Guitar Hero Beat Aerosmith's Albums

American rock band Aerosmith made more money from licensing its songs and image for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than from any one of its albums. The band licensed 29 songs to Activision, and the game sold nearly 600,000 copies and generated more than US$25 million in its first week. It eventually sold over four million copies, while Aerosmith's 2004 album Honkin' on Bobo sold about 160,000 copies and grossed roughly US$2 million during its first week.

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