Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Def Leppard

Charting Mar 12, 1983 → Mar 2, 1996 · 241 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 241 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 122 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Oct 1988
Global Music Power
4 crowns
19792003
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul 1988) · First crown Jul 1988

Billboard Hot 100 · 241 wk UK Singles Chart · 122 wk Global Music Power · 290 wk

Peak Power: 2.81%; week of Oct 22, 1988
Career Power: 315; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 115; February 1988 – February 1989
Peak Five Years: 202; December 1987 – November 1992
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 241; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Oct 8, 1988
Comebacks: 2; Jan 1988 · May 1992

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

19 records · 315 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Pour Some Sugar On MeApple Music	#2July 1988	24	April 1988 – October 1988	36.0	36.8
Love BitesApple Music	#1October 1988	23	August 1988 – January 1989	33.2	34.0
Armageddon ItApple Music	#3January 1989	18	November 1988 – March 1989	30.7	30.4
Have You Ever Needed Someone So BadApple Music	#12October 1992	20	August 1992 – January 1993	30.2	29.6
Two Steps Behind (From "Last Action Hero")Apple Music	#12October 1993	20	September 1993 – January 1994	26.7	26.5
HysteriaApple Music	#10March 1988	16	January 1988 – May 1988	21.0	21.0
PhotographApple Music	#12May 1983	17	March 1983 – July 1983	20.9	20.6
Let's Get RockedApple Music	#15May 1992	18	April 1992 – August 1992	20.4	20.5
AnimalApple Music	#19December 1987	19	October 1987 – February 1988	17.3	17.3
RocketApple Music	#12April 1989	13	March 1989 – May 1989	17.2	17.1
Rock Of AgesApple Music	#16August 1983	15	June 1983 – September 1983	17.0	17.1
FoolinApple Music	#28November 1983	14	September 1983 – December 1983	9.8	9.9
Miss You In A HeartbeatApple Music	#39January 1994	17	December 1993 – April 1994	8.4	8.8
Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)Apple Music	#34January 1993	15	December 1992 – March 1993	8.4	8.7
Make Love Like A ManApple Music	#36July 1992	10	June 1992 – August 1992	6.5	6.5
When Love & Hate CollideApple Music	#58January 1996	14	December 1995 – March 1996	5.0	4.8
TonightApple Music	#62May 1993	9	April 1993 – May 1993	2.7	2.6
Bringin' On The HeartbreakApple Music	#61June 1984	8	June 1984 – July 1984	2.5	2.5
WomenApple Music	#80September 1987	5	August 1987 – September 1987	0.9	0.9

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Def Leppard's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1988 to February 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.