AC/DC

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AC/DC are an Australian hard rock group formed in 1973 by ex-pat Scottish brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. They are hugely successful, having sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide, with Back in Black ranking as the fifth highest-selling album of all time in the US.

Their first album High Voltage was released in Australia in 1975, but after Highway to Hell (1979), the album which broke them in the US, their charismatic vocalist Bon Scott died from acute alcohol poisoning. Plans to split were abandoned when they recruited Englishman Brian Johnson to replace him.

Back in Black had been started with Scott, but Johnson helped finish it and the album went on to sell more than 21 million copies, a double-diamond classification, in the US alone. It spawned the hit singles "Hells Bells", "You Shook Me All Night Long", and "Back in Black".

For Those About to Rock We Salute You was similarly successful, but following albums began to suffer a slight decline in popularity - though they continued to win awards, score big hits, and perform massive gigs. AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

With seventeen studio albums in their catalog, AC/DC haven't released a studio album since 2008's Black Ice. However, a boxed DVD set Plug Me In (2007) details the high spots of their career to date.