Slash discography
The solo discography of Slash (born Saul Hudson), an American-English hard rock guitarist, comprises five studio albums, three live albums, two extended play (EP), 10 singles, and two video album. Slash has also featured on 12 singles by other artists, released ten music videos, and made contributions to numerous other releases. After leaving the band Guns N' Roses in 1996 due to internal tensions with frontman Axl Rose, guitarist Slash experimented briefly with solo projects Slash's Blues Ball and Slash's Snakepit (the latter of which released two albums), before forming Velvet Revolver in 2002 with  former Guns N' Roses bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum. Along with frontman Scott Weiland and rhythm guitarist Dave Kushner, the supergroup released two successful albums, "Contraband" in 2004 and "Libertad" in 2007, before Weiland was fired in 2008 and the band went on indefinite hiatus. Recording for Slash's debut solo album began in September 2008 with different singers being enlisted for each song, including Ozzy Osbourne and The Black Eyed Peas vocalist Fergie. The resulting album, simply titled "Slash", was released in April 2010, and debuted at number three on the US "Billboard" 200 albums chart. Preceding the  release of the album, Slash had released the Japan-only single "Sahara", featuring Japanese vocalist Koshi Inaba. It charted at number four on the Oricon Singles Chart, as well number six on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and number four on the Top Singles Sales chart. It has been awarded Western "Single of the Year" award at the 24th Japan Gold Disc Award by RIAJ. The three international single releases from "Slash" were "By the Sword" featuring Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale, "Back from Cali" featuring Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy – both of which charted on the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock chart  – and the Fergie-featured "Beautiful Dangerous", which reached number 11 on the "Billboard" Top Heatseekers chart. Myles Kennedy was chosen to front Slash's solo band for the resulting promotional tour, and just a few months later "Live in Manchester", a live album documenting the group's performance at the Manchester Academy in July 2010, was released. The following year, "Made in Stoke 24/7/11" was released as a live album and video, which documented the band's performance at the Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, his childhood hometown, in July 2011. The release reached number eight on the "Billboard  Hard Rock Albums chart, and also charted in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In 2012, with Kennedy now a permanent part of his band, Slash released his second solo album Apocalyptic Love", which reached a peak position of number four on the "Billboard" 200. The lead single, "You're a Lie", topped the Mainstream Rock chart, while other album tracks "Standing in the Sun" and "Anastasia" later made it into the top ten of the chart as well. As of April 2014, Slash is recording his third solo album with Kennedy and their band The Conspirators (Todd Kerns and Brent Fitz