USA :: Billboard Top 200 Albums/Hot 100 Singles :: [ Link Back ]
[? Aug 1987] :: 4. - (New Entry).
Chart progress from early 1988 onwards.
[23rd Apr 1988] :: 12 (lowest since release in Aug 1987).
[30th Apr 1988] :: 11.
[9th Jul 1988] :: 2 :: PSSOM Single - 7.
[16th Jul 1988] :: 2 :: PSSOM - 3. (#1 was Van Halen 'OU812', #1 single was Cheap Trick 'The Flame').
[23rd Jul 1988] :: 1 :: PSSOM - 2. (reaches #1 after 49 weeks, 6 different weeks at #1, PSSOM peaks at #2).
[30th Jul 1988] :: 1 :: PSSOM - 2. (Guns N' Roses 'Appetite For Destruction' at #2).
[6th Aug 1988] :: 2 :: PSSOM - 9.
[13th Aug 1988] :: 1 :: PSSOM - 18 :: Love Bites - 52 (New Entry).
[20th Aug 1988] :: 2 :: PSSOM - 26 :: Love Bites - 39.
[27th Aug 1988] :: 2 :: PSSOM - 35 :: Love Bites - 30.
[3rd Sep 1988] :: 1 :: PSSOM - 46 :: Love Bites - 24.
[10th Sep 1988] :: 1 :: Love Bites - 16.
[17th Sep 1988] :: 1 :: Love Bites - 9.
[24th Sep 1988] :: 2 :: Love Bites - 5.
[1st Oct 1988] :: 2 :: Love Bites - 2.
[8th Oct 1988] :: 2 :: Love Bites - 1 (first and only US Number One single).
[15th Oct 1988] :: 3 :: Love Bites - 2.
[22nd Oct 1988] :: 3 :: Love Bites - 4.
[29th Oct 1988] :: 4 :: Love Bites - 13.
[5th Nov 1988] :: 4 :: Love Bites - 21.
[12th Nov 1988] :: 5 :: Love Bites - 28.
[19th Nov 1988] :: 6 :: Love Bites - 41.
[26th Nov 1988] :: 6? :: Love Bites - ? - Armageddon It - ? (New Entry).
[3rd Dec 1988] :: 6 :: Armageddon It - 37.
[10th Dec 1988] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 28.
[17th Dec 1988] :: 6, Armageddon It - 21.
[24th Dec 1988] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 12.
[3rd Dec 1988] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 12.
[7th Jan 1989] :: 6 :: Armageddon It - 9.
[14th Jan 1989] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 5.
[21st Jan 1989] :: 5 :: Armageddon It - 3 - (Peak Positon).
[28th Jan 1989] :: 4 :: Armageddon It - 3.
[4th Feb 1989] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 6.
[11th Feb 1989] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 18.
[18th Feb 1989] :: 6 :: Armageddon It - 27.
[25th Feb 1989] :: 7 :: Armageddon It - 42.
[4th Mar 1989] :: 8 :: Armageddon It - out, Rocket - 61 (New Entry).
[11th Mar 1989] :: 9 :: Rocket - 46.
[18th Mar 1989] :: 10 :: Rocket- 36.
[25th Mar 1989] :: 12 :: Rocket - 31 (album ends run of over 40 weeks in Top 10).
[1st Apr 1989] :: 14 :: Rocket- 27.
[8th Apr 1989] :: 15 :: Rocket - 20.
[15th Apr 1989] :: 17 :: Rocket - 15.
[22nd Apr 1989] :: 18 :: Rocket - 13.
[29th Apr 1989] :: 19 :: Rocket - 12 - (Peak Positon).
[6th May 1989] :: 20 :: Rocket - 23.
[13th May 1989] :: 20 :: Rocket - 34.
[20th May 1989] :: 20 :: Rocket - out.
[27th May 1989] :: 23.
[3rd Jun 1989] :: 25.
[10th Jun 1989] :: 28.
[17th Jun 1989] :: 39.
[24th Jun 1989] :: 43.
[1st Jul 1989] :: 48.
[8th Jul 1989] :: 57.
[15th Jul 1989] :: 59.
[22nd Jul 1989] :: 69.
[29th Jul 1989] :: 78.
[5th Aug 1989] :: 80.
[12th Aug 1989] :: 87.
[19th Aug 1989] :: 89.
[26th Aug 1989] :: 96.
[19th Aug 1989] :: Out (drops out of the top 100 after...eons).
USA :: Billboard Top 5 Year End Albums ::
1. George Michael - Faith.
2. Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing.
3. Def Leppard - Hysteria.
4. INXS - Kick.
5. Michael Jackson - Bad.
This is when Def Leppard ruled the charts worldwide and especially in the US. During this summer they were the biggest rock band in the world. Like their record sales at the time
a VERY impressive chart run. Not just for the album but also a continuous run in the singles chart for over a year. From June-Oct the album sold around 4 million copies in the USA alone. 133 weeks on the Billboard chart & 75 weeks in the top ten.
Yes, this used to be normal for them!.
