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FEMUSINDO.com - Van Halen is an American hard rock band named after two brothers who are members, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and drummer Alex Van Halen.
From 1974 to 1985, Van Halen consisted of Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex Van Halen on drums, David Lee Roth on lead vocals, and Michael Anthony on bass guitar.
After its release in 1978, the band's self-titled debut album reached No. 19 on the Billboard 200 and sold over 10 million copies in the United States, achieving Diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
In 1982, the band released four more albums: Van Halen II (1979), Women and Children First (1980), Fair Warning (1981), and Diver Down (1982), all of which have been certified multi-platinum.
Most Successful Rock Artists
In the early 1980s, Van Halen became one of the most commercially successful rock acts. The album 1984, released the same year, was a commercial success.
The album sold 10 million copies in the US and spawned four successful singles. Its lead single, "Jump", was the band's only number one single on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1985, Roth left the band to pursue a solo career and was replaced by former Montrose lead singer Sammy Hagar.
With Hagar, the group released four multi-platinum number-one albums in the US over an 11-year run: 5150 in 1986, OU812 in 1988, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge in 1991, and Balance in 1995.
The group also released a double-platinum live album, Live: Right Here, Right Now, in 1993. Hagar left the band in 1996 shortly before releasing the band's first greatest hits collection, Best Of – Volume I.
Personnel Changes
Former Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone replaced Hagar and recorded the commercially unsuccessful Van Halen III with the band in 1998, before splitting in 1999.
Van Halen then went on hiatus until reuniting with Hagar in 2003 for a world tour in 2004 and a two-disc greatest hits collection, The Best of Both Worlds.
Hagar again left Van Halen in 2005. Roth returned in 2006, but Anthony was replaced on bass guitar by Eddie's son, Wolfgang Van Halen.
In 2012, the band released their final studio album, A Different Kind of Truth, which was a critical and commercial success.
It was also Van Halen's first album with Roth in 28 years and the only one to feature Wolfgang.
Eddie was diagnosed with cancer in 2001, and died of the disease on October 6, 2020. A month after his father's death, Wolfgang confirmed that Van Halen had disbanded.
RIAA Best-Selling Artists
As of March 2019, Van Halen is ranked 20th on the RIAA's list of best-selling artists in the United States.
The band has sold 56 million albums in the US and over 80 million worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music groups of all time.
As of 2007, Van Halen is one of only five rock bands with two studio albums selling more than 10 million copies in the United States and is the American band with the most multi-platinum albums.
In addition, Van Halen has topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart 13 times. VH1 ranked the band seventh on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
On August 13, 2007, Van Halen announced a reunion with singer David Lee Roth for a North American tour in September.
Michael Anthony was replaced by Eddie Van Halen's son, Wolfgang. Meanwhile, Anthony himself joined former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar in a band called Chickenfoot.(*)
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