1987

"1987" / "Whitesnake" is the seventh studio album by British rock band [a139982], released on 16 March 1987 by [l821] in the US, and by [l26126] in the UK on 30 March. It was co-written and recorded for over a year in what would be the first and final collaboration between vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes, as well as the final album to feature longtime bassist Neil Murray. The album, besides its commercial success, is remarkable for the band's change to a more modern glam metal look and sound, and the first recording to use the band's new logo which would characterise them in the future. The album was released worldwide with different titles, tracklists, and by different record labels. In North America, it was titled as [i]Whitesnake[/i]. In Europe and Australia, it was titled [i]1987[/i] and included two extra songs absent from the North American version, "Looking for Love" and "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again", while in Japan the album was released as Serpens Albus with the North American tracklist. The 20th and 30th-anniversary remastered reissues have a common tracklist, including the additional tracks. The album was a critical and commercial success around the world, eventually selling over 8 million copies in the US alone and thus going eight times Platinum by RIAA in February 1995. It peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200 for ten nonconsecutive weeks, barred from the top spot by three different albums, including Michael Jackson's "Bad", and was more weeks in the Top 5 than any other album in 1987. Whitesnake was the band's highest-charting album in the US and peaked at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. As of 2017, the album has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. Certifications: [b]RIAA[/b] (United States) - Gold: June 2, 1987 (500,000) - Platinum: July 1, 1987 (1 Million) - 2x Platinum: August 19, 1987 (2 Million) - 3x Platinum: September 15, 1987 (3 Million) - 4x Platinum: December 2, 1987 (4 Million) - 5x Platinum: January 7, 1988 (5 Million) - 6x Platinum: July 24, 1992 (6 Million) - 8x Platinum: Feburary 10, 1995 (8 Million) [b]Music Canada[/b] (Canada) - 5x Platinum: February 26, 1988 (500,000) [b]BPI[/b] (United Kingdom) - Silver: July 3, 1987 (60,000) - Gold: July 8, 1987 (100,000) - Platinum: January 13, 1988 (300,000)