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Nov 6, 2009 Updated Nov 9, 2009

AC/DC have topped a list of Australia's richest entertainers.

Following the international success of their latest album, Black Ice, and a global tour, the veteran rockers have topped the 2009 BRW list of 50 highest-earning Australian entertainers.

The group earned an estimated $105 million in the past year - more than double their nearest rival, pop princess Kylie Minogue, who only managed 47 million.

Both knocked The Wiggles off the top spot for the first time in four years, the children's entertainers raking in a mere $45 million....barely enough to keep them in hot potatoes.

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AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. The band is commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll". To date they are one of the highest grossing bands of all time. AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first...

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