Back Catalog Sales

[lurch70]

Holy canoli ...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/17/music.newclassics.ap/index.html

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. (All figures for this article were provided by Nielsen SoundScan.)

Metallica's self-titled 1991 album is altogether the second-biggest selling album of the Nielsen SoundScan era, which began in 1991. "Metallica" sold 275,000 copies last year.

most of these artists have their kids and their grandkids' future secured

 

[Papa Josh]

Yep, it was only a few years ago that Dark Side of the Moon dropped off of the Top 200 billboard if I am not mistaken.

And Appetite For Destruction still sells ridiculous amounts, many of us on our 4th or 5th copy.