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25 Years Ago Hysteria Album Hits Number 1 In USA

Tuesday, 23rd July 2013





Hysteria 1988.

Def Leppard's classic Hysteria album reached number one on the US Billboard Top 200 chart 25 years ago on this day in 1988.

The band's fourth studio album was released on 3rd August 1987 and took 49 weeks to reach the top spot.

It replaced Van Halen's 'OU812' at the top of the US charts. It would go on to spend 6 weeks at number one (including a 3 week stint in September) and 133 weeks in total on the chart.

On 16th March 1999 the band received a Diamond Award for over 10 million sales of the album in the USA alone.

Hysteria Album - Weeks At Number One in USA

  • 23rd July 1988 - 1 - (Number One after 49 weeks on chart)
  • 30th July 1988 - 1
  • 6th August 1988 - 2
  • 13th August 1988 - 1
  • 20th August 1988 - 2
  • 27th August 1988 - 2
  • 3rd September 1988 - 1
  • 10th September 1988 - 1
  • 17th September 1988 - 1

The album had already gone to number one in the UK on 29th August 1987 and spent a total of 101 weeks on the UK charts. 'Hysteria' celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.

You can follow the original chart run of the album at number one via the Billboard link below.






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