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During this hiatus, Jon also began a second career acting. He appeared in such movies as "Moonlight and Valentino," "The Leading Man," "Homegrown," "U-571," and "Pay It Forward." He also tried his hand at television work, with guest appearances on Sex and the City, the West Wing, and Las Vegas, as well as an extended gig on Ally McBeal, playing Ally's boyfriend.
In 1992, the band returned with the double platinum "Keep the Faith" and has since created a string of platinum albums throughout the 1990s and 2000s, also expanding their musical horizons, combining rock with such genres as pop, adult contemporary, and country. The band has also been credited with inspiring the MTV Unplugged series with their famous sit-down acoustic performance at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards.
In 2006, the band won a Grammy for best Country Collaboration for "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland and also became the first rock band to reach #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart with the same song. They have also been nominated twice for the smash hit "It's My Life" and two songs from the album "Bounce," "Misunderstood" and "Everyday."
Throughout their career, the band has released ten studio albums, of which nine have gone platinum. In addition, the band has charted 19 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, four of which reached #1 ("You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin' On A Prayer", "Bad Medicine", and "I'll Be There for You"). The band also holds the record for the most weeks for a hard rock album at #1 on the Billboard 200 with "Slippery When Wet", as well as the most Top 10 singles from a hard rock album, with "New Jersey", which charted five such singles.
Over the past 23 years, Bon Jovi has sold over 120 million albums worldwide, 34 million in the United States alone.