34 Years Ago DEF LEPPARD's HYSTERIA Album Certified 2x Platinum In USA

Tuesday, 9th November 2021

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Def Leppard's classic Hysteria album was certified 2 times platinum in the USA on this day in 1987.

The album had been released on 3rd August 1987 and took just over three weeks to enter the Top 200 chart.

11 months later it would peak at Number One on 23rd July 1988 in its 48th week on the Billboard charts replacing Van Halen's 'OU812'.

'Hysteria' entered the Billboard Top 200 chart on 22nd August 1987. The first of 133 weeks on the chart.

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 and was at Number 2 in the same week.

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

By May 1990 it had sold over 10 million copies in the USA alone. 12 million by 1998.

The band were given a Diamond Award in March 1999 in recognition of it being one of the albums that had sold over 10 million copies in the USA.

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Hysteria 1987.