Editing Crush (Bon Jovi album) (section)

==Release and reception==
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''Crush'' debuted at number 9 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3734/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title = Allmusic (Bon Jovi charts & awards) Billboard albums}}</ref> on the issue dated July 1, 2000, with 115,000 copies sold in contrast to their last set, ''[[These Days (Bon Jovi album)|These Days]]'' (1995), which debuted with 73,000 units, it stayed at number nine for a week before dropping to number 29 and spent 51 weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mayfield|first=Geoff|date=July 1, 2000|title=Between The Bullets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=112|issue=27|page=80|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2000-07-08|title=Top 200 Albums|date=July 8, 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="BB200"/>  It was certified two times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], denoting shipments of two millions in the US.<ref name="RIAA"/>  As of March 2009 the album has sold 2,071,000 copies in the United States according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="SoundScan">{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/ask-billboard/269106/ask-billboard-basia-bon-jovi-and-the-boss|title=Ask Billboard: Basia, Bon Jovi and The Boss|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=March 27, 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref> ''Crush'' debuted at No. 1 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] on June 10, 2000, and became the band's fifth consecutive UK No. 1 album, it stayed at the top of the chart for a week before dropping to number four, it remained on the chart for thirty nine weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/31649/bon-jovi/|title=Bon Jovi {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> It was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] on September 1, 2000, for shipments of 300,000 units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1582-2213-2|title=British album certifications – Bon Jovi – Crush|date=September 1, 2000|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=October 22, 2017}}</ref> The album also topped the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart for seven weeks, spent fifteen weeks in the Top 10, and received double platinum certification by the [[IFPI]] Europe.<ref name="Eurochart">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/951192/bon-jovi-bows-at-no-1-on-euro-chart|title=Bon Jovi Bows At No. 1 On Euro Chart|first=Paul|last=Sexton|quote=The veteran American rock act missed out on the European crown with its last studio release "The Circle," which debuted and peaked at No. 2 exactly a year ago. That interrupted a perfect run including 2007's "Lost Highway," which spent four weeks at No. 1, "Have A Nice Day," (two weeks in 2005), "Bounce" (one week in 2002) and "Crush," on top for no fewer than seven weeks in 2000.|date=November 11, 2010|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> The album was No. 6 on the 2000 Europe Year-End albums chart and No. 7 on the 2000 worldwide year end albums chart. The first single also featuring a music video, "It's My Life" was the No. 3 best-selling single worldwide in 2000 and topped the European singles chart for 4 weeks. "[[Say It Isn't So (Bon Jovi song)|Say It Isn't So]]" and "[[Thank You for Loving Me]]" were also released as singles for the album featuring music videos.

''Crush'' was mostly well received by critics. It was the first Bon Jovi album ever to be nominated for a [[Grammy]]. In a review for AllMusic, Steve Huey expressed the opinion that ''Crush'' was a "solidly crafted mainstream rock record that's much better than most might expect."<ref name="allmusic review">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r485988|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ''Magazine'' gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and described "It's My Life" as "a [[Britney Spears|Britney]] track shot through the heart with [[Richie Sambora]]'s voice-box guitar."<ref name="rolling stone review">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/crush-20040707|title=Crush|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 6, 2000|access-date=June 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827032450/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bonjovi/albums/album/233981/review/5943522/crush|archive-date=August 27, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave it a B and said that "if the Jersey rockers haven't matured much, it hardly matters. ''Crush'' — for all its sappy ballads and suburban pop fairy tales — is classic Bon Jovi. And that's not an oxymoron."<ref name="entertainment weekly review">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276458,00.html|title=Crush Review|last=Morgan|first=Laura|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 16, 2000|access-date=June 26, 2012|archive-date=April 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427165556/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276458,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>