Group is first rock band in 17 years to earn feat
Elevating to another level once more, Red Hot Chili Peppers score two No. 1 studio albums in 2022 with the release of Return of the Dream Canteen. Throughout a rollercoaster journey earmarked by astounding milestones, the quartet reach rarified air yet again. As a result, they notably stand out as the first rock band in 17 years to achieve this feat. Moreover, Return of the Dream Canteen bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart, just like its predecessor Unlimited Love did back in April. Plus, it reached No. 1 in numerous countries around the globe.
The musicians just wrapped up the biggest tour in their history to date by headlining Austin City Limits Music Festival for two consecutive weekends. Following their final concert of 2022, frontman Anthony Kiedis joined Joe Rogan for the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring a fascinating and powerful conversation ensued for nearly three hours between Kiedis and Rogan.
This year, the band garnered an MTV Europe Music Award noms for Best Rock and scored three American Music Awards nominations for “Favorite Rock Artist,” “Favorite Rock Album” for Unlimited Love and “Favorite Rock Single” for “Black Summer.” The AMAs air live November 20th on ABC. Meanwhile, the stadium tour continues in January 2023 across New Zealand and Australia.
Return of the Dream Canteen blossomed during the same sessions that yielded the group’s chart topper Unlimited Love, which landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart back in April and arrived as the biggest rock album of the year.
For these 17 tracks, the band collaborated with longtime producer and creative confidant Rick Rubin. Together, the musicians tapped into the power of their union once more, translating communal inspiration into bursts of inter-dimensional instrumentation, primal rhythms, and thoughtful lyrical provocations. As such, the LP kaleidoscopically projects the spirit of these four individuals in the form of one glorious collective that’s as vibrant, visceral, and vital as ever. Leaning on an endless and enduring brotherhood independent of all boundaries, it’s simply Red Hot Chili Peppers.
To herald the record, the band unveiled lead single “Tippa My Tongue” which hit No. 1 at alternative radio. “Tippa My Tongue” extends the band’s record for the most No. 1’s in the history of Billboard’s Alternative Airplay Chart with 15. Red Hot Chili Peppers also notch their fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart. It is the band’s second No. 1 on that chart following “Black Summer’s” 14-week reign at No. 1 earlier this year. No other band in history has achieved two No. 1 singles on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart in the same year.
