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Article: BON JOVI'S HITS DRIVE NEW SUCCESS.(ARTS & ENTERTA)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 27, 2000
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Byline: KELLY-JANE COTTER Asbury Park (N.J.) Press
This is definitely Jon Bon Jovi's year.
For starters, he and his namesake band released ``Crush.'' If you haven't heard the first single, ``It's My Life,'' then you don't own a radio.
Maybe it's no big deal to have a played-to-death hit single in these days of instant fame. But Bon Jovi has had a knack for hit singles since 1986, when the band's breakthrough album, ``Slippery When Wet,'' was released. Despite the prominence of hip-hop, alt-rock and teen pop, Bon Jovi's arena-rock sensibility has served it well and Jon Bon Jovi, 38, remains a stylish frontman.
MTV Europe has taken ...