Green Day Nominated For Record Of The Year

BURBANK, CA (Reprise Records) - Topping off an amazing year of accolades and recognition for their masterpiece "American Idiot," Green Day has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Record of The Year Category with their song "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams."

Green Day's multi-platinum "American Idiot" was released on September 21, 2004 and debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and Number One in several countries around the world. Weeks later the album returned to the Number One chart position in the US and many of the same countries across the globe.
Months after the release of the album, Green Day made radio history by becoming the first rock band to reach No 1 on six radio charts simultaneously with their smash "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams." Green Day won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in February of 2005.
They swept the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards by winning seven out of the eight awards for which they were nominated, including the most prestigious Video Of The Year. The band also cleaned up at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards winning in total a staggering eight awards.