The band recorded three demos, including the commercially available Buddha, before signing to San Diego–based independent label Cargo Music in 1994.[1] Cargo issued the band's debut album, Cheshire Cat, in 1995.[5] The band signed with major label MCA Records to co-distribute 1997's Dude Ranch.[6] The album was their first to chart on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 67.[7]Dude Ranch also featured their first radio hit, "Dammit",[8] which helped the album reach Platinum status in the United States.[9] The following album, Enema of the State (1999), was met with more commercial success, reaching top ten positions in several countries, including the United States.[7] Its singles, "What's My Age Again?", "All the Small Things", and "Adam's Song", became airplay and MTV staples.[10] "All the Small Things" became the most successful of the three, reaching number-one on the Alternative Songs chart,[11] but also became a crossover hit and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[12]Enema of the State is Blink-182's most successful album, certified five times platinum in the United States for having shipped five million units.[9] It has sold over 15 million worldwide.[13]
Their fourth album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001), reached the number-one spot in the United States,[14] Canada,[15] and Germany.[16] In its first week, the album sold more than 350,000 copies in the United States,[17] eventually being certified double Platinum by the RIAA.[9] The first two singles, ("The Rock Show" and "First Date") achieved moderate success internationally, while its third and final single "Stay Together for the Kids" had a weaker impact. The eponymously titled Blink-182 followed in 2003 and marked a stylistic shift for the group, infusing experimental elements into their usual pop punk formula,[18] resulting in a more mature sound.[19] The album spawned four singles: "Feeling This", "I Miss You", "Down", and "Always", with "I Miss You" having the greatest success and narrowly missing the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.[12] "Feeling This" and "I Miss You", along with "All the Small Things" and "Bored To Death", remain the best-selling of the group's singles, which have all been certified Gold by the RIAA.[9] DeLonge left the group in 2005, sending the band into what was termed an "indefinite hiatus."[20]
The trio reunited in 2009,[21] and their sixth studio album, Neighborhoods, was released in 2011. While it was a top ten success on many charts around the globe, it did not prove to be as successful as their last album, and its singles "Up All Night" and "After Midnight" had weaker success on the charts in comparison to previous releases. Dogs Eating Dogs, an extended play containing new material, was self-released by the band after they departed their record label DGC in 2012, whom the group had been with since they reunited.[22] After a second falling-out with DeLonge which resulted in his departure in January 2015,[23] the band recruited Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba as a replacement.[24] The album's production was expedited without DeLonge, and their seventh record California was released in 2016. It was the band's first album to reach number-one on any chart since before the band's breakup, and their first ever in the UK;[25] and each song from the album managed to reach chart positions in the US[26] and the UK.[27] The band's eighth studio album, Nine, was released on September 20, 2019.[28]
Upon DeLonge's return to the band in 2022, a new album was announced to be in the works, with the lead single "Edging" releasing on October 14, 2022.[29] The band's ninth studio album, One More Time... was announced on September 18, 2023, and released on October 20, 2023. The album's title track was released on September 21, 2023, along with a third single titled "More Than You Know". The fourth single of the album titled "Dance with Me" was released on October 5 and the fifth single "Fell in Love" was released on October 13, 2023, followed by the sixth single, "You Don't Know What You've Got", which was released on October 18, 2023. The album scored the band's third number-one album on the Billboard 200. The single "One More Time" received mainly positive reviews from music critics, and became one of the band's biggest modern radio singles in the U.S., where it peaked for a record-setting 20 weeks atop Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart; it also became their first crossover hit since 2004's "I Miss You", ultimately reaching Gold certification for 500,000 copies sold on December 5, 2024.[30]
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
^"Adam's Song" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
^"Man Overboard" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
^"First Date" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
^"I Won't Be Home for Christmas" was released twice, first as a single in 1997 and again solely in Canada in 2001.
^"Stay Together for the Kids" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
^"Feeling This" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100.[75]
^"Happy Days" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"Happy Days" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Darkside" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 4 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"Darkside" did not enter the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[84]
^"Not Another Christmas Song" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"Not Another Christmas Song" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Not Another Christmas Song" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but charted as an "extra tip" on the Ultratip chart.[78]
^"Quarantine" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"More Than You Know" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"More Than You Know" did not enter the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[91]
^"Dance with Me" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"Dance with Me" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100 but peaked at number 37 on the Canadian Hot Digital Songs chart.[92]
^"Fell In Love" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 23 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart.[93]
^"Fell In Love" did not enter the Australian ARIA Singles Chart but peaked at number 49 on the ARIA Digital Track Chart.[94]
^"Fell In Love" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 78 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[95]
^"All In My Head" did not enter the German Singles Downloads Chart, but peaked at number 41 on the Germany Airplay Chart.[96]
^"All In My Head" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[97]
^"Scumbag" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 41 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.[101]
^"P.S. I Hope You're Happy" did not enter the Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Alternative Digital Songs chart.[82]
^"Ghost on the Dance Floor" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 28 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Cut Me Off" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 98 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[116]
^"Cut Me Off" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 89 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[117]
^"See You" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"See You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[118]
^"See You" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 80 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[119]
^"Take Me In" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 9 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Take Me In" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[120]
^"Take Me In" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 57 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[121]
^"Can't Go Back" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Can't Go Back" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 68 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[122]
^"Can't Go Back" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[123]
^"One Night Stand" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"One Night Stand" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 81 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[124]
^"One Night Stand" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 79 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[125]
^"Everyone Everywhere" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Everyone Everywhere" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 84 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[126]
^"Everyone Everywhere" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 82 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[127]
^"Every Other Weekend" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"Every Other Weekend" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[128]
^"Every Other Weekend" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 72 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[129]
^"If You Never Left" did not enter the Rock Songs chart, but peaked at number 7 on the Rock Digital Songs chart.[83]
^"If You Never Left" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 74 on the UK Singles Sales Chart.[130]
^"If You Never Left" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.[131]
^The music video for "Home Is Such a Lonely Place" was released in four versions: three iterations filmed at each band member's home, and a main version with those clips interspersed.[157]
^Romanowski, Patricia. George-Warren, Holly. Pareles, Jon. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century). New York: Touchstone, 1136 pp. First edition, 2001.
^"BLINK". alt.punk. Google Groups. January 6, 1995. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 33–34.
^"Australian Web Archive"(PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. August 23, 2006. Archived from the original on April 23, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ abcdePeak chart positions for singles in Canada:
^ abcdePeak positions for other charted songs in the UK:
All peaks above 100: "Blink-182 – Official Charts Company". UK Singles Chart. United Kingdom: Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
