AC/DC

Why is AC/DC so incredibly popular? Their biggest album, 1980's 'Back In Black' stands at international sales of 42 million (22 million in the US alone - making it the 2nd biggest album in the US ever)! Their back catalogue KEEPS SELLING like possibly no other band in the world.
A theory: there's something really ADDICTIVE about their sound. It's distinctive. When you think about it - no one else sounds like AC/DC... and they don't bother with "trends" or things like that. They have this feeling of power they create with their guitars... the distinctive riffs. They just play their rock 'n roll... They're not reinventing anything, they're just doing what only AC/DC can do... playing rock 'n roll like no one else! Addiction comes so easily when listening to AC/DC!

Title
Certification
Chart Position Peak
Weeks On Chart
moneytalks (1990)
27
2
hard as a rock (1995)
30
1
thunderstruck / stiff upper lip (2005)
22
1
let there be rock / whole lotta rosie (2005)
23
1
rock 'n roll train (2008)
5
15
war machine (2008)
7
7
big jack (2009)
9
13
anything goes (2010)
13
3
shoot to thrill / highway to hell (2010)  
12
3


Title
Certification
Chart Position Peak
Weeks On Chart
let there be rock (1977 album - charted in 2005)
7
6
highway to hell (1979 album - charted in 2005)
28
1
back in black (1980 album - first charted in 2005)
x2
6
15
who made who (1986 album - charted in 2010)  
19
1
the razors edge (1990 album - charted in 2005)
18
7
live (1992 album - first charted in 1999, and especially again in 2005)
x3
2
34
stiff upper lip (2000 album - charted in 2005)
28
1
black ice (2008)
x3
1  (1 week)
29
backtracks (2009)
20
1
iron man 2 (soundtrack) (2010) x4
1  (2 weeks)
19