Additionally, “Sting In The Tail” (1991) and the single “Wind Of Change” (1991) were awarded platinum in Germany. Like in Switzerland and Canada as well, by the way. They deservedly received double platinum for it in 1991. In Germany, the Scorpions have sold more than one million copies of “Crazy World” alone – and with this, in the rock genre easily draw even with Nirvana (Nevermind), AC/DC (Back In Black) or Guns‘N Roses (Use Your Illusion I). Top Ten positions in the US Billboard 200:īillboard top hard rock albums (Top Ten only): Records sold worldwide: more than 100,000,000 unitsĬertified album sales in the four most important markets: 22 millionįirst album in the US Billboard 200: 1979 Lovedrive (#55) This makes the Scorpions the most successful rock band of Continental Europe by far.īelow, there is a small – far from complete – selection of further milestones from fifty years of Scorpions history: However, one number that should still be mentioned is more than 100 million records sold to date. “Rock You Like A Hurricane” on its own was covered over 150 times by different musicians.Įxpressing a career like the one of the Scorpions in mere numbers is almost impossible. Countless bands, including the Smashing Pumpkins as well as Green Day, Korn, System Of A Down or Queensryche have covered songs by the Scorpions throughout the years. In these 50 years, they have become Germany’s, or rather Continental Europe’s most successful rock band, the living proof that not only VW, Mercedes or BMW are able to compete internationally, but classic rock music made in Germany as well. 50 years have gone by since the days the juvenile Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs wandered the streets of Hannover, which was just awakening from post war paralysis, with a barrow carrying their instruments and amplifiers.

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