Editing Def Leppard (section)

=== ''Hysteria'' (1985–1989) ===
{{See also|Hysteria (Def Leppard album)}}
[[File:DefLappardO2061218-51_(49913641228)_(Cropped).jpg|thumb|After losing his left arm in a car accident, drummer [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]] (pictured in 2018) used his feet to play a custom [[Electronic drum|electronic drum kit]].]]
Despite the severity of the accident, Rick Allen was committed to continuing his role as Def Leppard's drummer. Soon after, Allen realised that he could use his legs to do some of the drumming work previously done with his arms.<ref name="RSHysteria" /> He then worked with [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons]] to design a custom [[Electronic drum|electronic drum kit]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&dq=rick+allen+def+leppard&pg=PA188 Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists] Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997</ref> The other members of the band supported Allen's recovery and never sought a replacement. Allen was placed in a separate studio to practice his new drums. After a few months, Allen gathered the band together and performed the intro to the Led Zeppelin version of "[[When the Levee Breaks#Led Zeppelin version|When the Levee Breaks]]" to showcase his progress to the band. Joe Elliott reports this as being a "very emotional moment". During this period, Mutt Lange returned as producer. Def Leppard brought in [[Jeff Rich]] in August 1986 to play alongside Allen during Def Leppard's warm-up mini tour of Ireland. When Rich turned up late for a gig, he and the band realised Allen could drum alone. Allen's comeback was sealed at the 1986 [[Monsters of Rock]] festival in England, with an emotionally charged ovation after his introduction by Joe Elliott.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=def leppard|bio=true}} Def Leppard Biography]. Billboard. Retrieved 17 November 2011</ref>

After over three years of recording, Def Leppard's fourth album, ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'', was released on 3{{nbsp}}August 1987. One of the first singles from the album, "[[Animal (Def Leppard song)|Animal]]", became the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, reaching No.&nbsp;6 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name=CHT>{{cite book|first1=Neil |last1=Warwick |first2=Jon |last2=Kutner |first3=Tony |last3=Brown |year=2004 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ib4MyAIpe3MC&q=when+love+and+hate+collide+%232+UK+Chart&pg=PT268 |title=The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums |publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9781844490585 }}</ref> "Animal" also started their run of [[Def Leppard discography#Singles|ten consecutive]] [[Billboard Hot 100|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100]] Top 40 singles.<ref name="BillboardSinglesChart">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=def leppard|chart=all}} Def Leppard: Song Chart History] Billboard. Retrieved 17 November 2011</ref> The next single off ''Hysteria'', its mid-tempo title track, became the band's first Top 10 single in the US, and, peaking at number 13, their highest-charting song in Canada to that date. ''Hysteria'' topped the [[UK Album Charts]] in its first week of release, and spent 105 weeks on the chart.<ref name=CHT/> Initial US album sales were relatively slow (compared to ''Pyromania'') until the release of the fourth single, "[[Pour Some Sugar on Me]]". The song hit No.&nbsp;2, on the Hot 100 and ''Hysteria'' finally reached the top of the [[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]] in July 1988.<ref name="BillboardAlbumChart"/> Although "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was not initially a big hit in other countries (number 18 in the UK, number 22 in Canada, and number 26 in Australia), it has come to be regarded as the band's [[signature song]], and was ranked No.&nbsp;2 on [[VH1]]'s "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s |publisher=Rock on the Net |access-date=22 July 2011}}</ref>  ''Hysteria'' also topped the album charts in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway, at No. 10, was their first album to chart in Germany, and was eventually certified Diamond in sales in the US and 13× Platinum in Canada.

The band's UK success saw them nominated for the [[List of Brit Awards ceremonies#1988|1988 Brit Award]] for Best British Group.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} In October 1988, the power ballad "[[Love Bites (Def Leppard song)|Love Bites]]" reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="BillboardSinglesChart"/> About reaching No. 1 with "Love Bites", Elliot reflected: "It's strange because we’d been to No. 1 with the album. So now we wanted a No. 1 single because we'd never had one. So it was like, 'come on! come on!' When we got there, it was, as you can imagine, a 'yes!' moment."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Letkemann |first=Jessica |date=2011-12-05 |title=1000 No. 1s: Watch Def Leppard Chat About Topping The Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/1000-no-1s-watch-def-leppard-chat-about-topping-the-hot-100-464825/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It was a Top 10 hit in several other countries, including reaching number six in Canada. In January 1989, the band scored another US Top five hit with "[[Armageddon It]]", and by spring of 1989 the final single "[[Rocket (Def Leppard song)|Rocket]]" was in the Top 15 in the US<ref name="BillboardSinglesChart"/> and several other countries. Wanting to give fans something new after the massive radio and video airplay for not only the seven singles but also the album tracks that radio DJs were playing off the album, the band performed "Tear It Down", a Hysteria [[B-side]] at the [[1989 MTV Video Music Awards]].

''Hysteria'' is one of only a handful of albums that has charted seven singles or more on the US Hot 100: "Women" (#80), "Animal" (#19), "Hysteria" (#10), "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (#2), "Love Bites (#1), "Armageddon It" (#3), and "Rocket" (#12).<ref name="BillboardSinglesChart"/> Aside from "Women", these same songs all made the Top 25 on the UK Singles chart. It remained on the charts for three years and has sold over 25&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name=erg/> Equally successful was the accompanying 16-month ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'' tour, in which the band performed [[Theatre in the round|in the round]]. This concept proved wildly popular with fans (as seen in the videos for "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "Armageddon It") and was used again for the ''[[Adrenalize]]'' tour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tee for two |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=baaFL4PyjS0C&q=def+leppard+in+the+round+tour&pg=PA23 |page=23|access-date=27 March 2019 |work=Spin magazine|date = February 1988}}</ref>

At the 1989 [[Brit Awards]] held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, Def Leppard were again a nominee for Best British Group, and the band performed "Pour Some Sugar on Me" at the ceremony.<ref>[http://www.brits.co.uk/taxonomy/term/427 Def Leppard—Performance at Royal Albert Hall in 1989] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730165229/http://www.brits.co.uk/taxonomy/term/427 |date=30 July 2013}} Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.brits.co.uk/node/2730 Best British Group—1989 Brit Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730164055/http://www.brits.co.uk/node/2730 |date=30 July 2013}} Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2012</ref> At the 1989 [[American Music Awards]], Def Leppard won Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist, as well as Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album (for ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'').<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1989/amas.htm 16th American Music Awards] ''Rock on the Net'' Retrieved 28 January 2011</ref>