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During Election Week 2008 Barack Obama became the 44th United States President and the first African American to hold our nation’s highest office, and it was a good week for AC/DC as well. The famed rock band spent their second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for their most recent album, the Columbia-released Black Ice, which at that point sold 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Black Ice, which is available exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and on the band’s Web site, has fended off musical contenders like Pink to remain atop the charts. Pink’s Funhouse sees the feisty singer experiencing career-best chart placement with the No. 2 spot and 180,000 units sold. Disney’s High School Musical 3 soundtrack fights for a place at No. 3 with John Legend’s Evolver (No. 4), Toby Keith’s That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (No. 5) and Rascal Flatt’s greatest hits set (No. 6) competing for AC/DC’s spot as well. Help the band celebrate their two-week reign atop the Billboard charts by seeing them live.

While most of the names currently on the charts are relatively new acts, AC/DC began making their brand of minimalist rock music in the early 1970s. Guitarist Malcolm Young, formerly of the Velvet Underground, formed AC/DC with his brother Angus (who was just 15-years-old at the time) in their native Australia in 1973 and enlisted bassist Mark Evans (who would later be replaced by Cliff Williams), vocalist Bon Scott and drummer Phil Rudd to join the band. Taking their name from the back of their sister’s sewing machine, the Young brothers and company released a handful of moderately successful albums before finally hitting the big time with 1979′s iconic rock album Highway to Hell. Sadly, Scott died the following year due to alcohol consumption and was replaced by Brian Johnson. AC/DC then issued what would be their-biggest seller, For Those About to Rock We Salute You, and subsequently Simon Wright replaced Rudd.

AC/DC suffered from waning commercial success in the 1980s but came back in 1990 with the hit single “Thunderstruck” off successful album The Razor Edge and has remained one of the premier rock bands ever since. AC/DC is known for their energetic live performances, which have been packing stadiums for nearly four decades, and their current tour in support of Black Ice is proving to follow the trend. If you want to see this rock band live, hurry up and get your AC DC tickets soon before they all sell out. The Black Ice tour is AC/DC’s first since 2001 and they are currently in the midst of performing 24 dates in North America, during which they will undoubtedly be preaching their constant message of sex, drugs and rock’n'roll that has been luring in fans (and making parents worry) for years now. The tour concludes Dec. 18 in Charlotte, N.C. but is sure to not be the last outing for AC/DC.

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