Red Hot Chili Peppers Return With One Of Alt Rock Music's Classic Albums

Forbes

15-05-2025

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of a select few rock groups that don't need to release brand new music to find success on the charts. That's especially true in the United Kingdom, where the alternative act can almost always claim at least one successful full-length, if not several. This frame, two projects by the California natives perform well enough to reach the rankings, as both Greatest Hits and the beloved Californication succeed — though the titles manage to do so in different ways.
As is almost always the case, Red Hot Chili Peppers rise highest on the charts in the U.K. with the simply-named Greatest Hits. It's not uncommon for groups that have been around as long as the Red Hot Chili Peppers to keep compilations like this one on consumption rankings for years at a time. Interest in the band's catalog remains high, as people continue to press play on even just one or two tracks at a time within the nation. All that activity keeps the hits-packed collection on the weekly tallies.
Greatest Hits climbs this week and almost becomes a top 40 success on both of the tallies on which it appears. It jumps from No. 45 to No. 37 on the Official Albums Streaming chart and lifts 10 spaces to settle at No. 44 on the Official Albums roster, which ranks the most-consumed full-lengths in the nation.
Greatest Hits is almost always on the albums charts in the U.K., as it's clear that streaming activity is keeping the title afloat. Californication joins it on the rankings this frame… although the two releases don't overlap.
While Greatest Hits is the more successful when it comes to platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, Californication is a bestseller this time around. The classic by Red Hot Chili Peppers reappears on both the Official Physical Albums (No. 79) and Official Albums Sales charts (No. 84).
Greatest Hits isn't just the higher-rising of the two Red Hot Chili Peppers projects — it's also spent much more time on its respective lists than Californication. Between the two tallies, Greatest Hits has spent the least amount of time on the Official Albums chart, where it's now up to 454 frames. It recently passed a full decade on the Official Albums Streaming list.
Californication, meanwhile, has yet to pass 250 frames on either roster on which it can be found.