BY THE NUMBERS: RHCP’s ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’
Red Hot Chili Peppers scored a major breakthrough and made quite the statement with their fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which came out 29 years ago today (September…
Red Hot Chili Peppers scored a major breakthrough and made quite the statement with their fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which came out 29 years ago today (September 24.)
Here are the numbers to back it up.
Age/Date Released: 28
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' was released on September 24, 1991.
Number of Producers: 1
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesRick Rubin would produce every single RHCP album thereafter until 2016’s ’The Getaway.’
Number of Tracks: 17
Christopher Polk/Getty Images“The Power Of Equality,” “If You Have To Ask,” “Breaking The Girl,” “Funky Monks,” “Suck My Kiss,” “I Could Have Lied,” “Mellowship Slinky In B Major,” “The Righteous & The Wicked,” “Give It Away,” “Blood Sugar Sex Magik,” “Under The Bridge,” “Naked In The Rain,” “Apache Rose Peacock,” “The Greeting Song,” “My Lovely Man,” “Sir Psycho Sexy” and “They’re Red Hot”
Number Of Singles: 5
Scott Gries/Getty Images“Give It Away,” “Under The Bridge,” “Suck My Kiss,” “Breaking The Girl” and “If You Have To Ask.”
Highest Billboard 200 Album Chart Position: 3
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Weeks On The Billboard 200 Album Chart: 97
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Ranking On Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 90s: 19
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Ranking On Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 310
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Copies Sold: 13 million worldwide
Gustavo Caballero/Getty ImagesOf those copies, 7 million were sold in the U.S.
