Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 album catapulted him to national fame when he graced the covers of Time and Newsweek simultaneously in October 1975—the only musician ever to achieve that. The album has sold over 6 million copies in the U.S. alone and revitalized rock storytelling with its cinematic narratives of escape and longing. This feat outpaced #7 Tapestry in media frenzy and short-term cultural saturation, as no other album that year commanded such dual-magazine coverage or redefined rock mythology so vividly.