Oct 14th, 1988
Def Leppard
On this day in music history, the band Def Leppard became the first act in chart history to sell seven million copies of two consecutive albums:
Pyromania (released in 1983)
Hysteria (released in 1987)
Hysteria became the band’s best-selling album to date. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and had several huge hits like Love Bites, Pour Some Sugar On Me, and the title track Hysteria.
