Which AC/DC album was certified 25× Platinum in the US?

Which AC/DC album was certified 25× Platinum in the US? The album was “Back in Black.”

Released in 1980, “Back in Black” was AC/DC’s seventh studio album and the first to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer after Bon Scott’s death. The band recorded it in the Bahamas with producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who had also produced “Highway to Hell.” Its stark black cover was designed as a sign of mourning for Scott.

The album became an extraordinary commercial success. It has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as the best-selling hard-rock album ever released. In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America’s 25× Platinum certification represented 25 million album-equivalent units at the time of that certification.

A useful update is that “Back in Black” later exceeded the figure in the question: the RIAA certified it 27× Platinum in August 2024. That makes the stored answer historically correct, even though it no longer reflects the album’s latest US certification level. The album includes “Hells Bells,” “You Shook Me All Night Long” and its title track.