Editing Bon Jovi (section)

===''Keep the Faith'', '' Cross Road'' and ''These Days'' (1992–1996)===
Disillusioned with the music business and unhappy with the status quo, Jon Bon Jovi fired his management, business advisers, and agents (including long-time manager Doc McGhee) in 1991.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Jon took on the management responsibilities himself by closing ranks and creating ''Bon Jovi Management''. In October 1991, the band went to a [[Caribbean island]] of [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]] to discuss plans for the future.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} They managed to resolve their differences by allowing each member to speak about his feelings without interruption from each other.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} Upon resolving their issues, they headed back into the Vancouver Little Mountain studios with [[Bob Rock]] to work on the band's fifth album in January 1992.

Bon Jovi's fifth studio album, ''[[Keep the Faith]]'', was released in November 1992, representing "the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Bon Jovi" and marking a change in the band's sound and image.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album turned away from heavy drums and wild guitar solos, but instead introduced a more mature sound of Bon Jovi and contained more serious lyrics. The media focused considerable attention on Jon Bon Jovi's hair. When Jon Bon Jovi cut his hair he made headlines on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/jon-bon-jovi-vol-45-no-18/|title=Jon Bon Jovi|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|date=May 6, 1996|access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> To promote ''Keep The Faith'' they returned to their roots playing a few dates at the small New Jersey clubs where they had started their career. The band appeared on ''[[MTV Unplugged]]'' but that was different from the other episodes of MTV Unplugged series. The performance captures Bon Jovi in an intimate, "in the round" experience, performing acoustic and electric renditions of classic hits (Bon Jovi and non-Bon Jovi tracks) and new material from ''Keep the Faith''. The concert was released commercially in 1993 as ''[[Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi]]''. The album managed to reach Double Platinum status by the RIAA<ref name=riaa>{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Bon%20Jovi&format=ALBUM&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=50|title=RIAA Gold & Platinum|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=October 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6956C8ll4?url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Bon%20Jovi&format=ALBUM&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=50|archive-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> and produced the Top 10 hit "[[Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi song)|Bed of Roses]]" while the [[Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi song)|title track]] hit number one on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]].<ref name=allmusicsingles/> Bon Jovi embarked on an extensive international world tour for the album, visiting countries the band had never seen before and headlining stadiums in South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. They visited 37 countries, performed 177 shows and seen them play to 2.5 million fans on the Keep the Faith Tour/[[I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Tour]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

In October 1994, Bon Jovi released a [[greatest hits]] album titled ''[[Cross Road (album)|Cross Road]]'', with two new tracks: "[[Always (Bon Jovi song)|Always]]" and "[[Someday I'll Be Saturday Night]]". The first single from the album, "Always", became Bon Jovi's highest selling single and stayed on top ten of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for six months.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} In the UK, ''Cross Road'' became the bestselling album of 1994. That year Bon Jovi won an award for ''Best Selling Rock Band'' at the [[World Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Cross+Road+-+The+Best+of |publisher = officialcharts.com |access-date = May 14, 2012 |title = Chart Archive – Bon Jovi – Cross Road – The Best of }}</ref>

That same year, bassist Alec John Such left the band, the first lineup change since Bon Jovi began.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} [[Hugh McDonald (American musician)|Hugh McDonald]] who was the bassist on "Runaway", unofficially replaced Such as bassist. Jon Bon Jovi said, regarding the departure of Such: "Of course it hurts. But I learned to accept and respect it. The fact that I'm a workaholic, studio in, studio out, stage on, stage off, want to be dealing with music day and night, doesn't mean everyone else has to adjust to that pace. Alec wanted to quit for a while now, so it didn't come as a complete surprise."<ref>{{cite web |title=Bon Jovi |url=https://en.slowradio.com/artists/bon-jovi |website=Slow Radio}}</ref>

Bon Jovi's sixth studio album, ''[[These Days (Bon Jovi album)|These Days]]'', was released in June 1995, during which time the band was on European tour.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The album also reached number one in Ireland, Germany, Australia, Japan and many other countries. The album's first single was the [[rhythm and blues]] influenced ballad "[[This Ain't a Love Song]]". With a video filmed in Thailand, "This Ain't a Love Song" reached top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the only significant U.S. hit from the album. However, the album produced four UK top ten hits ("This Aint A Love Song", "[[Something for the Pain]]", "[[Lie to Me (Bon Jovi song)|Lie to Me]]" and "[[These Days (Bon Jovi song)|These Days]]").{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} That year the band earned a [[BRIT Award]] for best international band and also won a [[MTV Europe Music Award]] for Best Rock. It was followed by These Days Tour. In June 1995, Bon Jovi sold out three-nights at London's historical ''[[Wembley Stadium]]''.  The concerts were documented for ''Bon Jovi: [[Live From London (Bon Jovi)|Live From London]]''. Bon Jovi visited 43 countries and performed 126 shows on ''[[These Days Tour]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Following the overwhelming success of the ''These Days Tour'', the members of Bon Jovi went their separate ways. But unlike the period following the New Jersey tour, tainted with uncertainty, this hiatus was a conscious group decision. The members of Bon Jovi agreed to a self-imposed two-year sabbatical from the band.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}