AC/DC Score Hit With Wal-Mart

AC/DC Black Ice
Get it at: Wal-Mart. The chain — which has created AC/DC boutiques in New York and L.A., plus elaborate in-store displays — has committed to selling 2.5 million copies of the disc.

Guns n' Roses Chinese Democracy
Get it at: Best Buy. Want the CD? You have to go to Best Buy, where it will sell for $13.99. But the album will also be available digitally on iTunes and at bestbuy.com.

The Police Certifiable
Get it at: Best Buy. This two-CD, two-DVD live set ($24.99) was recorded at a Buenos Aires show. The chain is putting a major promo push behind it just before Thanksgiving.

Christina Aguilera
Keeps Gettin' Better
Get it at: Target. Xtina's $9.98 hits package includes the new "Keeps Gettin' Better." A music-video-like TV commercial will push the set.

Eagles
Long Road Out of Eden
Get it at: Wal-Mart. The 2007 double album sold for just $11.88, but the country rockers took home $4 for each one — twice the typical royalty.

[From Issue 1065 — November 13, 2008]

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