My Chemical Romance

The Black Parade is the third studio album by New Jersey rock quintet My Chemical Romance. Like the band's first two albums, it is a concept album, centering around a character known as "the Patient," who suffers an untimely death at a young age.

The album was intentionally leaked in its entirety on October 19. In an interview with MTV, the band said that the name "The Black Parade" was chosen due to a belief that death comes to individuals as their most powerful memory. The main character in the concept went to a parade with his father at a young age, therefore death comes to him as a "Black Parade".

It debuted at #2 on the UK album chart, and #2 on the US Billboard, selling 240,000 copies, far surpassing the 38,000 first week sales of previous album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. The album debuted at #3 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, going Gold (35,000+ copies shipped), and staying atop the chart in New Zealand and certified Gold there, for shipments of over 7,500.