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Their album ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]'' went five-times Platinum a year after its release.<ref>{{cite web |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards |url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=van+halen#search_section |publisher=RIAA |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Its lead single, "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]", became the band's first and only #1 [[popular music|pop]] hit and brought them a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yuddy.com/articles/Music/van-halen.html |title=Van Halen Bio |publisher= | website= Yuddy.com |access-date=August 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828201619/http://www.yuddy.com/articles/music/van-halen.html |archive-date=August 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
The band won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocals for the album ''[[For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-26/entertainment/-ca-2742_1_vocal2742-performancestory.html |title=34th Annual Grammy Award Winners |date= February 26, 1992 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In 2019, the band ranked 20th on the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] list of best-selling artists, with 56&nbsp;million album sales in the US<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |title=Gold & Platinum|publisher=RIAA}}</ref><ref name="VanHalenband">{{cite web |url=http://www.statisticbrain.com/van-halen-band-career-statistics/ |title=Van Halen band career statistics |date= November 8, 2010 |access-date= September 20, 2013 |archive-date= December 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224154304/http://www.statisticbrain.com/van-halen-band-career-statistics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and more than 100 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6465504/van-halen-first-live-album-david-lee-roth|title=Van Halen to Release First Concert Album With David Lee Roth |magazine=Billboard |date=February 7, 2015|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2012-04-05/music/van-halen-at-bankatlantic-center-april-10/full/|title=Van Halen at BankAtlantic Center April 10|work=[[Miami New Times]]|first=Victor|last=Gonzales|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=January 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113154728/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2012-04-05/music/van-halen-at-bankatlantic-center-april-10/full/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, Van Halen charted 13 number-one hits in the history of ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] chart; meanwhile, [[VH1]] ranked the band seventh on a list of the top 100 hard rock artists of all time,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm|title=Rock the Net-VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists|access-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> and, in 2007, Van Halen was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="2007rockhall">{{cite web|url= https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/van-halen|title=Van Halen |publisher=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | website = rockhall.com}}</ref> Individually, Van Halen received acclaim for his guitar work in the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prospect.org/article/rise-and-stall-van-halen |title=The Rise and Stall of Van Halen |first=Matthew |last=Duss |date= September 7, 2007 |work=The American Prospect}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/van-halen-feel-the-burn-63440/ |title=Van Halen Feel the Burn |first=Steve |last=Pond |date=July 14, 1988| magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
 
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