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Back in Black is het zevende studioalbum van de Australische hardrockband AC/DC, uitgebracht op 25 juli 1980. Het was het eerste album dat AC/DC opnam zonder zanger en voorman Bon Scott, die vlak na het succes van Highway to Hell op 19 februari 1980 was overleden.

Na een korte periode van rouw, waarin de band zelfs overwoog ermee te stoppen, werd besloten om audities te houden. Uit de vele kandidaten kozen ze ten slotte Brian Johnson, zanger van glamrockband Geordie. Met hem als nieuwe leadzanger/tekstschrijver bracht AC/DC Back in Black uit bij Epic Records. Het was na Highway to Hell het tweede album dat Robert John "Mutt" Lange produceerde met AC/DC.

Back in Black is met 50 miljoen exemplaren, waarvan 21 miljoen in de Verenigde Staten, het op twee na meestverkochte album wereldwijd. Door het succes in de Verenigde Staten stond Back in Black in 1998 in het Guinness Book of Records als bestverkochte album van een niet-Amerikaanse, niet-Britse groep in de VS.

Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980, by Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature Brian Johnson as lead singer, following the death of their previous vocalist Bon Scott.

After the commercial breakthrough of their 1979 album Highway to Hell, AC/DC was planning to record a follow-up, but in February 1980, Scott died from alcohol poisoning after a drinking binge. The remaining members of the group considered disbanding, but ultimately chose to continue on and recruited Johnson, who had previously been the vocalist for Geordie.

The album was composed by Johnson and brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, and recorded over seven weeks in the Bahamas from April to May 1980 with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had also produced Highway to Hell. Following its completion, the group mixed Back in Black at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The album's all-black cover was designed as a "sign of mourning" for Scott.

Back in Black was an unprecedented commercial and critical success. It has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in music history. AC/DC supported the album with a yearlong world tour that cemented them among the most popular music acts of the early 1980s. It has since been included on numerous "greatest albums" lists. On 21 August 2024, the album was certified 27× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making it the third best-selling album in the United States and the best-selling album that never reached the top spot on the American charts.