The news item titled 'BACK IN BLACK BECOMES 2ND-HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM EVER' contained inaccuracies. After being contacted by the RIAA Whammo investigated and the band's Australian label issued this response yesterday:
"The AC/DC press release sent out on the 28th Jan included a statement that the RIAA had certified BACK IN BLACK as the second highest selling album in the world, It has come to our attention that this was inaccurate as the RIAA can only certify USA not worldwide sales. Whilst combined world sales of BACK IN BLACK are in excess of 40 million there is no International body that certifies world sales."
Apologies to AC/DC fans for this error, but we rely on the integrity of information received from our sources (acts, management, publicist, labels etc) and on this one occasion (the first in memory) the info was incorrect - Ed.
