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Happy 63rd Birthday to the very handsome and massively talented chart-topping, history-making legendary Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Actor & Global Icon, the One & Only Jon Bon Jovi! ππππππβ€οΈ
#JonBonjovi is the founder & frontman of #BONJOVI, one of the best-selling Rock Bands of All Time, with over 130M records sold worldwide! As of 2019, Jon Bon Jovi has released 16 studio albums with his Band and 2 solo albums! Bon Jovi has performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans! Bon Jovi was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and into the U.S. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018!
Jon Bon Jovi became world famous in 1986 with the group's 3rd album, 'Slippery When Wet', which sold 28 million copies worldwide and spawned 2 No. 1 Singles, including "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Livin' on a Prayer"! In 1990, Jon Bon Jovi recorded the hugely successful soundtrack "Blaze of Glory" from the movie 'Young Guns II', which became the title track to his 1st solo album, 'The album' which featured Elton John, Little Richard and Jeff Beck. "Blaze of Glory" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in 1991, won an award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single at the American Music Awards, and also received a Golden Globe and an Academy and Grammy Award nomination. In 1991, Jon Bon Jovi launched his own label, Jambco Records, and produced Aldo Nova's album 'Blood on the Bricks' and Billy Falcon's album 'Pretty Blue World'. In 1997, Jon Bon Jovi released his 2nd solo album, 'Destination Anywhere'. A short movie of the same name was based entirely on the songs from the record, starring Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Whoopi Goldberg. The film debuted in 1997 on MTV and VH1. In 2012, Jon Bon Jovi recorded a soundtrack to the movie 'Stand Up Guys' titled "Not Running Anymore". In 2020, Jon Bon Jovi released a Christmas single called "A Jon Bon Jovi Christmas", with three new holiday songs.
On June 7, Bon Jovi released its 16th studio album 'Forever' via Island Records, in conjunction with the band's 40th anniversary! It was preceded by the singles "Legendary" and "Living Proof". The Album reached #1 in Switzerland, #2 in Austria & Germany, #3 in Scotland, Spain, Sweden & the UK, #4 in Australia & Belgium, 5 on the Billboard 200 and #7 in Japan & the Netherlands!
In the 1990s, Jon Bon Jovi began a very successful acting career, starring in the films 'Moonlight' and 'Valentino', 'The Leading Man', 'Little City', 'Homegrown', 'Pay It Forward', 'U-571' and 'Cry Wolf'! He has appeared on various television in shows including 'Sex and the City', '30 Rock', 'Ally McBeal' and 'The West Wing'.
Jon Bon Jovi has received several accolades including
a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
for "Blaze Of Glory" in 1991, and an American Music Award that same year for Favourite Pop/Rock Single, an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Male Artist in 1997, a BRIT Award for International Male Solo Artist in 1998 and an Echo Award for Best International Pop/Rock Artist that same year. In 2018 he was honoured with an iHeartRadio Music Icon Award and in 2024 he received a Musicares Person of the year award! Jon Bon Jovi was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and in 2012, he was ranked number 50 on the list of Billboard magazine's "Power 100", a ranking of "The Most Powerful and Influential People in the Music Business".
Bon Jovi is also the founder and former majority owner of an Arena Football League team, the Philadelphia Soul.
Jon Bon Jovi is also a philanthropist. In 2005, Bon Jovi donated $1 million to the Angel Network foundation. In 2006, he founded The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation which supports community efforts to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness. In July 2007, Jon Bon Jovi launched a project that would rehabilitate a block of 15 homes in North Philadelphia. On October 19, 2011, it opened the JBJ Soul Kitchen, a community restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey, where patrons pay what they can afford for their meals, either with money or by volunteering work. As of 2023, three additional locations have been opened! On June 24, 2009, Bon Jovi, Sambora and Andy Madadian recorded a musical message of worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran. The handwritten Persian sign in the video translates to "we are one". On December 15, 2010, Jon Bon Jovi was appointed by President Barack Obama to the White House Council for Community Solutions. Jon Bon Jovi is one of 21 artists singing on "Everybody Hurts", a charity single organized by Simon Cowell aiding victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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