The Eagles
The Eagles have sold more than 120 million albums worldwide, scored six No. 1 albums, been awarded six GRAMMY® Awards, including the 2008 Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "How Long" and the 1977 Record of the Year for “Hotel California,” and have topped the singles charts five times.
The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971 – 1975 album, with sales in excess of 29 million units, is the best-selling album of all time.
The Eagles are the only recording artists in musical history to have three albums that have each sold more than ten million units. Their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975 earned the first Platinum album award from the RIAA and is the best-selling album of all time. Hotel California and Greatest Hits 2 have sold more than 16 million and 11 million copies, respectively. All of the band’s albums have surpassed the one million mark. The Eagles’ album catalog consistently sells more than 1.5 million records annually.
In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility.
While the Eagles are credited with purveyors of the “Southern California Sound,” none of the band members hail from the Golden State. Glenn Frey is from Michigan, Don Henley from Texas, Timothy B. Schmit from Northern California, and Joe Walsh from Mars.
EAGLES GRAMMY® AWARDS
1975 Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo/Group/Chorus for “Lyin’ Eyes”
1977 Record of the Year for “Hotel California”
1977 Best Vocal Arrangement for “New Kid in Town”
1979 Best Rock Vocal Performance by Duo or Group for “Heartache Tonight”
2008 Best Country Song Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group for “How Long”
2009 Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “I Dreamed There Was No War”
As of 2009, the Eagles and its members have received 39 GRAMMY® nominations.
In 2010, the Eagles ranked seventh on Pollstar magazine’s Top North American Tours chart and ninth worldwide. The band performed twelve sold-out concerts down under at the end of the year. With five shows in Sydney, four in Melbourne, two in Brisbane and an outdoor stadium date in Perth, Australian Eagles fans turned out in force, with more than 150,000 tickets sold nationally.
The “Summer 2010 Tour” kicked off with the Eagles touring North America with the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban performing in stadiums in the U.S. and Canada, including New Meadowlands Stadium, Gillette Stadium, Solder Field, among others. This leg also included several Eagles’ solo concerts in arenas in the U.S. and then continued as the “Fall 2010 Tour” in October.
The Eagles’ Long Road Out of Eden World Tour kicked off its 2010 leg in April with three concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, marking the band’s debut performances at the legendary venue. Long Road Out of Eden World Tour is one of the top grossing tours of both 2008 and 2009.
Long Road Out of Eden, the Eagles’ double CD featuring the single, “How Long” and 19 other new songs, was released on October 30th 2007 and debuted at #1, selling 711,000 copies in its first week. The Eagles’ launched the “Long Road Out of Eden World Tour” in May 2008.
The Eagles make their first-ever televised awards show appearance on the 2007 Country Music Awards.
Eagles & Dixie Chicks are the debut performers of Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE for six sold-out concerts in October 2007.
In 2007, Eagle Don Henley was honored as the MusiCares “Person of the Year.” MusiCares provides essential support for people in the music industry in times of financial, medical and personal need.
In 2005, the Eagles had the 2nd-highest-grossing tour of the year, according to Billboard magazine.
The 2005 “California Tour,” comprised of 27 concerts solely in the Golden State, included a record-breaking 12 sold-out arena concerts in the Los Angeles area.
In June 2005, the band released their Eagles Farewell I Tour – Live From Melbourne DVD, which has been certified 16X Platinum.
The Eagles “Farewell I” TV special aired on NBC-TV on June 1, 2005, scoring NBC’s highest rating among the coveted 18-49 demographics and attracting the most viewers in the time period.
The 2005 Eagles “Farewell I” spring tour featured six sold-out shows in New York, and was recognized as the top-grossing tour of the concert season in July 2005.
The Eagles’ 2004 “Farewell I” world tour featured concerts in the U.S., Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and Australia, with five sold-out shows in Melbourne, Australia.
The band’s compilation CD Eagles – The Very Best Of was released in October 2003 and is certified Double-Platinum by December 2003.
The 2003 “Farewell I” United States tour featured performances in 48 U.S. cities, and was in the top three grossing tours of the year.
The Eagles 2003 release “Hole In The World,” on their ERC record imprint, received a Grammy nomination and became one of the best-selling singles of the year.
Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles, a compilation of Eagles songs performed by Nashville artists released in October 1993, has sold more than five million units and was awarded the Country Music Association’s 1994 Album of The Year. A portion of its royalties benefit the Walden Woods Project, founded by Eagle Don Henley in 1990 to help protect the woodland area surrounding Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond.
In the 18 months between December 1976 and June 1978, the Eagles sold more than 18 million copies of the Their Greatest Hits 1971 - 1975 and Hotel California albums.
One of These Nights started the band’s run of consecutive #1 albums, followed by 1976’s Hotel California and Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 and 1979’s The Long Run, which also reached the summit. 15 years later, the band would top the charts with their reunion album, 1994’s Hell Freezes Over (Geffen), and yet again with Long Road Out of Eden in 2007, their first studio album since 1979 and their first album released on their ERC II record imprint.
One of These Nights, the band’s fourth album, was their first album release to top the album charts, and featured the singles "Lyin' Eyes" and “One of These Nights,” which topped the singles charts. The Eagles’ 1974 On the Border album produced their first #1 single, “Best of My Love.”
Eagles I (1970-74)
Glenn Frey Don Henley Randy Meisner Bernie Leadon
Eagles II (1974-76)
Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Randy Meisner
Bernie Leadon
Don Felder
Eagles III (1976-78)
Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Randy Meisner
Joe Walsh
Don Felder
Eagles IV (1978-80, 94-99)
Glenn Frey Don Henley Don Felder
Eagles V (2001- )
Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Joe Walsh
Timothy B. Schmit
Joe Walsh
Timothy B. Schmit
DISCOGRAPHY
Eagles - 1972
Desperado - 1973
On The Border - 1974
One Of These Nights - 1975
Their Greatest Hits (1971 - 1975) - 1976
Hotel California - 1976
The Long Run - 1979
Eagles Live - 1980
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 - 1982
Hell Freezes Over - 1994
Selected Works - 2000
Eagles – The Very Best Of - 2003
Long Road Out of Eden - 2007
EAGLES SINGLES / YEAR / Top Chart Position
Take It Easy / 1972 / # 12
Witchy Woman / 1972 / # 9
Peaceful Easy Feeling / 1972 / # 22
Best Of My Love / 1974 / # 1
One Of These Nights / 1975 / # 1
Lyin’ Eyes / 1975 / # 2
Take It To The Limit / 1975 / # 4
New Kid In Town / 1976 / # 1
Hotel California / 1977 / # 1
Life In The Fast Lane / 1977 / # 11
Heartache Tonight / 1979 / # 1
The Long Run / 1979 / # 8
I Can’t Tell You Why / 1980 / # 8
Hole In The World / 2003 / # 3
How Long 2007