35th anniversary of AC/DC's "Back in Black" album - July 25th

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Any fans of AC/DC's "Back in Black" album?  Hard to believe it's 35 years old.  Even today it still charts and sells copies.  Still a terrific album and one of AC/DC's best.

 

#190 - Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time

#29 - Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All-Time

#2 - VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs of All-Time

 

#10 - VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980's.

 

Even Gaga likes some AC/DC. :D

 

These statistics are astounding:

-World wide, Back in Black is the second best-selling album of all time, behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller.

-Back in Black was very successful around the world, and despite never reaching no. 1 on the US Billboard 200, it received the 22x multi-platinum distinction, denoting 22 million albums sold.

-Back in Black is sixth in the list of best-selling albums in the US behind Thriller, Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), Led Zeppelin's Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II

-It is the best-selling hard rock album of all-time, and the best-selling album ever released by an Australian musical act.

-On 13 December 2007, the RIAA certified it 22x multi-platinum, recognizing sales of 22 million in the US, making it the sixth-highest-selling album in the US (fourth-highest at the time).

-Back in Black stayed on the Billboard chart for 131 weeks, never reaching no. 1. However, it did reach no. 1 in Australia and the UK. In April 2010, it re-entered the Billboard charts at no. 181.

-In 2014, Back in Black re entered the Billboard Charts at no. 73.  As of 9 June 2014, Back In Black remains on the current Billboard 200 list, at no. 142.

-The album has sold 50 million copies worldwide.

 

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Some more "Back in Black" statistics courtesy of Wikipedia:

The album is featured on many "best of" lists. In 1989, it was ranked #26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Best Albums of the Eighties.  The title track was ranked no. 190 on the same magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. 

In 2001, VH1 ranked Back in Black #82 on its list of the Top 100 Albums.  VH1 also placed the title track at #2 on its list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.  In 2003, the album was ranked #77 on Rolling Stone‍ 's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". 

In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at #9 in its list of the 40 Best Albums of the '80s.  It was listed at #2 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums, in October 2010, and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die in 2005.

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Yes! I love AC/DC ❤

I've been a fan since I was 3 years old (I'm now 17).  

One of the greatest albums of all time.