American Idiot is the seventh studio album by "Green Day" and was released on September 21, 2004 on "Reprise Records", and was produced by Rob Cavallo. In mid-2003 Green Day began recording "Cigarettes and Valentines" but the master tracks were stolen from the studio, but instead of rerecording the album the band decided to start from scratch which led to the creation of American Idiot. American Idiot entered at #1 in the U.S charts as well as in many countries. To date, it is Green Day's second-best selling album behind Dookie with over 14 million units sold worldwide.