Till today Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP was the fastest selling album by a solo artists in USA with almost 1,800,000 copies sold in the first week. Adele’s “25″ sold 3.38 Million copies in the first week of release, making her the fastest selling artist (not only as solo but the group also) of all time in USA, beating previous record holder, pop group, ‘NSYNC and Eminem as a solo artist.
Below are the 20 albums that have sold a million copies in a single week, starting with the latest entry, 25.
Adele; 25; 3,380,000 copies; Nov. 26, 2015
Taylor Swift; 1989; 1,287,000 copies; Nov. 2, 2014
Taylor Swift; Red; 1,208,000 copies; Oct. 28, 2012
Lady Gaga; Born This Way; 1,108,000 copies; May 29, 2011
Taylor Swift; Speak Now; 1,047,000 copies; Oct. 31, 2010
Lil Wayne; Tha Carter III; 1,006,000 copies; June 15, 2008
50 Cent; The Massacre; 1,141,000 copies; March 6, 2005
Usher; Confessions; 1,096,000 copies; March 28, 2004
Norah Jones; Feels Like Home; 1,022,000 copies; Feb. 15, 2004
Eminem; The Eminem Show; 1,322,000 copies; June 2, 2002
‘NSYNC; Celebrity; 1,880,000 copies; July 29, 2001
The Beatles; 1; 1,259,000 copies; Dec. 24, 2000
Backstreet Boys; Black & Blue; 1,591,000copies; Nov. 26, 2000
Limp Bizkit; Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water; 1,055,000 copies; Oct. 22, 2000
Eminem; The Marshall Mathers LP; 1,760,000 copies; May 28, 2000
Britney Spears; Oops!…I Did It Again; 1,319,000 copies; May 21, 2000
‘NSYNC; No Strings Attached; 2,416,000 copies; March 26, 2000
Backstreet Boys; Millennium; 1,134,000 copies; May 23, 1999
Garth Brooks; Double Live; 1,085,000 copies; Nov. 22, 1998
Whitney Houston/Soundtrack; The Bodyguard; 1,061,000 copies; Jan. 3, 1993
Taylor Swift is the only one who appears three times on the list and Eminem, Backstreet Boys and ‘NSYNC two times each.
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