BY THE NUMBERS: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Appetite For Destruction’
Guns N’ Roses’ game-changing Appetite For Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. When you’re the best-selling debut album of all time, your stats tend to be pretty impressive. Top to bottom,…
Guns N' Roses' game-changing Appetite For Destruction was released on July 21, 1987. When you're the best-selling debut album of all time, your stats tend to be pretty impressive.
Top to bottom, there's not a filler track in the bunch. Even three decades on, it sounds as vicious as ever. Here's Appetite "By The Numbers."
12
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesNumber of tracks on 'Appetite For Destruction.' 1. “Welcome to the Jungle” 2. “It’s So Easy” 3. “Nightrain” 4. “Out ta Get Me” 5. “Mr. Brownstone” 6. “Paradise City” 7. “My Michelle” 8. “Think About You” 9. “Sweet Child o’ Mine” 10. “You’re Crazy” 11. “Anything Goes” 12. “Rocket Queen”
1
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesHighest Billboard 200 Album Chart Position
173
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesNumber of weeks on the Billboard 200 Album Chart
3
A.PAES/ShutterstockNumber of singles that made the Billboard Hot 100: “Welcome to the Jungle” (Number 7), “Sweet Child o’ Mine” (Number 1) and “Paradise City” (Number 5.)
27
Antonio Scorza/ShutterstockRanking On 'Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s' list.
62
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesRanking On 'Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.
18 million
A.PAES/ShutterstockNumber of copies of 'Appetite For Destruction' sold in the United States.
30 million
UMGNumber of copies of 'Appetite For Destruction' sold worldwide.
