic – Features |work=Fuse |access-date=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223080343/http://www.fuse.tv/2014/01/green-day-dookie-20-years |archive-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="rollingstonetop40">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/1994-the-40-best-records-from-mainstream-alternatives-greatest-year-20140417/green-day-dookie-19691231 |title=1994– The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year – Rolling Stone |date=April 17, 2014 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419223450/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/1994-the-40-best-records-from-mainstream-alternatives-greatest-year-20140417/green-day-dookie-19691231 |archive-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> and as one of the best punk rock albums of all time by ''Rolling Stone'', ''Kerrang!'', ''Revolver'', and ''LA Weekly''.<ref name="Fuse"/><ref name="rollingstonetop40"/><ref name="mclaughlin">{{cite web |last1=McLaughlin |first1=David |title=The 40 best punk albums since ''Never Mind The Bollocks''... |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-40-best-punk-albums-from-1977-to-2017 |website=[[Kerrang!]] |access-date=May 23, 2022 |date=January 10, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628224302/https://www.kerrang.com/the-40-best-punk-albums-from-1977-to-2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="revolver50">{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time#13-green-day-%E2%80%94-dookie |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=May 20, 2022 |date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707111305/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time#13-green-day-%E2%80%94-dookie |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="la20">{{cite web |last1=Bourque |first1=Zach |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.laweekly.com/top-20-punk-albums-in-history-the-complete-list/ |website=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=May 20, 2022 |date=July 10, 2013 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706232132/https://www.laweekly.com/top-20-punk-albums-in-history-the-complete-list/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It was also placed on the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]'s "Definitive 200" list of 200 classic albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php |title=The Definitive 200 |access-date=August 18, 2007 |publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070813004137/http://www.definitive200.com/200_list.php|archive-date =August 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both ''Dookie'' and ''American Idiot'' appeared on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref name="rs500">{{cite magazine|url=http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2003121144#/20031211/83|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|access-date=July 16, 2007|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 10, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120012459/http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2003121144#/20031211/83|archive-date=January 20, 2013}}{{Subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/green-day-american-idiot-20120524|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time|website=Rollinstone.com|date=May 31, 2009|access-date=November 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114172224/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/green-day-american-idiot-20120524|archive-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref> In 2011, they were voted best punk rock band of all time by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-punk-rock-bands-of-all-time-15225/5-the-dead-kennedys-119199/ |title=Readers Poll: The Best Punk Rock Bands of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=March 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806174935/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-best-punk-rock-bands-of-all-time-15225/5-the-dead-kennedys-119199/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Diffuser.fm listed ''Dookie'' as the greatest album of the 90s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diffuser.fm/reasons-green-day-dookie-greatest-90s-album/|title=20 Reasons Why Green Day's 'Dookie' Is the Greatest Album of the '90s|website=Diffuser.fm|date=February 22, 2014|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713062056/https://diffuser.fm/reasons-green-day-dookie-greatest-90s-album/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Green Day has sold roughly 75 million records worldwide as of 2024,<ref name=Green_Day_Biggest_Hits_2024>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Jeff |date=January 17, 2024 |title=Billie Joe Armstrong Breaks Down Green Day's Biggest Hits — and Reveals Which One They Almost Gave Away (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/billie-joe-armstrong-breaks-down-green-day-hits-exclusive-8430564 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117162110/https://people.com/billie-joe-armstrong-breaks-down-green-day-hits-exclusive-8430564 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |access-date=February 17, 2024 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> making them one of the highest-selling artists of all time. The group has been nominated for 20 Grammy awards and has won five of them with [[Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album]] for ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'', [[Best Rock Album]] for ''[[American Idiot]]'' and ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'', [[Record of the Year]] for "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]", and [[Best Musical Show Album]] for ''[[American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording]]''.

In 2010, a [[American Idiot (musical)|stage adaptation of ''American Idiot'']] debuted on Broadway. The musical was nominated for three [[Tony Awards]].<ref>[[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best]] {{cite news|url=http://diffuser.fm/green-day-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2015/|title=Green Day Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2015|work=[[Diffuser.fm|Diffuser]] |date=April 18, 2015|first=Derrick|last=Rossignol |access-date=December 11, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222102530/http://diffuser.fm/green-day-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2015/|archive-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/495331/vh1-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time/franchises/list/ |title=VH1 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |date=September 3, 2010 |website=Stereogum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412055609/https://www.stereogum.com/495331/vh1-100-greatest-artists-of-all-time/franchises/list/ |access-date=February 10, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2015, their first year of eligibility.<ref name="RRHF">{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/04/green_day_takes_its_rightful_p.html|title=Green Day takes its rightful place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|last=Smith|first=Troy|work=The Plain Dealer|date=April 18, 2015|access-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419040028/http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/04/green_day_takes_its_rightful_p.html|archive-date=April 19, 2015}}</ref>

The band has been cited as an influence by a variety of artists, including [[Alkaline Trio]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/alkaline_trio_were_not_trying_to_sound_like_green_day.html |title=Alkaline Trio: 'We're Not Trying To Sound Like Green Day' |website=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=May 24, 2007 |access-date=February 24, 2014 |quote=We're not trying to sound like Green Day, but I think they've definitely been an influence. |archive-date=January 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105223529/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/alkaline_trio_were_not_trying_to_sound_like_green_day.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Avril Lavigne]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Tyler |title=Nine Songs: Avril Lavigne |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/avril-lavigne-nine-favourite-songs |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=March 30, 2022 |quote=I was really connecting with punk rock, aggression and rock and roll when I got into writing riffs. That was the style that I gravitated towards when I was picking up the guitar – I was listening to those distorted sounds as well as bands like The Offspring, Green Day and blink-182 who were so influential. |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503134249/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/avril-lavigne-nine-favourite-songs |url-status=live}}</ref> [[AFI (band)|AFI]],<ref name="waldman"/> [[Fall Out Boy]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-fall-out-boys-loving-green-day-tribute-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-101167/ |title=Read Fall Out Boy's Green Day Rock Hall of Fame Induction |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 19, 2015 |access-date=March 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806185137/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-fall-out-boys-loving-green-day-tribute-at-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-101167/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Blink-182]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9469620/blink-182-green-day-song-inspired-whats-my-age-again|title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Reveals the Green Day Song That Inspired 'What's My Age Again?'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 20, 2020|access-date=February 5, 2021|archive-date=November 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114160746/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9469620/blink-182-green-day-song-inspired-whats-my-age-again/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Joyce Manor]],<ref name="stereogumJM">{{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |title=Album Of The Week: Joyce Manor – ''40 Oz. To Fresno'' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2188992/joyce-manor-40-oz-to-fresno/reviews/album-of-the-week/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=June 7, 2022 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613140618/https://www.stereogum.com/2188992/joyce-manor-40-oz-to-fresno/reviews/album-of-the-week/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lady Gaga]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-522-1311823 |title=Lady Gaga: 'I used to lick the booklet of Green Day's ''Dookie'' &#124; NME |website=[[NME]] |access-date=March 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319090039/https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-522-1311823 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Wavves]],<ref name="NME10">{{cite web|first=Al|last=Horner|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209|title=10 albums that wouldn't exist without Green Day's 'Dookie'|work=[[NME]]|date=October 31, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228045245/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fidlar]],<ref name="NME10"/> [[Tegan and Sara]],<ref name="NME10"/> [[the Menzingers]],<ref name="menzingers">{{cite web |last1=Verducci |first1=Richard |title=Interview: Tom May (The Menzingers) |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/39747/interviews-tom-may-the-menzingers |website=Punknews.org |date=September 9, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126163021/https://www.punknews.org/article/39747/interviews-tom-may-the-menzingers |url-status=live}}</ref> [[New Found Glory]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roomthirteen.com/features/355/New_Found_Glory_Interview.html |title=New Found Glory – New Found Glory Interview |publisher=Room Thirteen |last=Couper |first=Tara |date=August 26, 2006 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=January 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129131838/http://roomthirteen.com/features/355/New_Found_Glory_Interview.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Prince Daddy & the Hyena]],<ref name="princedaddy">{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James Christopher |title=Prince Daddy & the Hyena Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/prince-daddy-the-hyena-mn0003784733/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826183520/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/prince-daddy-the-hyena-mn0003784733/biography |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bowling for Soup]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleckingrecords.co.uk/2012/03/jaret-reddick-bowling-for-soup-interview-2.html |title=Jaret Reddick – Bowling For Soup Interview |publisher=Flecking Records |last=Genchi |first=Frankie |date=March 10, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314182737/http://www.fleckingrecords.co.uk/2012/03/jaret-reddick-bowling-for-soup-interview-2.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ntdaily.com/denton-rock-exclusive-bowling-for-soup-celebrates-anniversary/ |title=Denton Rock Exclusive: Bowling for Soup celebrates anniversary |work=[[North Texas Daily]] |last=Arauz |first=Pablo |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070332/http://ntdaily.com/denton-rock-exclusive-bowling-for-soup-celebrates-anniversary/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]],<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTampjlba8 |title=Billie Eilish and Billie Joe Armstrong Are Big Fans of Each Other {{!}} Musicians on Musicians |via=YouTube |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314120303/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTampjlba8 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Sum 41]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2019 |title=10 albums that wouldn't exist without Green Day's 'Dookie'|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209|access-date=February 3, 2021 |website=NME {{!}} Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News |language=en-GB |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228045245/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-albums-that-wouldnt-exist-without-green-days-dookie-768209 |url-status=live}}</ref>