
US
Key
year of US release
riaa shipment
year of last US certification
title
soundscan
BMG record club 1990-2003
Studio Albums
1976 3,000,000 2005 High Voltage - 1,716,000 jun10
1977 2,000,000 1997 Let There Be Rock - 446,000 nov08
1978 1,000,000 1990 Powerage - 408,000 jul06
1979 7,000,000 2006 Highway to Hell - 2,188,000 dec12
1980 22,000,000 2007 Back in Black - 7,167,000 nov14 - 1,330,000
1981 6,000,000 2001 Dirty Deeds - 1,799,000 apr09
1981 4,000,000 2001 For Those About to Rock - 706,000 nov08
1983 1,000,000 2001 Flick of the Switch - 225,000 jul06
1984 1,000,000 2001 Jailbreak '74 - 225,000 jul06
1985 1,000,000 2001 Fly on the Wall - 227,000 jul06
1988 1,000,000 1988 Blow Up Your Video - 208,000 jul06
1990 5,000,000 2006 Razor's Edge - 2,618,000 nov08
1995 2,000,000 2001 Ballbreaker - 1,162,000 nov08
2000 1,000,000 2001 Stiff Upper Lip - 966,000 jul10
2008 2,000,000 2008 Black Ice - 2,168,000 jul10
2014 500,000 2015 Rock or Bust - 485,000 feb15
Live Albums
1978 1,000,000 1990 If You Want Blood - 497,000 nov08
1992 3,000,000 2001 Live - 4,194,000 apr09
1992 1,000,000 2001 Live Collectors (double) - 1,239,000 feb09
2012 - none Live At River Plate 65,000 mar13
Compilations/Soundtracks
1986 5,000,000 2001 Who Made Who - 1,813,000 nov08
1997 200,000 2001 Bonfire (5disc) - 179,000 jul06
2007 - none Sight & Sound Collection (2cd/1dvd Walmart excl.) 30,000 (after 3 weeks)
2009 - none Backtracks (standard 2cd/1dvd boxset) 43,000 (after 6 weeks)
2010 500,000 2012 Iron Man 2 596,000 may13
Music Videos
1980 - none AC/DC: Let There Be Rock* 69,000 dec05
1985 - none Fly On The Wall 1,200 dec05
1986 50,000 1988 Who Made Who 5,500 dec05
1991 - none Clipped 27,000 dec05
1992 600,000 2005 Live At Donington (dvd in 2003) 912,000 apr08 (111k+801k)
1996 500,000 2008 No Bull (dvd in 2008) 110,000 dec05
2001 50,000 2002 Stiff Upper Lip - Live 136,000 dec05
2005 500,000 2007 Family Jewels (2dvd) 491,000 apr07
2007 250,000 2007 Plug Me In (2dvd**) 188,000 apr08
2011 - none Live At River Plate 92,000 dec12
2011 - none Let There Be Rock 41,000 may12
* Filmed in 1979, theatrical released in 1980, VHS release date in US unknown, DVD release in 2011.
** 3dvd set also released. I dunno if counted seperately by RIAA/Soundcan.
Total RIAA album shipment is 70,200,000.
Total RIAA video shipment is 1,950,000
Total Soundscan album sales is 26,400,000 oct08
Note the 1.33m club sales for "Back in Black" is from the BMG record club only. If any of their other titles were available from this club they sold less than 300,000.
The AC/DC catalog was available at Columbia House music club too.
Looks like at least "Ballbreaker" and "Live Collectors Edition" must have had strong club sales too. In 2001 "Ballbreaker" went double platinum (2M albums shipped) with less than 1.1M scans and "Live Collectors Edition" went double platinum (1M albums shipped) with around 430K scans!!!
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