AC/DC Scores Twice On One Chart As A Classic
AC/DC is celebrating five decades together this year. In 1974, they released their first single, and after that, the rest is history—but not ancient history. There is still a huge population of people who love the group and their music, and they regularly send some of the band’s work to the charts. One of AC/DC’s most popular live recordings is back on a Billboard tally this frame. As it reappears, the band doubles up on that one chart, as they almost never leave the list thanks to the sustained popularity of one project.
Live at River Plate breaks back onto the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, but only just barely. The set lands at No. 25 on Billboard’s list of the most-consumed hard rock-only full-lengths in the U.S., which only features 25 spaces.
AC/DC’s famed recording has previously climbed to No. 5 on the hard rock full-lengths ranking. It’s now spent 14 weeks somewhere on the genre-specific tally, and it’s pushed back onto the list thanks to a new reissue on vinyl of a number of the band’s releases.
On the latest Top Hard Rock Albums chart, AC/DC fills a pair of spaces. As Live at River Plate returns, Back in Black doesn’t move an inch. That bestseller keeps at No. 11, sitting just below the top 10.
Live at River Plate was originally released in November 2012, almost exactly three years after it was recorded. The band taped their show at the stadium which lends its name to the album in December 2009. The Buenos Aires-based concert featured a sellout crowd and a lengthy runtime—the album clocks in at just under two hours—and it’s still remembered by the group’s following.
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