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Last week, My Chemical Romance<\/a> landed their first No. 1 album on the Billboard<\/em> 200<\/a> with the 20th anniversary reissue of their seminal third LP: The Black Parade<\/a><\/em>. Apparently, renowned pop star Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> indirectly helped them do it by allowing her<\/em> third LP (you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/a><\/em>) to fall to No. 2.<\/p>\n As Loudwire wrote on Facebook<\/a> last Monday (Nov. 2), the new version of The Black Parade <\/em>(which peaked at No. 2 back in 2006) is also \u201cthe first-ever anniversary album to top the Billboard<\/em> 200 Album Chart.\u201d<\/p>\n Per Billboard<\/a> (on Nov. 1), the record \u201cjump[ed] from No. 139 to No. 1 on the Nov. 7-dated chart.”<\/p>\n They added:<\/p>\n In the week ending Oct. 29, it earned 78,000 equivalent album units in the United States (up 653%) according to Luminate \u2014 largely driven by pure album sales (68,000, up 2,082%). . . . The Black Parade\u2019s 20-year-wait to reach No. 1 is the longest ever for an album, surpassing the 15-year and nine-month wait for Toby Keith<\/a>\u2019s 35 Biggest Hits<\/em>, following his death in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Billboard then explained that Rodrigo\u2019s latest studio collection \u2013 which arrived this past June and held the No. 1 spot for three weeks<\/a> \u2013 dropped \u201ca rung [last week] to No. 2 (64,000 equivalent album units earned, down 15%).\u201d<\/p>\n Rather than be upset about this, however, The New York Times<\/a><\/em> stated (on Nov. 5) that Rodrigo indirectly allowed MCR to take the top spot from her.<\/p>\n After mentioning that Rodrigo was influenced by The Black Parade<\/em>, The New York Times<\/em> clarified that she attended a show during MCR\u2019s 2026 tour commemorating the record: \u201cRodrigo was an attendee of a New York tour stop, posting to Instagram stories the band\u2019s \u2018Black Parade\u2019 title-track performance along with multiple heart emoji.\u201d The publication noted that \u201cRodrigo visited the band the night of the show\u201d as well.<\/p>\n You can see Rodrigo’s Instagram Story here<\/a>\u00a0and below (reposted by user girlsoinlove.updates<\/a>):<\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> then clarified that MCR\u2019s manager \u2013 Brian Schechter \u2013 \u201cinterpreted her public support for the band as a selfless act.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe could easily try to block the band from being No. 1, but from everything I saw, she didn\u2019t do anything. . . . She just let it organically play out\u201d Schechter said [via The New York Times<\/em>].\u00a0Fans speculate that Rodrigo could\u2019ve done several things to keep her chart crown, including doing her own album reissue and\/or putting out fresh (alternative) versions of you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love<\/em>.<\/p>\n Instead, she indirectly passed the torch to My Chemical Romance (who, as far as we can tell, haven\u2019t said anything publicly about The Black Parade<\/em> earning them their first No. 1 spot on the Billboard <\/em>200). My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way<\/a> shared some big news regarding the group\u2019s 2027 plans during their Oct. 30 show at the Hollywood Bowl. Specifically, and as Loudwire<\/a> reported last week, he announced that MCR are planning to \u201cmake a new record\u201d and \u201cprobably not [do] any shows\u201d next year.<\/p>\n Following their performance of \u201cDESTROYA<\/a>,\u201d Way declared:<\/p>\n You know, sometimes shit will sound, like, intentionally vague, when really it\u2019s just to protect everybody\u2019s feelings involved. So, yeah. Next year, we wanna go make a record. We\u2019re probably not doing any shows [in 2027]. There\u2019s no secret code to that. I mean, maybe if we get really rusty when we\u2019re making something, we\u2019re like, \u201cAlright, let\u2019s call the band \u2018Helena<\/a>\u2019 or something and show up.\u201d But, you know, seriously. We want to go do that and then hopefully, we\u2019ll see you guys in 2028.<\/p>\n You know, \u2018cause that\u2019s some other shit I just wanna get out of the way, man! Let\u2019s have fun. You deserve to have fun! You don\u2019t wanna be stressed out, thinking, like, \u201cOh, what does this number on his box mean?\u201d We actually don\u2019t really do that shit. Do you know how much of that shit is coincidence?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n At the end of October, My Chemical Romance also released a mysterious and brief animated film called Prelude to the End<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n As Loudwire<\/a> described:<\/p>\n \u2018Prelude to the End\u2019 is a nearly eight-minute animated film that follows a girl named Astrid who appears to be in a mysterious school that is led by some questionable characters. It’s dark in the same vein as the presentation for \u2018The Black Parade\u2019 album. The project is a collaborative effort between My Chemical Romance and visual artist and actor Lauren Tsai. Fellow musicians Phoebe Bridgers<\/a> and Billie Eilish<\/a> are among the voice actors, along with Japanese video game producer Hideo Kojima.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Various fan theories about Prelude to the End<\/em> quickly emerged, including that it confirms that MCR\u2019s next record will be the long-rumored The Paper Kingdom<\/em> and\/or that the tracklist to the next record Is hiding in the video.<\/p>\n Oh, and people have been finding one-of-a-kind pieces of art<\/a> within certain copies of the Black Parade<\/em> 20th anniversary reissue. Pretty cool, right?!<\/p>\n Is The Black Parade<\/em> your favorite MCR LP? What do you think of Rodrigo\u2019s indirect involvement in it reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200? Let us know!<\/p>\n Also, be sure to check out our list of 35 bands that are \u201cdad rock\u201d now (and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it)<\/a> below!<\/p>\n Dad rock comes for every band sooner or later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Rob Carroll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow Olivia Rodrigo Helped MCR Land Their First No. 1 Album<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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