Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.
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32 Facts About Bon Jovi
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In 1984 and 1985, Bon Jovi released their first two albums and their debut single "Runaway" managed to crack the Top 40.
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Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums, five compilations and three live albums.
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Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
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Jon Bon Jovi began performing music live in 1975, at the age of 13, playing piano and guitar with his first band, Raze.
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Still in his teens, Bon Jovi played in the band John Bongiovi and the Wild Ones at clubs such as the Fast Lane and opening for local acts.
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Bon Jovi spoke with DJ Chip Hobart and to the promotion director, John Lassman, who suggested Jon let WAPP include the song "Runaway" on the station's compilation album of local homegrown talent.
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In March 1983, Bon Jovi called David Bryan, who in turn called bassist Alec John Such and an experienced drummer named Tico Torres, both formerly of the band Phantom's Opera.
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Bon Jovi played on the album Lessons, originally intended for release in 1982 with the band Message for which Alec John Such was the bassist.
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Bon Jovi appeared on 26 records and had recently recorded with Franke and the Knockouts, a Jersey band with hit singles during the early 1980s.
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When Bon Jovi called his friend and said that he was putting together a band, and a record deal looked likely, Bryan followed Bon Jovi's lead and gave up his studies.
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Bon Jovi mounted another huge worldwide tour that continued throughout 1989 and 1990.
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Disillusioned with the music business and unhappy with the status quo, Jon Bon Jovi fired his management, business advisers, and agents in 1991.
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Bon Jovi embarked on an extensive international world tour for the album, visiting countries the band had never seen before and headlining stadiums in South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
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In October 1994, Bon Jovi released a greatest hits album titled Cross Road, with two new tracks: "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night".
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The first single from the album "Always" became Bon Jovi's highest selling single and stayed on top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 for six months.
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That year Bon Jovi won an award for Best Selling Rock Band at the World Music Awards.
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In June 1995, Bon Jovi sold out three-nights at London's historical Wembley Stadium.
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Bon Jovi visited 43 countries and performed 126 shows on These Days Tour.
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The members of Bon Jovi agreed to a self-imposed two-year sabbatical from the band.
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Bon Jovi reunited in 1999 to record the song "Real Life" for the movie EdTV.
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In November 2004, Bon Jovi was honored with the Award for Merit at the American Music Awards.
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The song reached top forty on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U S A duet version of "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with country singer Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland, peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Bon Jovi became the first rock band to have a number one single on Billboard's Country Chart.
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Bon Jovi kicked off the stadium leg of the Circle Tour by making history.
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Bon Jovi was ranked second on Forbes magazine's list of the world's highest paid musicians, earning an approximate $125 million income that year.
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Bon Jovi released a Greatest Hits with four new songs in October 2010.
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In October 2010, Bon Jovi released the concert film, "The Circle Tour Live From Jersey" in U S theaters.
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In January 2012, Jon Bon Jovi stated that they were working on a twelfth studio album, and in a live show in August 2012, Jon Bon Jovi played an acoustic version of a song that was announced to be on the upcoming album.
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On February 13, Bon Jovi launched Because We Can, a new world tour for 2013 in support of What About Now, and visited North America, Europe, Africa, the Far East, Australia and Latin America.
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Bon Jovi consultant confirmed that a new studio album was planned to be released in 2016 followed by a world tour.
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Jon Bon Jovi has invited Sambora and Such to appear with the band at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
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