

The album released three Top 10 singles, "One of These Nights", "Lyin' Eyes", and "Take It to the Limit". It was not until 1975's One of These Nights, though, that the Eagles became America's biggest band. The album released two Top 40 singles, "Already Gone" and their first chart topper, "Best of My Love". They released On the Border in 1974 and added guitarist Don Felder midway through the recording of the album. However, the album contained two of the band's most popular and beloved tracks, "Desperado" and "Tequila Sunrise". The album was less successful than the first, reaching only #41 on the charts and neither of its two singles reached the Top 40. They followed up the success of their debut album with Desperado in 1973. The Eagles released their self titled debut album in 1972 which spawned three Top 40 singles, "Take It Easy", "Witchy Woman", and "Peaceful Easy Feeling". No other American band sold more than the Eagles during the 1970s. history and the highest selling American band in U.S. They are the fifth highest selling music act in U.S. They have sold over 120 million albums worldwide and 100 million in the U.S. with Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), which sold approximately 42 million copies worldwide. They also have the best selling album in the U.S. Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the band was ranked #75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. according to the Recording Industry Association of America. At the end of the 20th century, two of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the U.S.

With five number one singles, six Grammys, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.
