5 Facts About Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet

It spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album dominated the charts for nearly two months straight.

It achieved 12x Platinum certification. That means it sold over 12 million copies in the United States alone.

It is Bon Jovi’s best-selling studio album. No other album in their catalog has sold more.

It produced three top-10 singles. “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Livin’ on a Prayer,” and “Wanted Dead or Alive” all charted highly.

Its success cemented the band’s status as global rock stars. The album turned Bon Jovi into a household name in the late 1980s.