1. The First Bon Jovi Album - Bon Jovi (1984) - 'Runaway' hit the charts and brought the album to the gold status (50000 copies sold).

2. BJ became the world's most successful rock'n'roll band, playing to 4 million people in 1989 alone and selling 25 million albums 1985-89.

3. By late 1993 'Blaze Of Glory' sold over 3 million copies was a big hit worldwide.

4. Record company Polygram had a really good year in 1994. World wide they made approx. $476 million profit selling CD's. In comparison to the previous year that's an increase of 20 percent. The best sold CD in the genre of, lets call it 'lighter music', was, not a big surprise, Bon Jovi. More than 8 million people bought the compilation album 'Cross road'.

5. Seven albums later, the group has amassed one gold and five platinum records, including '86's eight-million-selling #1 album "New Jersey," '92's double-platinum "Keep The Faith," which sold eight million worldwide, '94's greatest hits collection, "Cross Road," which sold more than 12 million internationally and last year's 4 million-selling, Top Ten "These Days".

6. Jon wrote and performed the soundtrack for Blaze of Glory which earned him the Golden Globe Award in 1991 as well as the American Music Award, and both Grammy and Oscar nominations.

7. Bon Jovi has collected sixty-eight gold and platinum albums from around the world. The group Bon Jovi is the only hard rock band in history to have back to back #1 albums and four #1 singles.

8. In addition 14 million copies of Slippery When Wet and 10 million copies of New Jersey were sold around the world, with the band's first two albums, Bon Jovi and 7800 Fahrenheit, rapidly closing in on the double platinum mark.

9. Cross Road also went on to sell over 12 million copies worldwide and yield a new smash single "Always."

10. Bon Jovi are the only band to have ever sold-out three consecutive nights at Wembley Stadium - that's 250,000 tickets - five months in advance.

11. To date Slippery When Wet has sold 24 million copies worldwide, the biggest selling 'rock' album of all time.

12. Bon Jovi's career album sales to date are now in excess of a staggering 50 million copies worldwide with their recent 'Best Of' collection, Crossroads, achieving the number one position in 13 countries and going top three in another 25.

13. 'Wanted Dead Or Alive' is MTV's longest running number one video of all-time.

14. Bon Jovi started the Unplugged revolution in 1987 when Jon & Richie performed "Living On A Prayer" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive" on the MTV Awards show acousticlally. It was such a success that the channel soon after started "Unplugged". If this performance never took place, the unplugged revolution wouldn't be found.

BON JOVI CHARTS

Top 10 Singles

1986 - You Give Love A Bad Name (US 1)

1986 - Living On A Prayer (UK 4/US 1)

1987 - Wanted Dead Or Alive (UK 7)

1988 - Bad Medicine (US 1)

1989 - Born To Be My Baby (US 3)

1989 - I'll Be There For You (US 1)

1989 - Lay Your Hands On Me (US 7)

1989 - Living In Sin (US 9)

1990 - Blaze Of Glory (US 1)

1992 - Keep The Faith (UK 5)

1993 - Bed Of Roses (US 10)

1993 - In These Arms (UK 9)

1994 - Dry County (UK 9)

1995 - Always (UK 2/US 4)

1995 - Please Come Home For Christmas (UK 7)

1995 - Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (UK 7)

1995 - This Ain't A Love Song (UK 1/ US 8)

1995 - Something For The Pain (UK 2)

1995 - Lie To Me (UK 1)

1995 - These Days (UK 7/US 4)

Top 10 Albums

1986 - Slippery When Wet (UK 6/US 1)

1988 - New Jersey (UK 1/US 1)

1990 - Blaze Of Glory/ Young Guns 2 Sdtrk (UK 2/US 2)

1992 - Keep The Faith (UK 1/US 5)

1994 - Crossroad : The Best Of Bon Jovi (UK 1/US 8)

1995 - These Days (UK 1/US 9)