 The record reached number one on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. , where it sold 215 @,@ 000 copies in its first week , which was a shortened three days . The album remained at number one on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart for three weeks . In Canada , the album debuted at # 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart , selling 30 @,@ 000 copies in its first week . The album debuted at the top of sales charts in twenty four total countries , including a peak of number one on the European Top 100 Albums . 21st Century Breakdown was only released in a Parental Advisory version containing explicit lyrics and content ; Wal @-@ Mart refuses to sell albums with a Parental Advisory sticker and requested that Green Day release a censored edition . The band members responded by stating : " There 's nothing dirty about our record ... They want artists to censor their records in order to be carried in there . We just said no . We 've never done it before . You feel like you 're in 1953 or something . " The second single , " 21 Guns " , was released to radio stations on May 25 . The band embarked on a world tour in July 2009 ; the North American leg lasted through September and the European leg ended in November . " East Jesus Nowhere " was released as the album 's third single on October 19 , 2009 . 
