AC/DC's Black Ice Cracks The Million Mark In America
November 5, 2008, 15 years ago
Billboard.com has issued the following report from Katie Hasty:
Turning back the challenge of 11 new entries in the top 20, AC/DC's Black Ice (Columbia) begins a second week at #1 on The Billboard 200 after selling 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Black Ice, which is exclusively available via Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and AC/DC's website, was down 65% over it's debut total. The album has sold more than 1 million units in two weeks.
Read more at Billboard.com.
As previously reported by Stuart Derdeyn from The Province:
Listeners to the Jeff O'Neil Show on 99.3 The FOX (CFOX-FM) Tuesday were surprised to hear none other than Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan co-hosting the open-phones segment of the show and announcing an upcoming official proclamation that November 28th is AC/DC Day in Terminal City.
Introduced as Sam 'Frickin' Sullivan, the mayor opened the segment declaring that he is re-forming SPINAL CHORD, the band that first brought him into the public eye prior to his involvement in civic politics. He was joking -- "maybe."
"I said it tongue-in-cheek to some of the interviewers on the radio," he told The Province later. "But, hey, why not?"Read more here.
