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This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release.[1] This list may include any type of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. Market order within the article is ranked alphabetically. Albums within each table are listed in order of the number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in Canada with over 305,928 copies sold in its first seven days of release.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Japan since Oricon was founded in November 1967. The top two sales records were achieved in the same week, on March 28, 2001, as both albums were promoted as a direct competition between J-pop singer-songwriters Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki by their respective labels.[36]Distance would debut at Number 1 in the first week, while A BEST would also reach Number 1 in the following week.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in New Zealand since the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, later renamed as Recorded Music NZ, was founded in 1972. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in NZ with over 18,766 copies sold in its first seven days following release.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in South Korea as recorded by the Hanteo Information System[a] established in 1993.[61]Seventeenth Heaven by Seventeen is the fastest-selling album of all time in South Korea with 5,091,887 copies shipped to stores in its first seven days of release.[62]
^The Hanteo chart provides real-time daily, weekly, and monthly sales updates, but only accounts for data received from affiliated stores and therefore does not reflect the total sales of a given release. The Circle Album Chart (formerly Gaon), counts albums shipped to all stores regardless of affiliation, so there is always a noticeable difference between its figures and Hanteo's. Gaon, however, only began providing realtime data from 2019. Given this article's scope, and the limitations of existing sources, Hanteo's numbers alone are used.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the UK with just over 803,000 copies sold in its first seven days.
Be Here Now was unconventionally released on a Thursday and debuted at number one based on three-day sales of 696,000 copies. Sales accumulated during its first full week of availability, which went from Thursday to Wednesday, totaled 813,000 copies, which remains the most an album has sold in its first week on sale.[71]
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums (pure sales) in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began on March 1, 1991. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.
^denotes sales from The Eminem Show's second week of availability, which was its first full week of activity. In its opening week, only one day of sales—284,000 copies—was recorded as the album's release date was pushed up due to bootlegging. That totals to 1.606 million copies in its first eight days of availability.
^denotes sales from The Massacre's first four days of availability as the album was unconventionally released in the middle of an ongoing tracking week.
The following albums predate the introduction of Nielsen SoundScan, and are possibly subject to manipulation or inflation as sales were self-reported by record labels:[88]
In 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album, recorded on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination, sold 4 million copies at 99 cents each within six days of its release.[89]
Although not in its opening week, the Beatles' compilation 1 moved 1,258,667 units during Christmas week 2000,[99] becoming the highest sales in a nondebut week since SoundScan era.[100]
Encore by Eminem sold 1.58 million copies in its first ten days of availability, after an abbreviated three-day first week.[101]
25 by Adele sold 1.11 million and 1.16 million copies in its second[102] and fifth weeks of availability respectively.[103]
Additional records: According to some estimates, Adele's 25 (2015) had the biggest first-week sales in a single territory, when surpassed 3 million-plus copies in the United States. Utada Hikaru's Distance (2001) and Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best (2001) previously sold 3 million and 2.8 million in Japan, respectively.[130] In 2022, Jay Chou sold 5 million copies of Greatest Works of Art in China during its opening week,[16] while John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album (1963) sold 4 million copies at 99 cents in the U.S.[89]
^First-week sales divided in 3,378,000 copies in the United States (Billboard),[82] 306,000 in Canada (Nielsen),[4] 150,000 in Australia (3 days),[105] 260,000 in Germany,[32] 120,000 in the Netherlands,[106] 20,000 in Spain,[107] 3,260 in Portugal,[108] 40,000 in Switzerland,[109] 18,766 in New Zealand,[54] 180,000 in Benelux,[110] 169,693 in France,[111] and 803,000 in the United Kingdom.[71]
^Traditional sales divided in 1,914,000 units in the United States, 150,000 copies in Canada and, 270,000 sales in the United Kingdom alone.[83][12][137] Others estimated 4 million globally in album-equivalent units.[138]
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^"2000 con Warner Music". Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 1995. p. 83. Retrieved April 20, 2024. el año pasado -apenas 12 horas después de su lanzamiento- Segundo Romance ya había vendido en Chile 50.000 unidades
^"¡Arrasador!". La Nación (in Spanish). August 30, 1997. Retrieved January 14, 2023. Disco de platino en Colombia son 60.000 unidades, pero, en el primer día de ventas, Carlos salió con séxtuple disco de platino
^del Amo, Carlos (May 21, 2000). "Gloria Estefan une el ritmo del Caribe". La Tribuna. p. 11. Retrieved March 3, 2024. En tan sólo dos días, Gloria Estefan vendió en España más de 150.000 copias de este Alma Caribeña
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^Lee, Yoo-min (July 24, 2023). NCT 드림, 3번째 트리플 밀리언셀러 직행 [NCT DREAM's 3rd triple million seller]. Sports Khan (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
^Park, Se-yeon (February 28, 2020). 방탄소년단, '맵 오브 더 소울:7' 첫 주에만 337만장 팔았다 [BTS sold 3.37 million copies in the first week of Map of the Soul: 7]. Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 12, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2020 – via Naver.
^Kang, Seo-jeong (May 8, 2024). 세븐틴, 음반만? 음원도 강하다..美 빌보드 주요차트 진입 성공 [Seventeen, just the album? The sound source is strong, too. Successfully entered the U.S. Billboard major charts]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
^Lee, Seul (June 17, 2022). 방탄소년단 'Proof', 초동 275만장 돌파…올해 국내 앨범 판매량 1위 [BTS' 'Proof' surpasses 2.75 million copies in the first week... No. 1 album sales in Korea this year]. Xports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
^ abKang, Da-yoon (November 10, 2023). 방탄소년단 정국, '골든' 초동 243만장 돌파…역대 K-팝 솔로 1위 [공식] [BTS Jungkook's 'Golden' album exceeds 2.43 million copies in the first week... No. 1 K-Pop Solo of All Time [Official]]. My Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN0-214-20480-4. this LP reached advance orders of 270,000 in Great Britain (a record then) and sold 530,000 copies within 1 week after release
^Gross, Mike (January 15, 1966). "Show Albums Win Longevity Sweepstakes". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 36. ISSN0006-2510. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021 – via Google Books. (Note: Click/tap "About magazine" to view issue details.)
^Ingham, Chris (2006). The Rough Guide to the Beatles. London: Rough Guides/Penguin. p. 51. ISBN978-1-84836-525-4. [The Beatles] made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest-selling album ever—almost two million in one week.
^Campbell, Mary (December 27, 1986). "A look back at the year's events in music". The Sumter Daily Item. Retrieved March 7, 2018 – via Google News Archive. Bruce Springsteen put out the blockbuster record album of 1986, "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live 1975–85," a 40-song, five record set. It sold out its first shipment of 1.5 million copies in 10 days.
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^Watts, Peter; Dimery, Rob (September 27, 2002). Guinness World Records 2003. Guinness World Records. p. 188. ISBN978-0-85112-147-5. The Beatles ' 1 , a compilation of all the British band's No.1 singles in the USA and UK , sold 3.6 million on its first day , 13 November 2000 , and 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month in the stores
^Park, Se-yeon (February 3, 2023). 투모로우바이투게더 초동 218만장…BTS 이어 역대 초동 4위 등극 [TXT sold 2.18 million copies in the first week… Ranked 4th in Initial Chodong history after BTS]. Star Today (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
