Bon Scott was dead and it looked like AC/DC were finished. But within 6 weeks they had a new singer and would begin recording the biggest-selling rock album of all time. How a washed-up rock star ...

Somehow, within that time frame, they would weather the death of livewire frontman Bon Scott and yet rebound in the same year with new singer Brian Johnson and the classic album Back In Black. Almost ...

Further down on the same ranking, AC/DC claims a second top 10 hit. The band’s “Back in Black” is a non-mover at No. 9 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. That track has spent 540 ...

(1/27/80) at the Gaumont Theater in Southampton, England, AC/DC played their last show with frontman Bon Scott. The legendary ...

Not wasting any time, they recruited a new singer, Brian Johnson, and recorded one of rock’s all-time greatest albums, ‘Back in Black,’ within months of Scott’s passing. Since then, AC/DC ...

17) and “Back in Black” (No. 18) currently reside. “Thunderstruck” is one of AC/DC’s four No. 1 hits on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, and it is far and away the longest-running ...

Angus Young, the eternal schoolboy and AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson. Picture: Kevin Mazur for Power Trip/Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty Radio X counts down the Top 10 most-streamed and most-viewed ...

Rubin was focusing on the arrangements—or, in AC/DC’s case, lack thereof. “Highway to Hell is probably the most natural-sounding rock record I’ve ever heard,” Rubin wrote in his essay.

Legendary rock icons AC/DC are tipped to return to Australian shores in late 2025 ... delivering a career-spanning setlist packed with iconic anthems like ‘Back in Black’, ‘Highway to Hell’, and ...

AC/DC have sold more than 200 million records worldwide, including 71.5 million albums in the United States, adding them to the list of highest-certified music artists in the United States and the ...