Editing Back in Black (section)

==Release and promotion==
''Back in Black'' was first released in the United States on 25 July 1980. Its release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe followed on 31 July, and it was released in Australia on 11 August.<ref name="louder"/> The album was an immediate commercial success, debuting at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart|British albums chart]] and reaching number four on the [[Billboard 200|American chart]], which ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called "an exceptional showing for a heavy-metal album".<ref>{{cite magazine|title= 26: AC/DC, 'Back in Black' |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= 16 November 1989 |access-date= 29 May 2012 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/ac-dc-back-in-black-20110330}}</ref> It topped the British chart for two weeks, and remained in the top 10 of the American chart for more than five months. In Australia, the album reached number one on the [[ARIA Charts]] in March 1981.<ref name="louder"/>

After ''Back in Black'' was released, AC/DC's previous records ''Highway to Hell'', ''[[If You Want Blood You've Got It]]'', and ''[[Let There Be Rock]]'' all re-entered the British charts, which made them the first band since [[The Beatles]] to have four albums in the British Top 100 simultaneously.<ref name="maximum">{{cite book|first1= Murray |last1= Engleheart |first2= Arnaud |last2= Durieux |title= AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll |year= 2006 |page= 339 |publisher= HarperCollins |isbn= 0-7322-8383-3}}</ref> ''Back in Black''{{'}}s American success prompted [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], the band's US record company, to release their 1976 album ''[[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]]'' for the first time in the US, and in May 1981 ''Dirty Deeds'' reached number three on the US chart, surpassing ''Back in Black'''s peak position.<ref name="louder"/>

To promote the album, music videos were filmed for "[[You Shook Me All Night Long]]", "[[Hells Bells (song)|Hells Bells]]", [[Back in Black (song)|the title track]], "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", "Let Me Put My Love into You", and "What Do You Do for Money Honey", though only the first four of those songs were released as [[single (music)|singles]].<ref name="louder">{{cite magazine|first= Philip |last= Wilding |title= The Story Behind the Album: AC/DC's Back in Black |magazine= [[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date= 25 July 2017 |access-date= 9 December 2018 |url= https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-album-ac-dc-s-back-in-black}}</ref> "[[You Shook Me All Night Long]]" became AC/DC's first Top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 35 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="maximum"/>

On August 21, 2024, the album was certified 27× [[RIAA certification|multi-platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], denoting 27 million American sales.<ref name="RIAA"/> This placed it sixth on the list of the best-selling albums in the US.<ref name="RIAA"/> Worldwide, it has sold 50 million copies, leading [[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] of ''[[NME]]'' to call it "the biggest selling hard rock album ever made";<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Mark |last= Beaumont |author-link= Mark Beaumont (journalist) |title= 10 Things You Might Not Know About AC/DC's 'Back in Black' |magazine= [[NME]] |date= 24 July 2015 |access-date= 6 August 2018 |url= https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-acdc-s-back-in-black-766510}}</ref> rock historian Brock Helander had previously called it "ostensibly the best-selling [...] heavy-metal album in history".<ref>{{cite book|first= Brock |last= Helander |year= 1996 |title= The Rock Who's Who |edition= 2nd |publisher= [[Schirmer Books]] |page= [https://archive.org/details/rockwhoswho00hela/page/5 5] |isbn= 0028710312 |url= https://archive.org/details/rockwhoswho00hela/page/5}}</ref>