How successful was Born to Run on the Billboard album chart?

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Bruce Springsteen plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone on stage at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala. — Bruce Springsteen American rock musician Bruce Springsteen performs at the New York Film Festival Spotlight Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York City, 2025. The gala featured a screening of *Deliver Me from Nowhere* (2025), a biopic centering on the making of Springsteen's 1982 album *Nebraska*.

Although Born to Run (1975) was a cultural sensation that transformed Bruce Springsteen into a rock and roller icon, its commercial performance is often described with nuance. While some accounts note that it sold only middling well at the time of its release, the album ultimately achieved significant success on the Billboard 200 chart, where it climbed to the third spot. Over time, the album has sold more than six million copies and was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2003 for its cultural importance.12