Guns n 'Roses / discography

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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American rock - band Guns n 'Roses . According to the sources, they have sold more than 100 million records in their careers, making them one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The most successful release of Guns n 'Roses is the album Appetite for Destruction with around 30.8 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 Appetite for Destruction DE2
platinum
platinum

(73 weeks)DE
AT3
platinum
platinum

(55 weeks)AT
CH5
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)CH
UK5
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(284 weeks)UK
US1
Diamond + eight-fold platinum
Diamond + eight-fold platinum
× 8
Diamond + eight-fold platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUS
First published: July 21, 1987
Sales: 30,800,000
1988 G N 'R Read DE37
gold
gold

(14 weeks)DE
AT10
gold
gold

(13 weeks)AT
CH15 (10 weeks)
CH
UK22nd
gold
gold

(41 weeks)UK
US2
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(53 weeks)US
First published: Nov 28, 1988
Sales: 10,000,000
1991 Use Your Illusion I. DE4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(100 weeks)DE
AT2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(39 weeks)AT
CH3
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(34 weeks)CH
UK2
platinum
platinum

(85 weeks)UK
US2
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(108 weeks)US
First published: September 17, 1991
Sales: 17,000,000
Use Your Illusion II DE2
Quintuple gold
× 5
Quintuple gold

(101 weeks)DE
AT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(72 weeks)AT
CH2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(60 weeks)CH
UK1
platinum
platinum

(86 weeks)UK
US1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(106 weeks)US
First published
: Sep 17, 1991 Sales: 18,000,000
1993 " The Spaghetti Incident? " DE5
gold
gold

(23 weeks)DE
AT4th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)AT
CH3
gold
gold

(19 weeks)CH
UK2
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK
US4th
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)US
First published: November 23, 1993
Sales: 5,500,000
2008 Chinese Democracy DE2
gold
gold

(14 weeks)DE
AT3 (14 weeks)
AT
CH1 (13 weeks)
CH
UK2
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)UK
US3
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)US
First published: November 23, 2008
Sales: 2,600,000

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1999 Live Era: '87 -'93 DE53 (9 weeks)
DE
AT29 (10 weeks)
AT
CH31 (10 weeks)
CH
UK45
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK
US45
gold
gold

(13 weeks)US
First published: November 23, 1999
Sales: 2,500,000
2014 Appetite for Democracy: Live at the
Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas
DE57 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: October 31, 2014

More live albums

  • 2017: Live In Tokyo 2017 Not In This Lifetime World Tour

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Greatest hits DE4th
platinum
platinum

(28 weeks)DE
AT1
gold
gold

(152 weeks)AT
CH2
platinum
platinum

(71 weeks)CH
UK1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUK
US3
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUS
First published: March 23, 2004
Sales: 10,361,000
2018 Appetite for Destruction (Super Deluxe) DE*DE - - - -
First published: June 29, 2018
* see Appetite for Destruction

More compilations

  • 1993: Electric & Acoustic
  • 1998: Use Your Illusion

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1993 The Civil War - - - UK11 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: May 3, 1993

More EPs

  • 1986: Live?! * @ Like a Suicide (release: only in the USA; limited to 10,000)
  • 1987: Live from the Jungle (release: only in Japan)

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1987 It's So Easy
Appetite for Destruction
- - - UK84 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: June 15, 1987
Welcome to the Jungle
Appetite for Destruction
- - - UK24
platinum
platinum

(9 weeks)UK
US7th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)US
First published: October 3, 1987
Sales: + 1,195,000
1988 Sweet Child o 'Mine
Appetite for Destruction
- - CH15 (6 weeks)
CH
UK6th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(40 weeks)UK
US1
Double gold + platinum (mastertone)
× 2
Double gold + platinum (mastertone)
Double gold + platinum (mastertone)

(22 weeks)US
First published: August 17, 1988
Sales: + 4,566,000
Paradise City
Appetite for Destruction
- - CH7 (14 weeks)
CH
UK6th
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)UK
US5 (17 weeks)
US
First published: November 30, 1988
1989 Patience
G N 'R Read
DE38 (13 weeks)
DE
- CH16 (9 weeks)
CH
UK10 (8 weeks)
UK
US4th
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US
First published: March 19, 1989
Sales: + 500,000
Nightrain
Appetite for Destruction
- - - UK17 (5 weeks)
UK
US93 (5 weeks)
US
First published: July 29, 1989
1991 You Could Be Mine
Use Your Illusion II
DE5 (28 weeks)
DE
AT8 (11 weeks)
AT
CH2 (20 weeks)
CH
UK3 (10 weeks)
UK
US29
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: July 27, 1991
Sales: + 500,000
Don't Cry
Use Your Illusion I.
DE22 (22 weeks)
DE
- CH3 (21 weeks)
CH
UK8 (4 weeks)
UK
US10
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: November 2, 1991
Sales: + 592,500
1992 Live and Let Die
Use Your Illusion I
DE33 (12 weeks)
DE
AT27 (1 week)
AT
CH19 (9 weeks)
CH
UK5 (7 weeks)
UK
US33 (16 weeks)
US
First published: January 25, 1992
November Rain
Use Your Illusion I
DE9
gold
gold

(51 weeks)DE
AT27 (2 weeks)
AT
CH8 (20 weeks)
CH
UK4th
gold
gold

(7 weeks)UK
US3
gold
gold

(22 weeks)US
First published: February 1992
Sales: + 750,000
Knockin 'on Heaven's Door
Use Your Illusion II
DE5
gold
gold

(34 weeks)DE
AT3 (25 weeks)
AT
CH5 (30 weeks)
CH
UK2
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK
-
First published: 1992
Sales: + 495,000
Yesterdays
Use Your Illusion II
DE23 (14 weeks)
DE
AT18 (6 weeks)
AT
CH19 (9 weeks)
CH
UK8 (9 weeks)
UK
US72 (10 weeks)
US
First published: November 14, 1992
1993 Ain't It Fun
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
DE34 (6 weeks)
DE
- CH15 (9 weeks)
CH
UK9 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: November 20, 1993
1994 Estranged
Use Your Illusion II
- - CH41 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: January 17, 1994
Since I Don't Have You
"The Spaghetti Incident?"
- - - UK10 (7 weeks)
UK
US69 (9 weeks)
US
First published: March 5, 1994
Sympathy for the Devil
Interview with a Vampire OST
DE20 (10 weeks)
DE
AT17 (7 weeks)
AT
CH15 (6 weeks)
CH
UK9 (6 weeks)
UK
US55 (8 weeks)
US
First published: December 13, 1994
2008 Chinese Democracy
Chinese Democracy
DE38 (5 weeks)
DE
AT26 (5 weeks)
AT
CH11 (6 weeks)
CH
UK27 (4 weeks)
UK
US34 (3 weeks)
US
First published: October 22, 2008

More singles

Video albums and music videos

Video albums

  • 1992: Use Your Illusion World Tour - 1992 In Tokyo I (DVD: 2003), (DE, US:goldgold, UK: platinumplatinum)
  • 1992: Use Your Illusion World Tour - 1992 In Tokyo II (DVD: 2003), (DE, US:goldgold, UK: platinumplatinum)
  • 1993: Don't Cry Making F *** ing Videos - Part I.
  • 1993: November Rain Making F *** ing Videos - Part II
  • 1993: Garden of Eden
  • 1994: The Making of Estranged - Part IV of the Trilogy !!!
  • 1998: Welcome to the Videos (DVD: 2003), (UK:Triple platinum× 3Triple platinum , US: Double platinum× 2Double platinum )

Music videos

year title Director (s)
1987 It's So Easy (unreleased) Nigel Dick
Welcome to the jungle Nigel Dick
Sweet Child o 'Mine (2 versions) Nigel Dick
1988 Paradise City Nigel Dick
1989 patience Nigel Dick
1991 Mr. Brownstone (unpublished) Jeffrey Abelson, Andy Morahan , Stan Winston
You Could Be Mine (2 Versions) Jeffrey Abelson, Andy Morahan, Stan Winston
Don't Cry (2 versions) Andy Morahan
Live and Let Die Josh Richman
1992 November Rain Andy Morahan
Knockin 'on Heaven's Door (live) Andy Morahan
Yesterdays Andy Morahan
Garden of Eden Andy Morahan
1993 The Garden Del James
Dead Horse
The Civil War (live)
1994 Estranged Andy Morahan
Since I Don't Have You Sante D'Orazio
2010 Better Dale Resteghini
It's so easy Youtube VEVO

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of the chart successes of Guns n 'Roses in the album and single charts.

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one albums DE-DE AT2AT CH1CH UK2UK US2US
Top 10 albums DE6thDE AT7thAT CH6thCH UK6thUK US7thUS
Albums in the charts DE9DE AT8thAT CH8thCH UK9UK US8thUS
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US
Top 10 singles DE3DE AT2AT CH5CH UK12UK US6thUS
Singles in the charts DE10DE AT7thAT CH13CH UK16UK US13US

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Diamond record icon.svg diamond Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF) Argentina (CAPIF) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 43 × platinum43 0! D.- 1,252,000 capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 39 × platinum39 0! D.- 1,975,000 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 0! D.- 145,000 ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB) Brazil (PMB) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 1,350,000 pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 390,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 4,100,000 musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- (5,000,000) ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI) Finland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 267,560 ifpi.fi
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 1,200,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI) Greece (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 0! D.- 13,000 ifpi.gr ( Memento from April 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 105,000 irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg 13 × platinum13 0! D.- 640,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 0! D.- 1,750,000 riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 17 × platinum17th Diamond record icon.svg 2 × diamond2 3,420,000 musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON) Mexico (AMPROFON) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 0! D.- 760,000 amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 18 × platinum18th 0! D.- 277,500 nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 730,000 nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 250,000 ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 0! D.- 315,000 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 80,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP) Portugal (AFP) Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 6,000 Individual evidence
Russia (NFPF) Russia (NFPF) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 0! D.- 10,000 2m-online.ru ( Memento from February 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 455,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 0! D.- 365,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 0! D.- 450,000 promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ) Hungary (MAHASZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 0! D.- 13,000 slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 10 × gold10 Platinum record icon.svg 37 × platinum37 Diamond record icon.svg diamond1 50,587,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 23 × platinum23 0! D.- 7,750,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 73 × gold73 Platinum record icon.svg 271 × platinum271 Diamond record icon.svg 3 × diamond3

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  2. a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
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  4. Jonathan Cohen: The Billboard Q&A: Axl Rose. In: Billboard. June 2, 2009, accessed April 4, 2016 .
  5. Guns N'Roses music video sources . Retrieved January 1, 2011.