Report: Vintage AC/DC, NIRVANA Still Big-Sellers

July 16, 2007

Jake Coyle of The Associated Press reports: AC/DC's "Back in Black" (1980) last year sold 440,000 copies and has thus far sold 156,000 this year, according to the Nielsen SoundScan catalog charts, which measure how well physical albums older than two years old are selling.

BON JOVI's 1994 "Cross Road" last year sold 324,000 copies, while GUNS N' ROSES"Appetite for Destruction" (1987) sold 113,000. The TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" (1996) continues to be a holiday favorite; it was bought 289,000 times last year.

U2, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, PRINCE, CELINE DION, ERIC CLAPTON, ELTON JOHN, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND and the ever-touring JIMMY BUFFETT also all continue to sell large amounts of old records.

Avid fans may be buying everything their favorite artist puts out, but there's more than nostalgia fueling vintage sales.

Not everything maintains long-term success. ASIA's self-titled 1982 album was the biggest seller of 1982, but only sold 5,000 copies last year. WHITNEY HOUSTON's 1985 debut, also self-titled, was 1986's top album, but now sells about 7,000 discs a year.

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