Fall Out Boy's Biggest Hits Will ‘Never Die'
It's been about a year since Fall Out Boy stopped promoting its most recent album, So Much (for) Stardust. The group dropped a music video for a final single in February 2024 and has remained fairly quiet in terms of new music since. The outfit, which helped bring emo and pop punk music to the forefront more than 20 years ago, wrapped its tour in support of the set in May of last year, and while the rockers may be working on new material, there's been no major announcement just yet. The band is back on the Billboard charts this week — not with a new release, but with a fan-favorite collection.
Fall Out Boy reappears on four Billboard rankings in the United States this week, and on each and every one of them, with the same album: Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits. The set moved another 11,500 equivalent album units in the past tracking frame. That figure comes from Luminate, the organization that compiles streaming and sales data for Billboard's tallies. It's enough to send the collection back to the Billboard 200 at No. 117.
Believers Never Die also returns to a trio of genre-specific rankings, in addition to the Billboard 200. It sits highest on the Top Alternative Albums chart, landing at No. 12. The set settles five spots lower on the Top Rock Albums tally and comes in at No. 21 on the combined Top Rock & Alternative Albums list.
Understandably, Believers Never Die performs best on rankings focused on individual styles, where the competition isn't quite as fierce. The collection has previously peaked at No. 8 on the Top Alternative Albums list and No. 10 on the other two, where it currently resides. On the Billboard 200, however, the hits-packed release has never reached the same heights. Instead, it topped out at No. 77 during the 40 weeks it has spent somewhere on the busy roster.
Fans may be revisiting Believers Never Die for several reasons. The group's breakout album, From Under the Cork Tree — which produced several of the singles featured on the compilation — is turning 20 years old in May 2025. The milestone has prompted many casual listeners and longtime supporters to revisit those tracks on streaming platforms, and all those plays may be funneled toward the compilation instead of From Under the Cork Tree, based on some of Billboard's rules.
Believers Never Die was also recently discounted on vinyl via Amazon. The price cut likely spurred many fans who had always wanted a copy of the compilation on wax, but had never decided to pull the trigger and buy one, to finally make a purchase.
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