Bon Jovi discography: History and Key Facts

American rock band Bon Jovi has released 16 studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, five EPs, 67 singles, 14 video albums, and 72 music videos. Bon Jovi has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. As of 2018, the band has sold 21.8 million albums in the US Nielsen SoundScan era. Billboard ranked Bon Jovi as the 45th Greatest Artist of all time, achieving six No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Bon Jovi has sold 42 million albums in the United States (including one diamond album, five multi-platinum albums, 11 platinum albums and 14 gold albums).

The group's first commercial release was the single "Runaway" from its eponymous debut (1984), which had a modest success in the US. Its sophomore album 7800° Fahrenheit (1985) achieved bigger success than its predecessor being the band's first album to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping 500,000 copies in the US.

Bon Jovi achieved widespread global recognition with its third album Slippery When Wet (1986), which remains their best-selling album to date with over 28 million copies sold worldwide. It reached No. 1 in Australia, Canada, and the US, where it spent eight weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and was certified 15× Platinum by the RIAA. The album's first two singles "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Bon Jovi's fourth album New Jersey (1988) achieved similar global success, producing five top-10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, of which "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You" topped the chart.

Keep the Faith (1992) marked a change in the band's appearance and sound, eschewing the glam metal from its 1980s albums in favor of a different hard rock sound. The album debuted at No. 1 in the UK and Australia, cracked the top 5 in the US and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for shipping two million copies in the United States. The ballad "Bed of Roses" peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album's title track hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The greatest hits album Cross Road (1994) debuted at No. 1 and was the best-selling album in United Kingdom for 1994. "Always", the first of the compilation's two new tracks, spent six months in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, was certified platinum in the US and became Bon Jovi's highest selling single.

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