AC/DC discography

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AC/DC discography
ACDC-Hughes-long ago.jpg
Angus Young (left) and Bon Scott (centre), performing at the Ulster Hall, August 1979
Studio albums 17
Live albums 3
Video albums 11
Music videos 58
EPs 1
Singles 48
Soundtrack albums 2
Box sets 2

Australian rock and roll band AC/DC, between 1975 and 2020, have released 17 studio albums (15 available worldwide and two released only in Australia), two soundtrack albums, three live albums, 11 video albums, and two box set albums. Although many AC/DC singles have been released, the band always refused to release any greatest hits-type packages;[1] Who Made Who (which served as the soundtrack to Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive), Iron Man 2, and the band's various live recordings are as close as the group have come to such a compilation.[2] Verizon makes AC/DC albums available to download,[3] but for several years the band refused to release their albums on iTunes, as iTunes normally allows downloading of individual tracks; AC/DC publicly stated: "Our ... reason is that we honestly believe the songs on any of our albums belong together. If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don't think that represents us musically."[4] However, the band finally released their entire discography to iTunes in November 2012.[5] On 30 June 2015 their catalog appeared on Spotify for the first time.[6]

Brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young formed AC/DC in 1973. The band released two albums in Australia before releasing their first international effort, High Voltage with vocalist Bon Scott, bassist Mark Evans and drummer Phil Rudd. In 1980, less than a year after the release of the successful Highway to Hell, Bon Scott died and was replaced by British singer Brian Johnson, with whom AC/DC released their best-selling album, Back in Black.[7] Their album Black Ice, released in 2008, reached number one in 29 countries.[8] In 47 years of their career, AC/DC sold over 200 million albums worldwide, roughly 75 million in the US.[9] Back in Black alone sold 25 million copies (50 million worldwide), and went on to become the second highest-selling album in history.[10][11][12][13]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[14]
AUT
[15]
CAN
[16]
FRA
[17]
NOR
[18]
NZ
[19]
SWE
[20]
SWI
[21]
UK
[22]
US
[23]
High Voltage (Australia)
  • Released: 17 February 1975
  • Label: Albert
14
T.N.T. (Australia)
  • Released: 1 December 1975
  • Label: Albert
2 35
  • AUS: 9× Platinum[24]
High Voltage (International) 7 58 67 146
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
  • Released: 20 September 1976
  • Label: Albert/Atlantic
5 15 20 50 3
Let There Be Rock
  • Released: 21 March 1977
  • Label: Albert/Atlantic
19 9 37 42 29 12 17 154
Powerage
  • Released: 5 May 1978
  • Label: Atlantic
22 10 19 11 23 133
Highway to Hell
  • Released: 27 July 1979
  • Label: Atlantic
13 38 40 2 37 46 24 16 8 17
Back in Black
  • Released: 25 July 1980
  • Label: Atlantic
1 6 1 1 8 24 12 1 1 4
  • AUS: 12× Platinum[24]
  • AUT: Platinum[29]
  • CAN: Diamond[30]
  • FRA: 2× Platinum[25]
  • SWI: 2× Platinum[21]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[27]
  • US: 2× Diamond (25× Platinum)[28]
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
  • Released: 23 November 1981
  • Label: Atlantic
3 7 4 1 6 6 9 10 3 1
Flick of the Switch
  • Released: 15 August 1983
  • Label: Atlantic
3 9 12 5 4 8 8 11 4 15
Fly on the Wall
  • Released: 28 June 1985
  • Label: Atlantic
4 24 30 19 17 22 10 19 7 32
Blow Up Your Video
  • Released: 18 January 1988
  • Label: Atlantic
2 15 14 21 3 3 4 4 2 12
The Razors Edge
  • Released: 21 September 1990
  • Label: Atlantic
3 11 1 5 2 2 5 2 4 2
Ballbreaker
  • Released: 22 September 1995
  • Label: East West
1 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 6 4
Stiff Upper Lip
  • Released: 28 February 2000
  • Label: East West
3 1 5 2 6 12 1 2 12 7
Black Ice
  • Released: 20 October 2008
  • Label: Columbia
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • AUS: 5× Platinum[31]
  • AUT: 3× Platinum[29]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[30]
  • FRA: 2× Platinum[25]
  • NZ: 2× Platinum[32]
  • SWI: 4× Platinum[26]
  • UK: Platinum[27]
  • US: 2× Platinum[28]
Rock or Bust
  • Released: 28 November 2014
  • Label: Albert/Columbia
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3
Power Up
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: Columbia
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[14]
AUT
[15]
FRA
[17]
GER
[36]
NOR
[18]
NZ
[19]
SWE
[20]
SWI
[21]
UK
[22]
US
[23]
If You Want Blood You've Got It
  • Released: 13 October 1978
  • Label: Atlantic
37 10 13 113
AC/DC Live
  • Released: 27 October 1992
  • Label: Atco
1 21 1 15 10 3 25 10 5 15
Live at River Plate
  • Released: 20 November 2012
  • Label: Columbia
11 3 13 57 6 23 13 4 14 66
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[14]
AUT
[15]
CAN
[16]
FRA
[17]
GER
[36]
NOR
[18]
NZ
[19]
SWE
[20]
SWI
[21]
UK
[22]
US
[23]
Who Made Who
  • Released: 24 May 1986
  • Label: Atlantic
4 28 12 30 24 24 21 21 11 33
Iron Man 2
  • Released: 19 April 2010
  • Label: Columbia
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Box set albums

List of box sets, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Content Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[14]
AUT
[15]
CAN FRA
[17]
GER
[36]
SWE
[20]
SWI
[21]
UK US
[23]
Bonfire
  • Released: November 1997
  • Label: East West
  • Live from the Atlantic Studios
  • Let There Be Rock: The Movie - Live in Paris
  • Volts
  • Back in Black
21 56 71 60 90
Backtracks
  • Released: 10 November 2009
  • Label: Columbia
  • Disc 1: Studio Rarities (CD)
  • Disc 2: Live Rarities (CD)
  • Disc 3: Live Rarities (CD)
  • Family Jewels Disc Three (DVD)
  • Live at the Circus Krone (DVD)
16 31 10 16 24 134
[40]
39
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Extended play details Peak chart positions Certifications
FRA
[17]
US
[23]
'74 Jailbreak
  • Released: 15 October 1984
  • Label: Atco
24 76

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[14]
CAN
[16]
GER
[36]
NLD
[41]
NZ
[19]
SWE
[20]
SWI
[42]
UK
[43]
US
[44]
US Main.
[44]
1974 "Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" 50 High Voltage (1976)
1975 "Love Song" / "Baby, Please Don't Go"[45] 20 High Voltage (1975)
"High Voltage" 10 T.N.T.
"It's a Long Way to the Top" 9
1976 "T.N.T." 19
"Jailbreak" 10 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" 29 34
1977 "Love at First Feel" 63
"Dog Eat Dog" 60 Let There Be Rock
1978 "Let There Be Rock" 82
"Whole Lotta Rosie" 5 68
"Rock 'n' Roll Damnation" 83 18 24 Powerage
"Whole Lotta Rosie" (live) If You Want Blood You've Got It
1979 "Girls Got Rhythm" Highway to Hell
"Highway to Hell"[A] 24 30 17 9 96 65 56 47
1980 "Touch Too Much" 13 29 106
"Whole Lotta Rosie" (live) (reissue) 36 If You Want Blood You've Got It
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (reissue) 47 4[lower-alpha 1] Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"High Voltage" (reissue) 48 High Voltage (1976)
"It's a Long Way to the Top" (reissue) 55 T.N.T.
"You Shook Me All Night Long" 8 29 38 35 Back in Black
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" /
"Hells Bells"
7 25 61 127 50[lower-alpha 1]
1981 "Back in Black" 65 100 27 37 51[lower-alpha 1]
"Big Balls" 26[lower-alpha 1] Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" 15 Back in Black
1982 "Let's Get It Up" 73 9 33 18 13 44 9 For Those About to Rock We Salute You
"For Those About to Rock" 15 4
1983 "Guns for Hire" 37 84 37 Flick of the Switch
"Nervous Shakedown" 35
"Flick of the Switch" 26
1984 "Jailbreak" 33 '74 Jailbreak
1985 "Danger" 69 47 48 Fly on the Wall
"Sink the Pink"
1986 "Shake Your Foundations" 97 24
"Who Made Who" 9 35 16 23 Who Made Who
"You Shook Me All Night Long" (reissue) 70 46
1988 "Heatseeker" 5 79 26 82 29 7 15 12 20 Blow Up Your Video
"That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll" 68 35 22 28
1990 "Thunderstruck" 4 20 21 3 3 80 16 13 5 The Razors Edge
"Moneytalks" 21 12 24 9 36 23 3
1991 "Are You Ready" 18 38 1 34 16
"Rock Your Heart Out" 76
1992 "Highway to Hell" (live) 29 69 9 36 37 14 29 Live
1993 "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (live) 34 68
"Big Gun" 19 5 20 18 3 11 5 23 65 1 Last Action Hero Soundtrack
1995 "Hard as a Rock" 14 25 16 19 28 33 1 Ballbreaker
1996 "Hail Caesar" 92 56
"Cover You in Oil" 83 85 9
1997 "Dirty Eyes" 71 6 Bonfire
2000 "Stiff Upper Lip" 65 115 1 Stiff Upper Lip
"Safe in New York City" 21
2001 "Satellite Blues" 23 7
2008 "Rock 'n' Roll Train" 45 1 Black Ice
"Big Jack" 83 10
2009 "Anything Goes" 34
"Money Made"[B]
2011 "Shoot to Thrill" (live) 98 Live at River Plate
2014 "Play Ball" 53 53 39 19 85 5 Rock or Bust
"Rock or Bust" 47 55 8
2015 "Rock the Blues Away" 40
2020 "Shot in the Dark" 50 79 6 19 116 1 Power Up
"Realize" 8
2021 "Through the Mists of Time"[46]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart, or that was not released in that country.

The master ringtones "Highway to Hell" and "Hells Bells" have been certified Gold by the RIAA, and the master ringtones "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Thunderstruck" has been certified Platinum, while the master ringtone "Back in Black" has been certified 2× Platinum.[28][47]

Notes

  • A.^ The Official Charts Company views the move from WMG to Sony Music in the same way as records being re-issued, with "Highway to Hell" first charting on Columbia on 1 December 2012 and peaking at number 4 as part of a Christmas campaign a year later.[48][49]
  • B.^ Promotional airplay single in Australia and the UK.

Videos

Video albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
FIN GER
[36]
NZ SWI
[50]
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
  • Released: 1 September 1980
  • DVD/Blu-Ray release: 2011
  • Label: Warner
5
[51]
Fly on the Wall
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Atlantic
Who Made Who
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Atlantic
AC/DC (Australia only)
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Albert
  • ARIA: Platinum (DVD)[52]
Clipped
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Atco/Atlantic
Live at Donington
  • Released: 26 October 1992
  • Re-released: 2003
  • Blu-Ray Release: 2007
  • Label: Albert, Epic
2
[53]
44
No Bull
  • Released: 19 November 1996
  • Re-released: September 2008
  • Label: East West, Warner, Columbia
1
[55]
35 1
[56]
Stiff Upper Lip Live
  • Released: 4 December 2001
  • Label: Warner
Family Jewels
  • Released: 29 March 2005
  • Label: Epic
1
[58]
7 1
[59]
13
  • AUS: 10× Platinum[52]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[30]
  • FIN: Platinum[54]
  • GER: 2× Platinum[37]
  • SWI: 2× Platinum[26]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[27]
  • US: Diamond (10× Platinum)[28]
Plug Me In
  • Released: 16 October 2007
  • Label: Columbia
1
[60]
3 1
[61]
34
Live at River Plate
  • Released: 10 May 2011
  • Label: Columbia
1
[62]
1 1
[63]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Music videos

Year Video Director(s)
1974 "Can I Sit Next to You, Girl?"
1975 "High Voltage" Larry Larstead
"Baby, Please Don't Go"
"Show Business"
1976 "Jailbreak" Paul Drane
"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"
"Problem Child" Russell Mulcahy
"Baby Please Don't Go"
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
1977 "Dog Eat Dog"
"Let There Be Rock"
1978 "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation"
"Sin City"
"Riff Raff"
"Fling Thing/Rocker"
"Whole Lotta Rosie"
1979 "Shot Down in Flames"
"Walk All Over You"
"Touch Too Much"
"If You Want Blood (You've Got It)"
1980 "Girls Got Rhythm"
"Highway to Hell"
"Back in Black" Eric Dionysius & Eric Mistler
"Hells Bells"
"Let Me Put My Love into You"
"You Shook Me All Night Long"
"What Do You Do for Money Honey"
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution"
1981 "Put the Finger on You" Derek Burbidge
"Let's Get It Up"
1982 "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
"Flick of the Switch" Paul Becher
1983 "Nervous Shakedown"
"Guns for Hire"
1985 "Sink the Pink" Brian Ward
"Danger"
"Stand Up"
"Fly on the Wall"
"Shake Your Foundations"
1986 "You Shook Me All Night Long" David Mallet
"Who Made Who"
1987 "Heatseeker"
1988 "That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll"
1990 "Thunderstruck"
"Moneytalks"
1991 "Are You Ready?"
1993 "Big Gun"
1995 "Cover You in Oil"
"Hard as a Rock"
1996 "Hail Caesar"
2000 "Stiff Upper Lip" Andy Morahan
"Satellite Blues"
"Safe in New York City"
2008 "Rock 'n Roll Train" David Mallet
2009 "Anything Goes"
2010 "Shoot to Thrill"
"Highway to Hell" (Live from Buenos Aires)
2014 "Play Ball"
"Rock or Bust"
2015 "Rock the Blues Away"
2020 "Shot in the Dark"
"Demon Fire" Ben Ib
2021 "Realize" Clemens Habicht & Josh Cheuse
"Witch's Spell" Wolf & Crow

See also

References

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Further reading

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