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36 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD's HYSTERIA Album Certified 5x Platinum In USA

Def Leppard 1987. Def Leppard 1987

Def Leppard's classic Hysteria album was certified as 5 times platinum in the USA 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 in the country.

It replaced Van Halen's 'OU812' at the top of the US charts on 23rd July 1988.

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.

Just ahead of reaching the top spot it was certified for 5 million sales on 13th July 1988.

The album was at Number 2 in the same week.

The album was certified 9x Platinum by January 1989 and has since reached over 12 million sales in the USA.


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Hysteria 1987.

Hysteria Album - USA Certification

  • 13th July 1988 - 5x Platinum - (5 Million Album Sales)

Phil Collen - 'Hysteria' Postcards from 'Work It Out' Single 1996

"Our most popular album to date."

"It was Mutt's idea to make a rock version of 'Thriller' - rock songs that were hit singles. We were fortunate enough to have seven strong singles from this record."

"Mutt Lange was very influential here. We seemed to be making a video every few weeks."

"We were in the top ten all over the world at one time or another."

Phil Collen - 27th July 2015 Interview Quote

"I do think Hysteria was a kind of a sparkling star on our career. You know, icing on the cake and all that. But I think this is the best thing we've done since then. It's called Def Leppard. It's really diverse."

Vivian Campbell - August 2014 Interview Quote

"I actually bought 'Hysteria' twice, I wore out the cassette I played it so often and then I bought one of those new fangled compact discs."


Def Leppard 1987.

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