Editing Slippery When Wet (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Slippery When Wet
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Bon Jovi]]
| cover        = Bon jovi slippery when wet.jpg
| alt          = The album title written in the water droplets on a black surface; above is the Bon Jovi logo in red.
| released     = {{start date|1986|8|18}}
| recorded     = 1986
| studio       = [[Little Mountain Sound Studios|Little Mountain]] (Vancouver, Canada)
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Glam metal]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA121|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-105-0|page=121}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Slaughter|first=Matthew|date=June 30, 2014|title=Album Review: Bon Jovi - New Jersey (deluxe edition)|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18304/reviews/4147943|access-date=June 29, 2021|website=[[Drowned in Sound]]|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125051830/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18304/reviews/4147943|url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[pop metal]]<ref name=AllmusicPopMetal>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205030622/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7728 |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |work=AllMusic |title=Pop Metal}}</ref>|[[pop rock]]<ref name="reesman">{{cite web |last1=Reesman |first1=Bryan |title=How Bon Jovi Changed the World With 'Slippery When Wet' |url=https://observer.com/2016/08/how-bon-jovi-changed-the-world-with-slippery-when-wet/ |website=[[The New York Observer|Observer]] |date=August 18, 2016 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="tdim">{{cite web |title=Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet |url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/classic-albums/bon-jovi-slippery-when-wet/ |website=This Day in Music |date=January 13, 2022 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>|[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBEZBL7Dr7YC&pg=PA48|title=Music of the 1980s|date=2011|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|isbn=978-0-313-36600-0|page=48}}</ref>}}
| length       = 43:49
| label        = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] (NA)|[[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] (WW)}}
| producer     = [[Bruce Fairbairn]]
| prev_title   = {{proper name|[[7800° Fahrenheit]]}}
| prev_year    = 1985
| next_title   = [[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]
| next_year    = 1988
| misc         = {{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = studio
 | cover   = SlipperyWhenWet.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Rejected wet T-shirt cover, used for the Japanese release
}}
  {{Singles
 | name        = Slippery When Wet
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[You Give Love a Bad Name]]
 | single1date = July 23, 1986
 | single2     = [[Livin' on a Prayer]]
 | single2date = October 31, 1986
 | single3     = [[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]
 | single3date = March 2, 1987
 | single4     = [[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]
 | single4date = June 15, 1987
}}
}}

'''''Slippery When Wet''''' is the third studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Bon Jovi]], released on August 18, 1986, by [[Mercury Records]] in North America and [[Vertigo Records]] internationally. It was produced by [[Bruce Fairbairn]], with recording sessions taking place between January and July 1986 at [[Little Mountain Sound Studios]] in [[Vancouver]]. The album features many of Bon Jovi's best-known songs, including "[[You Give Love a Bad Name]]", "[[Livin' on a Prayer]]", and "[[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]". Resulting in the first [[glam metal]] album to have 3 top 10 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. To promote the album, Bon Jovi embarked on the [[Slippery When Wet Tour]], which ran from July 1986 to October 1987.

''Slippery When Wet'' was an instant commercial success, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart and was named by ''Billboard'' as the top-selling album of 1987.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 Albums : Nov 24, 2016 - Billboard Chart Archive |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/the-billboard-200}}</ref> ''Slippery When Wet'' is Bon Jovi's best-selling album to date, with a [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) certification of [[RIAA certification|15× Platinum]], making it one of the [[List of best-selling albums in the United States|top 100 best-selling albums in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Albums |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-100-albums |access-date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]}}</ref> The album has been called the album that turned "[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] into a radio-friendly pop format",<ref>{{cite book|last=Bukszpan|first=Daniel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaDDsg0H35gC&pg=PT24|title=The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal|date=2003|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-7607-4218-1|page=25}}</ref> and is also commonly seen as "a breakthrough for hair metal".<ref name=allmusic/><ref>{{cite web|title=Pop-Metal Music Genre Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/pop-metal-ma0000002785|access-date=June 29, 2021|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>