AC/DC Hit High Note on iTunes

Posted by Jon Rockin Rogo on

One of the longest hold-outs from iTunes, AC/DC, finally reached the digital retailer last week.

The iconic rock band's entire catalog, along with two iTunes-exclusive box sets, became available on Monday, November 19th. In the week ending November 25th, the band's 25 records moved 48,000 downloads while its songs shifted 696,000 in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Its biggest selling record, digitally speaking, was the band's classic Back in Black, with 15,000 -- more than 10,000 ahead of its second-biggest title, Highway to Hell (a little under 5,000). Coming in third for the week was the brand new Live at River Plate (4,000), followed by High Voltage (just under 3,000) and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (2,000).

In terms of song downloads, Thunderstruck led the way for AC/DC last week, selling 85,000. It debuts at Number 16 on Digital Songs and Number 1 on Hard Rock Digital Songs. On the latter tally -- viewable on billboard.biz -- the entire top 12 positions are owned by AC/DC tunes. The band's second biggest seller last week was Back in Black (68,000), followed by You Shook Me All Night Long (64,000), Highway To Hell (50,000) and TNT (40,000). There were 14 AC/DC songs that sold at least 10,000 last week.

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