21st Century Breakdown

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concept album rock opera studio album

21st Century Breakdown is a 2009 rock opera concept album by American punk rock band Green Day that explores themes of political disillusionment and personal struggle in the post-9/11 era.

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21st Century Breakdown (song)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	concept album ⓘ rock opera ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Green Day ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Rock Album ⓘ Juno Award ⓘ surface form: Juno Award for International Album of the Year
chronologyWithinDiscography	eighth studio album by Green Day ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtBy	Chris Bilheimer ⓘ
follows	American Idiot ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ punk rock ⓘ rock opera ⓘ
hasPart	21 Guns ⓘ 21st Century Breakdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 21st Century Breakdown (song) American Eulogy ⓘ Before the Lobotomy ⓘ Charlatans and Saints ⓘ Christian's Inferno ⓘ East Jesus Nowhere ⓘ Heroes and Cons ⓘ Horseshoes and Handgrenades ⓘ Horseshoes and Handgrenades ⓘ surface form: Horseshoes and Handgrenades (song) Know Your Enemy ⓘ Last Night on Earth ⓘ Last of the American Girls ⓘ Murder City ⓘ Peacemaker ⓘ Restless Heart Syndrome ⓘ See the Light ⓘ Song of the Century ⓘ The Static Age ⓘ ¡Viva La Gloria! ⓘ ¡Viva La Gloria! ⓘ surface form: ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	personal struggle ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ Global War on Terrorism ⓘ surface form: post-9/11 America
narrativeFocus	fictional characters Christian and Gloria ⓘ
nominatedFor	Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("21 Guns") Grammy Award for Best Rock Song ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rock Song ("21 Guns")
performer	Green Day ⓘ
previousWork	American Idiot ⓘ
producer	Butch Vig ⓘ Green Day ⓘ
recorded	2008 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ
recordedIn	Jingletown Studios, Oakland ⓘ NRG Recording Studios, North Hollywood ⓘ Ocean Way Recording ⓘ surface form: Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood
recordLabel	Reprise Records ⓘ
releaseDate	2009-05-15 ⓘ
yearOfRelease	2009 ⓘ

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American Idiot → followedBy → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

¡Uno! → follows → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

21st Century Breakdown → hasPart → 21st Century Breakdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 21st Century Breakdown (song)

Billie Joe Armstrong → notableWork → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

Billie → notableWork → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

subject surface form: Billie Joe Armstrong

Green Day → notableWork → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

Mike Dirnt → notableWork → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ

Tré Cool → notableWork → 21st Century Breakdown ⓘ