DEF LEPPARD Beats POISON In Billboard Battle
March 12, 2010, 14 years ago
Every Friday Billboard is asked a "burning music question."
Today's is: Who has totaled more record sales, DEF LEPPARD or POISON?
Billboard's Gary Trust answers:
"In the '80s and into the '90s, however, Def Leppard and Poison each enjoyed quite a run in their hit-making primes.The careers of the bands each predate the advent of Nielsen SoundScan sales data in 1991, but let's look at how each has sold since then.
Poison has sold 6,058,000 albums in the U.S. in that span. Its top seller is 1996's Greatest Hits 1986-1996, with 2,017,000.
Since 1991, Def Leppard has sold more than twice that of Poison: 16,566,000 albums. Its best-selling title in that period is also a best-of collection, 1995's Vault - Greatest Hits 1980-1995, with sales to date of 4,908,000.
According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), Def Leppard handily leads Poison in album sales, 35 to 14.5 million, sums which encompass the bands' entire careers."
