Bon Jovi is an American hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. Over the past 25 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 120 million albums worldwide. Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), 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 25 years. After two moderately successful albums in 1984 and 1985, the band scored big with Slippery When Wet (1986) and New Jersey (1988), which sold a combined 19 million copies in the U.S. alone, charted eight Top Ten hits (including four number one hits), and launched the band into global super stardom. 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 Keep the Faith and has since created a string of platinum albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2006, the band won a Grammy for best Country Collaboration for "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland and also became the first rock band to reach #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with the same song. The band has also received multiple Grammy nominations for music from the albums Crush, Bounce, and Lost Highway. Throughout their career, the band has released ten studio albums, of which nine have gone platinum in US. In addition, the band has charted 19 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, five of which reached #1 - "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' on a Prayer", "Bad Medicine", "I'll Be There for You" and Jon Bon Jovi's solo hit "Blaze of Glory". The band also holds the record for the most weeks for a hard rock album at #1 on the Billboard 200 with Slippery When Wet, as well as the most Top 10 singles from a hard rock album, with New Jersey, which charted five such singles. With $252 million in ticket sales alone from the hugely successful Lost Highway Tour, the band is looking to move on from the Country Rock theme of Lost Highway. When asked by Billboard.com whether they will release another country album, Lead Guitarist, Richie Sambora said, "No, we have to change. We have to do something different. I don't know what that's going to be. As we get into the writing process and continue on, we'll see what that's going to look like. I think it comes to, stylistically, what songs you're writing. What kind of music is coming out of you, and what's the mood of those songs. You have to color those little drawings with the right production value and the right music.

Background information

Origin : Sayreville, New Jersey, United States
Genre(s) : Hard rock
Years active : 1983–present
Label(s) : Island, Mercury
Website : http://bonjovi.com

Band members

Current members
* Jon Bon Jovi - vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica (1983-present)
* Richie Sambora - guitar, backing vocals (1983-present)
* David Bryan - keyboards, backing vocals (1983-present)
* Tico Torres - drums, percussion (1983-present)

Additional musician
* Hugh McDonald - bass guitar, backing vocals (1995-present)

Former members
* Alec John Such - bass guitar, backing vocals (1983-1994)

Discography Studio albums
• Bon Jovi (1984)
• 7800° Fahrenheit (1985)
• Slippery When Wet (1986)
• New Jersey (1988)
• Keep the Faith (1992)
• These Days (1995)
• Crush (2000)
• Bounce (2002)
• Have a Nice Day (2005)
• Lost Highway (2007)

Compilation albums
• Cross Road: Greatest Hits (1994)
• This Left Feels Right (2003)

Live albums
• One Wild Night Live 1985-2001 (2001)

Box Sets
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong (2004)