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Old 11-01-2009, 07:04 PM   #877 (permalink)
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In 2009 the Recording Industry Association of America upgraded the group's US sales figures from 69 million to 71 million, making AC/DC the fifth-best-selling band in US history and the ninth-best-selling artist, selling more albums than Madonna, Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson.[6] The RIAA also certified Back in Black as double Diamond (20 million) in US sales, and by 2007 the album had sold 22 million copies, which moved it into fifth place.[8]

I had read that they were bigger than these figures!
Interesting! Well I could certainly see them being bigger than Michael Jackson in the US in terms of album sales and I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true in Canada, the UK and obviously Australia. But I'd imagine their appeal outside of English-speaking countries is more limited than Michael Jackson's so I bet world-wide he has them beat by quite a bit.
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