Billboard.com’s Bon Jovi vs. Bruce Springsteen

Thanks to a question that was asked over at Gary Trust’s Ask Billboard column over at Billboard.com, we now have a definitive answer as to who wins the legendary New Jersey grudge match between Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen. Here’s the link to the original article:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask-bb/ask-billboard-basia-bon-jovi-and-the-boss-1003956403.story

Gary didn’t setup a baby pool filled with KY-Jelly in his basement in order for them to gauge the true winner, but he did some research and pulled the record sales of each artist. I’ve reprinted parts of the article with the results:

Listed is the top five selling albums by each artist, including Jon Bon
Jovi’s solo works and Springsteen’s releases with the E Street Band, dating to
the inception of Nielsen SoundScan data in 1991.


Bon Jovi/Jon Bon Jovi:

“Cross Road” (1994), 4,709,000
“Slippery When Wet” (1986), 3,106,000
“Crush” (2000), 2,071,000
“Keep the Faith” (1992), 1,591,000
“Have a Nice Day” (2005), 1,552,000

Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band:

“Greatest Hits” (1995), 4,092,000
“The Rising” (2002), 2,163,000
“Born in the U.S.A.” (1984), 1,463,000
“Human Touch” (1992), 1,168,000
“Magic” (2007), 1,054,000

Combining sales of each act’s albums, the winner is…Bruce
Springsteen. It’s an astonishingly close race, however. In the Nielsen SoundScan
era, Springsteen totals 19,968,000 million in album sales, just ahead of Bon
Jovi’s 19,922,000.Springsteen pulled into the lead with his latest album,
“Working on a Dream.” The set has sold 484,000 copies since its January
release.

Jabberwocky with the Letter “J”

I “jacked” this post activity from the highly entertaining Samurai Frog at Electronic Cerebrectomy. To each subject on the list I had to supply an answer that begins with the first letter of my first name. It felt sort of like being on Family Feud except only getting to use answers that have the same first letter. This seems pretty simple but there were a few that stumped me. Give it a shot, it was fun! It’s probably more challenging if you give yourself a time limit. Oh, here’s the catch: No repeats aloud! Jackyl could’ve have killed two birds with one stone: an animal and a rock group! But NO repeats!

1. What is your name: Jay
2. A four letter word: Joke
3. A boy’s name: Jack 
4. A girl’s name: Julie
5. An occupation: Janitor (Carl from The Breakfast Club is my favorite janitor of all time)
6. A color: Jade (not many colors start with J)
7. Something you wear: Jacket
8. A food: Jelly
9. Something found in the bathroom: Jacuzzi
10. A place: Japan
11. A reason for being late: Jitters
12. Something you shout: Jackass
13. A movie title: Jason Goes to Hell
14. Something you drink: Juice
15. A musical group: Jackyl
16. An animal: Jackrabbit
17. A street name: John F. Kennedy Blvd.
18. A type of car: Jaguar
19. A song title: Jam On It
20. A verb: Jump