Guns N' Roses discography

Lore & Background

Guns N' Roses self-released the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide in December 1986 before signing with Geffen Records. Their debut studio album Appetite for Destruction, released in July 1987, topped the US Billboard 200 and produced three top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including the number-one hit 'Sweet Child o' Mine'. The follow-up G N' R Lies (1988) peaked at number 2 in the US and was certified six times platinum. After adding keyboardist Dizzy Reed and replacing Adler with Matt Sorum, the band released Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II in September 1991, which occupied the top two positions on the US album chart. 'November Rain' was the most successful single from those albums domestically, reaching number 3 on the Hot 100. During the Use Your Illusion Tour, Stradlin was replaced by Gilby Clarke. In 1993, the band released 'The Spaghetti Incident?', an album of punk rock cover versions, which reached number 4 on the US album chart. The band changed drastically in the mid-1990s as Slash left in 1996, and Sorum and McKagan left in 1997. By 1997, only Rose, Reed, and Tobias remained from the previous lineup, with Rose the only member from the first album's release. The band's sixth studio album Chinese Democracy was released in November 2008 after 10 years in the making. Slash and McKagan rejoined in 2016, and the band released new singles 'Absurd' and 'Hard Skool' in 2021.

Reader's Guide

Guns N' Roses' discography comprises six studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, five EPs, 24 singles, ten video albums, and 27 music videos. Their debut album Appetite for Destruction is among the best-selling albums of all time, with 18 million copies sold in the US alone. The band's commercial peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s included multiple chart-topping albums and singles. The simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I and II, which occupied the top two positions on the US album chart, demonstrated their massive popularity. Despite lineup changes and a long hiatus between studio albums, the band's legacy is marked by enduring hits and continued relevance, as evidenced by the 2018 remastered box set of their debut album and the 2022 remastered box set of the Use Your Illusion albums. Their 2004 Greatest Hits compilation topped charts in several countries, including the UK, and sold 5 million copies in the US.

Did You Know?

• Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction has reported sales over 30 million units worldwide, with 18 million in the US.
• The band's Use Your Illusion I and II albums occupied the top two positions on the US Billboard Top 200 Album chart upon their release in 1991.
• Slash and McKagan rejoined Guns N' Roses in 2016, and their first recordings since rejoining were the singles 'Absurd' and 'Hard Skool' released in 2021.