News.com.au reports that Anglo-Australian hard rock legends AC/DC have won the award for best rock album for "Black Ice" at the 2009 ARIA Awards (an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association [ARIA]).

The rockers also picked up the trophy for highest-selling album for their 2008 release, which was their first full-length CD in eight years.

AC/DC beat ESKIMO JOE, JET, THE DRONES and THE TEMPER TRAP to collect the coveted award.

The award was announced by Jimmy Barnes, but the band was out of the country on its "Black Ice World Tour" and was unable to accept the trophy in person.

In a video shot backstage at their show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the band sent a brief message home.

"This is very kind. Thanks very much," they said.

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AC/DC was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988 but had never won an award until now.