  Bon Jovi - Jon Bon Jovi on
vocals, Richie Sambora on guitar, David Bryan
Rashbaum on keyboards, Tico Torres on drums,
and Alec John Such on bass - formed in 1983
and are based in New Jersey. The rock band
burst onto the music scene in the early 80s
with the intention of surpassing the success
of the other rock 'hair-bands' with longevity
and integrity with their lyrics. Bon Jovi's
success resulted in over 30 million LPs sold
in the US alone and a track record keeping
them in the music scene into the 21st
century.
 Jon Bongiovi formed Bon Jovi
after the track "Runaway" became a
local New Jersey hit. Bon Jovi was soon
signed to Mercury Records and 'Jon Bongiovi'
changed to 'Jon Bon Jovi.'
 # 135
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bon Jovi released their debut LP
- Bon
Jovi with their first Top 40 hit
"Runaway."
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Runaway."
Bon Jovi also found airplay with
the track "She Don't Know Me."
 # 152
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bon Jovi released 7800
Fahrenheit. The band had moderate hits
with "Only Lonely," "In And
Out Of Love," and "The Hardest Part
Is The Night."
7800
Fahrenheit was certified gold.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
Bon
Jovi was certified gold.
 Bon Jovi released Slippery
When Wet.
Slippery
When Wet topped the Billboard LP chart.
Slippery
When Wet was certified platinum.
Bon Jovi hit #1 for a week with
"You Give Love A Bad Name."
 Slippery
When Wet was certified 2x platinum.
Slippery
When Wet was certified 3x platinum.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
Slippery
When Wet was certified 5x platinum.
 Bon Jovi hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Livin' On A Prayer."
7800
Fahrenheit was certified platinum and Slippery
When Wet was certified 6x platinum.
Bon
Jovi was certified platinum and Slippery
When Wet was certified 7x platinum.
 Slippery
When Wet was certified 8x platinum.
Bon Jovi headlined the 'Monsters
Of Rock' festival.
Bon Jovi won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Stage Performance ("Livin' On A
Prayer") - the video for "You Give
Love A Bad Name" was also nominated in
that category and the video for "Wanted
Dead Or Alive" was nominated for Best Editing.
 Bon Jovi had the Top Music
Videocassette of the Year (Breakout).
Bon Jovi also hit the charts
with "Wanted Dead Or Alive" and
"Never Say Goodbye."
 # 66
Singles Artist of the Year
Bon Jovi won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and were nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock
Single
("Livin' On A Prayer") and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Slippery
When Wet).
 Bon Jovi released New
Jersey.
New
Jersey topped the Billboard LP charts.
New
Jersey was certified 3x platinum.
 Bon Jovi also hit the charts
with "Bad Medicine" which spent a
week at #1.
 # 6
Singles Artist of the Year
 New
Jersey was certified 4x platinum.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "Born To Be
My Baby."
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"I'll Be There For You."
 Jon Bon Jovi got married.
New
Jersey was certified 5x platinum.
 Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Lay Your Hands On Me."
Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "Lay Your Hands On Me."
 Bon Jovi performed in Russia as
part of the 'Moscow Music Peace Festival.'
New
Jersey was released in Russia - the
first US LP to have a legal release in the
country.
Jon Bon Jovi and Samara
performed an acoustic version of "Wanted
Dead Or Alive" at the MTV Video Music
Awards - which many believe opened the door
to the successful MTV Unplugged
series.
 Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Living In Sin."
Slippery
When Wet was certified 9x platinum.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "Living In Sin."
 # 191
Singles Artist of the Year ~ Jon
Bon Jovi: # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Bon Jovi were nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("I'll Be There For You.").
 Jon Bon Jovi released his first
solo LP - Blaze
Of Glory (the soundtrack for Young
Guns II). Jon Bon Jovi also appeared in
the movie.
Jon Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 solo
with "Blaze Of Glory."
Jon Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "Blaze Of Glory."
 Jon Bon Jovi hit #1 for a week with "Blaze Of Glory."
The single "Blaze Of Glory" was certified
platinum.
Blaze
Of Glory was certified platinum.
 Jon Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Miracle."
Blaze
Of Glory was certified 2x platinum.
 Jon Bon
Jovi: # 171
Singles Artist of the Year
Jon Bon Jovi won a Golden Globe
for Best Original Song ("Blaze Of Glory").
Jon Bon Jovi won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single ("Blaze Of Glory").
Jon Bon Jovi was nominated for
an Academy Award for Best Original Song
("Blaze Of Glory") which he
performed at the ceremony.
Jon Bon Jovi was nominated for 2
Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
and Best Song Written for a Motion
Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
(songwriter) ("Blaze Of Glory").
 Sambora released his own solo LP
- Stranger
In This Town.
Bon Jovi are honored at the MTV Video Music
Awards with the Video Vanguard Award.
Jon Bon Jovi's video for "Blaze Of Glory" was nominated
for Best Male Video and Best Video from a Film.
 # 112
Singles Artist of the Year
Bon Jovi appeared on MTV
Unplugged.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Keep The Faith."
 Bon Jovi released Keep
The Faith.
Bon Jovi topped the Billboard
Album Rock Tracks chart for a week with
"Keep The Faith."
 # 33
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bon Jovi appeared on Saturday
Night Live.
Keep
The Faith was certified platinum.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Bed Of Roses."
 Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "Bed Of Roses."
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"In These Arms."
 Slippery
When Wet was certified 10x platinum.
 # 40
Singles Artist of the Year
 Bon Jovi released a hits
compilation - Cross
Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi.
Keep
The Faith was certified 2x platinum.
Bassist, Such, left the band.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Always."
The single "Always" was certified
gold, New
Jersey was certified 6x platinum, and Slippery
When Wet was certified 11x platinum.
 Cross
Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi was certified
platinum.
Sambora married actress Heather
Locklear.
 # 32
Singles Artist of the Year
Cross
Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi was certified 2x
platinum.
 Bon Jovi appeared on Saturday
Night Live.
The single "Always" was certified
platinum.
Several fans were injured in
Indonesia when a group of fans without
tickets tried to get into a Bon Jovi concert.
Bon
Jovi was certified 2x platinum.
 Bon Jovi released These
Days.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"This Ain't A Love Song."
These
Days topped the UK Albums chart for
4 weeks.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 10 with "This Ain't A Love Song."
 Cross
Road - The Best Of Bon Jovi was certified 3x
platinum and These
Days was certified platinum.
Slippery
When Wet was certified 12x platinum.
Bon Jovi hit the Top 40 with
"Something For The Pain."
 Bon Jovi won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best Rock Act.
Jon Bon Jovi could be seen in
the film Moonlight
And Valentino.
Bon Jovi released the video Live
From London.
 Bon Jovi won a Brit Award for
Best International Group.
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