'90s Rock Band Is Suddenly Climbing the Charts 34 Years After Forming

Three Days Grace is back on the Billboard 200, nearly three decades after the Canadian rock band first formed.

The band’s 2006 album One-X has re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 190. The album has spent 152 weeks on the chart and previously reached a career-high No. 5.

The return gives a new chart moment to one of Three Days Grace’s most successful albums. Released on June 13, 2006, One-X became a major rock album and later earned five-times platinum certification in the United States.

The album’s return also comes as Three Days Grace is enjoying a new chapter with original singer Adam Gontier back in the band. Gontier rejoined in 2024, while Matt Walst remained as a vocalist, giving the group two lead singers.

One-X was the band’s second studio album and followed their 2003 self-titled debut. It was produced by Howard Benson and became the group’s highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 at the time, debuting at No. 5 after selling more than 78,000 copies in its first week in the United States.

The album produced several of Three Days Grace’s best-known songs, including “Animal I Have Become,” “Pain,” “Never Too Late” and “Riot.”

The success of One-X helped Three Days Grace become Billboard’s Rock Artist of the Year in 2007. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year at the Juno Awards.

According to Songfacts, Three Days Grace began in 1992 in Norwood, Ontario, originally under the name Groundswell. Adam Gontier and drummer Neil Sanderson first met as ninth graders.

“As soon as I heard him open his mouth and sing, I was like, I want to be in a band with that guy,” Sanderson recalled to Billboard.

The group later became Three Days Grace and signed a record deal before releasing its self-titled album in 2003. “I Hate Everything About You” became a breakout hit and reached No. 1 on the Canadian rock chart.

Gontier left Three Days Grace in 2013 and was replaced by Matt Walst. The band continued releasing albums and scoring major rock hits with Walst as its singer.

Gontier eventually returned in 2024, but this time Walst stayed. The five-member lineup now features both singers.

The new lineup released Alienation in 2025. Its song “Mayday” reached No. 1 on the 2025 Billboard Canada Mainstream Rock year-end chart. In the United States, “Kill Me Fast” became the band’s 20th Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1.

At the same time, the band’s older music has continued to find listeners. “I Hate Everything About You” passed one billion streams on Spotify, while younger listeners have also discovered the song through TikTok.

For a band that began in the 1990s and built its name through the rock boom of the 2000s, the latest Billboard appearance shows that Three Days Grace’s catalog is still reaching listeners years after its original run.

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