19 Years Ago Vault Album Certified Gold In The USA
Monday, 5th January 2015
Monday, 5th January 2015
Def Leppard's greatest hits album Vault album was certified as Gold in the USA 19 years ago on this day in 1996.
The band's first greatest hits album had been released on 31st October 1995 in the USA.
It entered the album chart at Number 15 on 18th November 1995 which was also its peak position.
Due to a decision to concentrate their two month promo tour in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world the album was not initially as successful as previous releases here.
It later had a major sales boost helped by shows such as 'Behind The Music' and ended up selling over 5 million copies in the US.
The Gold award came just as the band were about to finish the 'Slang' album in Dublin.
Vault Album - USA Certification
- 5th January 1996 - Gold - (500,000 Album Sales)
- Def Leppard - Vault Album Page
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