 On the first day of its US release , 20 October 2008 , Black Ice sold over 193 @,@ 000 units . By 28 October , Black Ice debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart , selling over 784 @,@ 000 copies in its first week , the second highest one @-@ week sales of an album in the US of 2008 , behind Lil Wayne 's Tha Carter III . It was AC / DC 's second release to top the US charts , after For Those About to Rock We Salute You ( 1981 ) and became the biggest debut ever by a mainstream hard rock album . As of 31 December 2008 , the album had sold 1 @.@ 915 million copies in the US , according to Nielsen SoundScan , and was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA . Black Ice also debuted at number one on the ARIA Album Charts , selling over 90 @,@ 000 units , and the UK Album charts , with 110 @,@ 000 copies sold . It was their first number one in the UK since Back in Black ( 1980 ) . In Canada , Black Ice debuted at number one and sold 119 @,@ 000 copies in its first week , making it the best @-@ selling album debut in Canada in 2008 . The album held the top spot in Canada for three consecutive weeks , with sales of over 200 @,@ 000 copies . In Germany , Black Ice became the 14th best @-@ selling album of the 2000s , with sales of 1 million copies and being certified 5 times platinum . 
