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AC/DC Sells Over A Million Copies Of "Black Ice" In The United States

posted Nov 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM by Diamond Oz.  (4 Comments)

Billboard.com has issued the following report from Katie Hasty:

Turning back the challenge of 11 new entries in the top 20, AC/DC's Black Ice (Columbia) begins a second week at #1 on The Billboard 200 after selling 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Black Ice, which is exclusively available via Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and AC/DC's website, was down 65% over it's debut total. The album has sold more than 1 million units in two weeks.

Read the full article at Billboard.com.

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4 Comments on "AC/DC Sells Over A Million In The States"

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1. MuDvAyNe fan writes:

ummm ok thats bullsh** i work at CD Plus and we sell the new ac/dc too so yaaa no way is it exclusive to wall mart......and i know HMV sells it to

# Nov 5, 2008 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Jenny writes:

^whoa, not Wal-Mat exclusive? I wasn't aware of that. That kinda makes me happy.

Sales are sales, so congrats to the ol rockers.

# Nov 5, 2008 @ 10:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. brandedcfh420 writes:

so, does this put them in front of "geriatric-tallica"??

# Nov 5, 2008 @ 10:17 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Anubiz writes:

Why do they still claim the ac/dc album is sold exclusively thought walmart when it clearly is not he case...

Anyhow, congrats to them.

# Nov 6, 2008 @ 8:53 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address

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