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  <name>Bon Jovi</name>
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    <published>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:53:53 +0000</published>
    <summary><![CDATA[Bon Jovi is a <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hardrock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hardrock</a> band from Sayreville, <span title="Unknown place" class="bbcode_unknown">New Jersey</span>. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s.  Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 (which pared the lineup down to a quartet), the lineup has remained the same for the past 26 years. ]]></summary>
    <content><![CDATA[Bon Jovi is a <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hardrock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hardrock</a> band from Sayreville, <span title="Unknown place" class="bbcode_unknown">New Jersey</span>. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s.
 
 Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such, and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 (which pared the lineup down to a quartet), the lineup has remained the same for the past 26 years.
 
 After two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, the band scored big with <a title="Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/Slippery+When+Wet" class="bbcode_album">Slippery When Wet</a> (1986) and <a title="Bon Jovi - New Jersey" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/New+Jersey" class="bbcode_album">New Jersey</a> (1988), which sold a combined 19 million copies in the U.S. alone, charted eight Top Ten hits, and launched the band into global superstardom. After non-stop touring, the band went on hiatus after the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums. In 1992, the band returned with the double platinum <a title="Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/Keep+the+Faith" class="bbcode_album">Keep the Faith</a> and has since created a string of platinum albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s, also expanding their musical horizons, combining <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">rock</a> with such genres as <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/pop" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">pop</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/adult%20contemporary" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">adult contemporary</a>, and <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/country" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">country</a>. The band has also been credited with inspiring the MTV Unplugged series with their famous <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/sit-down%20acoustic" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">sit-down acoustic</a> performance at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.
 
 In 2006, the band won a Grammy for best Country Collaboration for &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; Who Says You Can't Go Home" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/Who+Says+You+Can%27t+Go+Home" class="bbcode_track">Who Says You Can't Go Home</a>&quot; with Jennifer Nettles from <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sugarland" class="bbcode_artist">Sugarland</a> and also became the first <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">rock</a> band to reach #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with the same song. They have also been nominated twice for the smash hit &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; It's My Life" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/It%27s+My+Life" class="bbcode_track">It's My Life</a>&quot; and two songs from the album <a title="Bon Jovi - Bounce" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/Bounce" class="bbcode_album">Bounce</a>, &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; Misunderstood" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/Misunderstood" class="bbcode_track">Misunderstood</a>&quot; and &quot;<span title="Unknown track" class="bbcode_unknown">]Everyday</span>&quot;.
 
 Throughout their career, the band has released ten studio albums, of which nine have gone platinum. In addition, the band has charted 19 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, four of which reached #1 (&quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; You Give Love a Bad Name" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/You+Give+Love+a+Bad+Name" class="bbcode_track">You Give Love a Bad Name</a>&quot;, &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; Prayer '94" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/Prayer+%2794" class="bbcode_track">Prayer '94</a>&quot;, &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; Bad Medicine" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/Bad+Medicine" class="bbcode_track">Bad Medicine</a>&quot;, and &quot;<a title="Bon Jovi &ndash; I'll Be There for You" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/_/I%27ll+Be+There+for+You" class="bbcode_track">I'll Be There for You</a>&quot;). The band also holds the record for the most weeks for a <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hard%20rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hard rock</a> album at #1 on the <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/billboard%20200" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">billboard 200</a> with <a title="Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/Slippery+When+Wet" class="bbcode_album">Slippery When Wet</a>, as well as the most Top 10 singles from a <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hard%20rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hard rock</a> album, with <a title="Bon Jovi - New Jersey" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Jovi/New+Jersey" class="bbcode_album">New Jersey</a>, which charted five such singles.
 
 Over the past 23 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, 34 million in the United States alone.]]></content>
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