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BY THE NUMBERS: Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Appetite For Destruction’

Placeholder Shilloutte User Image Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter July 21st, 2020

Guns N’ Roses’ game-changing Appetite For Destruction turns 33 today (July 21), and 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

    Number 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

    Highest Billboard 200 Album Chart Position

  • 173

    Number of weeks on the Billboard 200 Album Chart

  • 3

    Number 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

    Ranking On 'Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s' list.

  • 62

    Ranking On 'Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list.

  • 18 million

    Number of copies of 'Appetite For Destruction' sold in the United States.

  • 30 million

    Number of copies of 'Appetite For Destruction' sold worldwide.

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