Red Hot Chili Peppers are a California-based rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. Even though they have experienced numerous line-up changes and personal problems, the band has successfully created a sound that combines elements of funk, punk, rap, pop rock, psychedelic rock, and heavy metal.

Since 1984, they have sold approximately 60 million copies of their records to date.

They also hold the records for most #1 modern rock hits with 9, and most weeks spent atop that chart, with 72.