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AC/DC’s 1980 breakthrough album “Back In Black” now ranks as the third highest-certified album in U.S. history. On Wednesday, the record was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 27 million copies.
The record falls behind the Eagles’ compilation “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)”, which has moved 38 million units, and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, which has been certified 34 times platinum.
“Back In Black” first went platinum in October 1980 and had previously been certified 25 times platinum in December 2019.
Frontman Brian Johnson says he didn’t have a clue how successful “Back In Black” would turn out to be.
He explained, “I’d just melted me brain in there, and I didn’t know if it was good or bad. That was the first time I’d been in the Bahamas, anyway, or near America, you know, and you (have to) remember, I was just fascinated by the whole culture and all, and I had no idea what the hell I was doing!”
