The English rock band

Def Leppard Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals) ...

have released twelve studio albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, and three

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s. Def Leppard was formed in 1977 by vocalist

Joe Elliott Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott (born 1 August 1959) is an English–Irish rock singer, best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of the David Bowie tribute b ...

, bass player Rick "Sav" Savage, guitarist Pete Willis, and drummer Tony Kenning. They later released the EP '' The Def Leppard E.P.'' in 1979. The band signed with

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and released their debut full-length album ''

On Through the Night ''On Through the Night'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on 14 March 1980. The album was produced by Tom Allom. It charted at No. 15 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 51 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album ...

''. The band's follow up was ''

High 'n' Dry ''High 'n' Dry'' is the second studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released on July 6, 1981. ''High 'n' Dry'' was Pete Willis' last full-time album with Def Leppard. It charted at No. 38 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 26 on t ...

'', which reached number 26 in the UK and was certified platinum two times in the United States. Their next album, titled ''

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'', would be their big breakthrough album and would later sell more than 10 million copies in the United States alone. After touring in support of ''Pyromania'', the band released ''

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'' which topped the American and British album charts and is their best-selling album worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies in the United States alone and over 25 million worldwide. ''

Adrenalize ''Adrenalize'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records. It is the first album by the band recorded without guitarist Steve Clark who died in 1991 and the only one recorded ...

'', released in 1992, debuted at number one on the UK Album Chart and the US ''Billboard'' 200 and launched several successful singles, including "

Let's Get Rocked "Let's Get Rocked" is a 1992 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album ''Adrenalize''. The song peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, numb ...

" and " Make Love Like a Man" and went on to sell 8 million albums worldwide. In 1996, the band released its sixth studio album, ''

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''; while successful, the album could not reach the precedent set by Def Leppard's previous albums and was certified gold in the United States. After three years, Def Leppard released ''

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'', which is the band's last certified album by the

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, and BPI. At the start of the 21st century, the band released '' X''. Four years later, Def Leppard released the studio/

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, '' Yeah!'', which included covers by

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and

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. On 25 April 2008, the band released '' Songs from the Sparkle Lounge'', which included the single " Nine Lives" featuring country singer

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. The band released '' Mirrorball'', its first live album, in 2011, which would be followed by another live album in 2013, '' Viva! Hysteria'', featuring the Hysteria album played live in its entirety, from their

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residency at the Hard Rock Hotel. The band released a self-titled studio album on 30 October 2015. Seven years later, on 27 May 2022, Def Leppard released '' Diamond Star Halos''. In January 2022, it was announced that Primary Wave Music had acquired an “additional” stake in Def Leppard's music publishing catalog, as well as the band's master royalty income stream.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Deluxe editions and box sets

*† CD version only, all of the tracks on ''Rarities Volume Four'' are included in the vinyl version of ''Rarities Volume Three''.

Extended plays

Singles

1979–1989

1992–2000

2002–2022

Videos

Music videos

Personnel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Def Leppard Discography

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