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Meat Loaf's debut album Bat out of Hell, which had been four years in the
making, sold over 34 million copies when it was released. The album almost became more
profitable than Michael Jackson's blockbuster album Thriller, which sold 104 million
copies. After almost 30 years after Bat out of Hell's release, it still sells an estimated
200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over 9 years. Each of the seven tracks on
the album eventually charted as a single hit.
Although he enjoyed success with Bat out of Hell and Bat out of Hell II: Back into
Hell, Meat Loaf experienced some initial difficulty establishing a steady career
within his native United States. Despite this, he has retained iconic status and popularity in
Europe, especially the UK, where he ranks 23rd for number of weeks overall spent on the charts,
and is one of only two artists with an album never to have left the music charts. In Germany,
Meat Loaf became notably popular following the release of Bat out of Hell II but
has enjoyed most of his success among pop/rock fans. He ranked 96th on VH1's '100 Greatest
Artists of Hard Rock'.
Meat Loaf has also appeared in over 50 movies or television shows sometimes
even as himself, or as characters resembling his onstage personality. Some of his memorable
roles include his cameo in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and his character Robert "Bob"
Paulson in 'Fight Club'. Meat Loaf appears as Jack Black's father in the 2006 Tenacious D
film 'Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny'.
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