[VOA]

Naw, this is modern Australian rock art.

Sidebar: About a month ago, the Wall Street Journal had an article
about major musical acts and how they were dealing with "going
it alone" or going with digital download services like Apple's.

I was stunned (and somewhat pleased) after looking a chart listing
the groups and their total "album equivalents" sold during
2006-present.

Yes, The Beatles are number one.

Number two (ahead of other major groups like Led Zeppelin)
as the group that the WSJ says has reliably, like clock-work
sold about one million albums per year for around a decade.

AC/DC

And I got another shock yesterday when I heard Wal-Mart was going
to handle distribution of their first studio album in eight years.

Talk about staying power.

[The Cajun]

Number two.........AC/DC

Didn't know that. Angus Young does put on quite the show.

[wastedyears]

The album Iron Maiden released in 2006, charted Number 9 when it was released, and that’s in the US.

Here’s a link to chart positions for the album: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_(album)#Charting_positions

For a metal band, that is absolutely amazing.