These areThe 25 Biggest First-Week Album Sales in Music History. Outkast has their best commercial week thus far. The debut solo studio album by George Michael spawned four number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: Faith, Father Figure, One More Try, and Monkey, making Michael the only British male solo artist to have four number one hits from one album. Trivia Facts: In 2013, this album has been preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry for being culturally significant. Beyonc 's Renaissance blasts in at No. TOP GUN - MAVERICK. Country star Morgan Wallen released his third studio album One Thing at a Time this Friday and as expected, it is projected to do a big number in the first week. None of these album are what anyone might have considered popular music at the time. The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. 14. })(); Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time. 44. This is a continuation of a post I made last year. 8 spot. Shania Twain Come On Over (1997) 40m Everything hip-hop, R&B and Future Beats! This was Meat Loafs debut studio album which contained Two Out of Three Aint Bad, easily his most successful single. "Midnights," Swift's 10th studio album, has blown past the seven-digit milestone just four days after its release, racking up 1.3 million equivalent album units in the US. Sales of the album now stand at over 32 million copies. "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water," Limp Bizkit's third album, sold 1,055,000 copies in the first week after its release. So many great albums that resonated different chapters of my life. *ARe multiplied by (100 + 4 times the number of songs) divided by 100 and brought to a base 100. In order for an album to attract a certification, they need to sell a certain number of units. As you can expect, the likes Drake and Ariana Grande recorded several of the top album debuts on Spotify, but many more are performing incredibly well. There hasnt been another quite like it before or since its release, a concept album, its themes exploring conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating health of founding member Syd Barrett. Lionel Richie Cant Slow Down (1983) 20m The album's first-week performance reflects that. The numbers mark the biggest first week for an album since . The album spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the US charts. Trivia Facts: Bat Out of Hell had its share of drama. It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. This list seems suspect to me. This would become the basis for lead track Hotel California. Nevermind not only popularised the Seattle grunge movement but also brought alternative rock as a whole into the mainstream. 1. The Swedish pop group consisting of Ulf Ekberg and three siblings: Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren had one of the best-selling debut albums of all time with Happy Nation (reissued as The Sign). In 2014 Billboard began to take streaming into account for first week sales and total album sales. In addition to recording the highest first-week sales this 2022, "Proof" also achieved the fifth-highest first-week sales by a foreign artist's album in Oricon history. I for one would be interested to see who would be able to beat Michael Jacksons astounding 7 million unit achievement. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The sales definitely reflect part of the impact an artist had. After taking a seven-year hiatus from the music business, Justin Timberlake crooned his way back to the Billboard charts this week, selling a whopping 968,000 copies ofThe 20/20 Experiencein its first week of release. In other news, the title track "Yet to Come" in BTS' anthology album "Proof" debuted on this week's Billboard 200 and Global Excl. Led Zeppelin themselves called it a fully realized hybrid of the folk and hard-rock directions.. Celine Dion has three albums, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Britney Spears, Madonna, Eminem, Adele and Michael Jackson all have two albums each in the list. Written by James Horner and Will Jennings, and serving as the love theme for James Camerons blockbuster film Titanic. Congratulations to BTS on their historic achievement in Japan with their anthology album! "The Life Of Pablo" marks the first time in his career that a Kanye album does not have a top five debut week. It comes as no surprise. (Pretty Young Thing), and Thriller all of which reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. by 12.4% of the users than 6 songs played by 14.3% of the users since If trav drops hell still certainly be in top 5 of the year but Idk if utopia would crack the top 100 oat. It had some unbelievable singles that still get radio play today. Trivia Facts: This album was issued on the 30th anniversary of the bands break-up. debut was Top 3 in every ranking, so its little surprise to see that The best-selling boy band of all time are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200. I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts. 03. we are getting results which are closer and closer to something truly In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. Somehow Pac was still having huuge debuts even 6 years after his death. At the time, and perhaps still, Bad was called the most anticipated album in history. Celine Dion The Colour of My Love (1993) 20m once we account for everything it happens to be the top performer out of I've updated for 2017 and added the top 100 list. A$AP Rocky's "Long. "Celebrity," the fourth and final album by *NSYNC, sold 1,880,000 copies in the first week after its release. 02. Adele 21 (2010) 31m There was a time when you couldnt not hear a Shania single on the radio. Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You 12 million. Huh I did not remember JIK having the biggest first week last year. Ruling radio in the 90s with hits like Man! As many as 3 pop albums feature inside the Top 10 with Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and recently released Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. Kings of Leon have broken the all-time sales barrier for the biggest first week digital album sales after the release of their fifth studio record. The Bee Gees included so many songs in the soundtrack and the movie of the same name that they essentially lost an albums worth of material. The album also won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1985. 2005 - 50 Cent "massacres" the competition, the rise of Lil Wayne. Up to that point, no album had ever amassed 100 million streams on Spotify in its first week. Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (1985) 22m The first few weeks after the initial release of an album (thats obvious); Christmas time: in the lead up to Christmas album sales increase exponentially; Grammy time: in the week after the Grammy ceremony album sales increase; After the death of a major celebrity, people seem to go out in droves to purchase an artists past catalogue, almost as a way to show respect to the artist or maybe as a way to hold on to something from their past. At one stage that would have been a tall ask, but now we have had 22 artists that have achieved that feat, most of them in the new millennium. The tour earned them three Guinness World Records. gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx; DMX's "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" also sold 251K making 1998 a dominant year for X. Eminem debuted with 283K first week for his "The Slim Shady LP". Perhaps the biggest outlier in the top 10 is Folklore by Taylor Swift which lies inside the indie genre. Madonnas third studio album was inspired by her then husband Sean Penn, to whom Madonna dedicated the album. So 34k rather than 125k. "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne's sixth album, sold 1,006,000 copies in the first week after its release. Since Spotify became a thing, you likely heard a lot of times how streaming was killing the album format. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. You dont need to go to the album, it comes to you. Those numbers make it one of thefastest-selling records of all time, or more accurately, sinceSoundscan started tracking sales in 1991. When we go deeper on numbers, we notice these records are often stronger thanks to high streams from the entire tracklist. The album also won a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best Engineered Album. Pepper album was released. Instead they recruited Brian Johnson to take over lead vocals and released Back in Black with an all-black cover in mourning for their lost bandmate. The past year has . 2002 - Eminem continues to dominate, the rise of Nelly. The fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2 had the provisional titles The Desert Songs and The Two Americas. The transatlantic pop rock band Fleetwood Macs 11th studio album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, Rumours has since sold over 40 million copies worldwide, assisted by the hit songs Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Dont Stop, and You Make Loving Fun. Michael Jackson merged all of them, plus his typical Funk sound, to great success. It has since sold more than 12 million copiesin the US and remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time. var gcse = document.createElement('script'); Trivia Facts: This album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for 950 total weeks. No Rolling Stones album ? Guinness Book of World Records named the LP the best-selling debut studio effort in music history. This record won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and went 18x Platinum. Only two albums from the sixties made it and British artists make up only 15 places on the list. The fourth studio album by Def Leppard released in 1987 has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, including 12 million in the US, and spawned seven hit singles. "Red," Swift's fourth album, sold 1,208,000 copies in the first week after its release. U.S. chart, while it debuted at No. Green Day Dookie (1994) 20m This albums music videos are said to have transformed videos into an art form. The winner? Music industry One step closer to being accurate. Trivia Facts: The album was recorded in Nassau in the Bahamas in a low-cost studio due to scheduling issues. 2018 - Drake cements himself as number one, Weezy is free, and the rise of Travis Scott, 2021 - Kanye v Drake: Dawn of Prolonged Album Rollouts, ---|---|----|----|---- 1| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP| 2000| 1.76M 2| Eminem| The Eminem Show| 2002| 1.322M 3| 50 Cent| The Massacre| 2005| 1.14M 4| Drake| Views| 2016| 1.075M 5| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter III| 2008| 1.006M 6| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter IV| 2011| 964K 7| Kanye West| Graduation| 2007| 957K 8| 50 Cent| Get Rich or Die Tryin'| 2003| 872K 9| Kanye West| Late Registration| 2005| 860K 10| Snoop Dogg| Doggystyle| 1993| 803K 11| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP 2| 2013| 792K 12| Drake| Scorpion| 2018| 749K 13| Eminem| Recovery| 2010| 741K 14| Nelly| Nellyville| 2002| 714K 15| Eminem| Encore | 2004| 710K 16| Eminem| 8 Mile OST| 2002| 702K 17| DMX| And Then There Was X| 1999| 698K 18| 50 Cent| Curtis| 2007| 697K 19| The Notorious B.I.G.| Life After Death| 1997| 690K 20| Beastie Boys| Hello Nasty| 1998| 681K 21| Jay-Z| Kingdom Come| 2006| 680K 22| DMX| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood| 1998| 670K 23| 2Pac| The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory| 1996| 664K 24| Drake| Nothing Was the Same| 2013| 658K 25| Drake| Take Care| 2011| 631K 26| Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 2021| 613K 27| Wu-Tang Clan| Wu-Tang Forever| 1997| 612K 28| Kendrick Lamar| DAMN.| 2017| 610K 29| Eminem| Relapse| 2009| 608K 30| The Game| The Documentary| 2005| 586K 31| T.I.| Paper Trail| 2008| 568K 32| 2Pac| All Eyez On Me| 1996| 566K 33| P. Diddy| No Way Out| 1997| 561K 34| Jay-Z| The Dynasty: Roc La Familia| 2000| 558K 35| Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 | 553K 36| 2Pac| R U Still Down? Released in 1982, it was a weird transition time for music when Disco and Funk were on the way out and Rock and Pop were on the way in. It was her first international release and first not in the New Jack Swing and Dance-Pop genres. It was played for the press live at the Rainbow Theatre a year before its release and they loved it. Santana Supernatural (1999) 30m adjusted for that, idk if Drake would be on level playing field, but it wouldn't be as crazy. Live. Eagles Hotel California (1976) 42m George Michael Faith (1987) 20m This just goes to prove that if one produces something people want, audiences will go out and buy it, in droves. If I had to guess, N.W.A. Yep, 710,000 in 3 days. Drama in the music industry is fun! We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. In 2007 the album was certified 22x Multi-Platinum in the USA alone. 3 lbum, no two. This beast of an album went 16x Platinum, was #1 on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks straight, and stayed on the charts for 120 total weeks. Looking at the top 10 is fun, but what about those that either almost made the list or still have a real chance of bumping others off the list? It came out in the year 2000 and contains their typical Pop and Rock songs that we all know and love. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985) 30m Eminem smashed N.W.A. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. It came out in 1976 and has continued to gain sales as it ultimately became a collection of oldies tracks. First week album sales: 29,000 Billboard 200 position: 12 Singles: "Decades", "Tetris", "Therapy Music", "Vinyl Days", "Orville", "Bleed It", "Breath Control" Features: Wiz Khalifa, Action Bronson, Russ, The Game, Royce da 5'9, RZA, DJ Premier, Currensy, Langston Bristol, Doc D, iamJMARS, Big Lenbo, C Dot Castro, Nezi Momodu, Like, Blu, Exile, AZ. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. im sure roddy is gonna drop something and he should put up really good numbers too. Her label certainly wants to push pure sales with her history in that segment, but I wouldnt count out a really big streaming debut. "Feels Like Home," Norah Jones' sophomore album, sold 1,022,000 copies in the first week after its release. This also goes to prove how overwhelmingly popular these albums were, that they were able to make it onto this list, based purely on the sales from one country, whilst other albums needed worldwide figures to qualify for the list, Musicologist, Musician, Songwriter, Music Business Enthusiast and Music Teacher, There are reports that Jive shipped over 4.2million units worldwide on the first day and an additional 2.3million the day after the release of the album, but these were just shipped and not necessarily sold. The song Bad was meant to be a duet between Michael and Prince. With eight weeks at the top of the US album chart, the album features songs that are considered Bon Jovis best known, including You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin on a Prayer and Wanted Dead or Alive. The singles Dreamlover, Hero and Without You, became worldwide chart-topping hits, the latter becoming Careys highest charting international single of her career. 6. The album produced seven singles The Girl Is Mine, Billie Jean, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin Somethin', Human Nature, P.Y.T. I doubt they care at this point. No data for number 5 but I'm going to assume it was LL Cool J's "14 Shots to the Dome". We're only talking about projects that sold massively out the gate. Because I hope its not what I think youre saying, where do yall think adeles 4th album is going to place here (it may have 15 songs at best). The name and cover were both meant as signs of mourning at the time. Is this something you'd be interested in me posting annually? The Wall initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of who found it overblown and pretentious. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) 25m By January 1992, it had replaced Michael Jacksons Dangerous at number one on the US chart. You can attribute the success to three things: its a double album so the sales count twice, the movie was great, and the Bee Gees were on top of the game at the time. For example Bad Bunny and Jack Harlow were added today! Nothing Was The Same, If Youre Reading This Its Too Late, Views, and More Life all broke the US record for first week streams, showing that the Canadian rapper has been a monster force for many years. "25," the third album by Adele, sold 3,378,000 copies in the first week after its release handily breaking a single-week record that was previously set by *NSYNC in 2000. It would look very different Im sure. But amazon is also paid and its dominated by pop and country. 1 albums in Japan. With over 510k copies sold in its first week, the album shot straight to the top of the Billboard 200. Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide. Look at those sales numbers! The bands most commercially successful release sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies in its first week on sale in the UK, spent 10 weeks at number-one on the UK Albums Chart, and reached number four in the US Billboard 200. Less hip hop and trap style beats dominating the charts. Some of the profits from the album were invested in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The album only reached #2 on the Billboard 200. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching high in the Billboard Hot 100: New Kid in Town (number one), Hotel California (number one), and Life in the Fast Lane (number 11). the late 90s/early aughts were a high point for music sales in general. "No Strings Attached," the third album by *NSYNC, sold 2,416,000 copies in the first week after its release. Trivia Facts: Bad debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums and Billboard 200 charts. He secured his spot once again as the king of streaming with Certified Lover Boy hitting nearly 500 million streams as well. The album lodged 35 weeks atop the Irish Albums Chart, the longest in the charts history. RELATED:Green Label - The Top 10 Best Selling Albums of 2013, Every No. In addition to recording the highest first-week sales this 2022, "Proof" also achieved the fifth-highest first-week sales by a foreign artist's album in Oricon history. Bat Out of Hell was released in 1977 in the Hard Rock and Glam Rock sub-genres. It has now reached a point that if an artist wants to be eligible for the Top 20 they need to have shipped over 2.1 million units in one week. Michael Jackson Dangerous (1991) 32m It simply sold consistently, week after week, for years. In 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children and played their debut gig the following year. The 2015 album jumps to the 3rd spot with 2.35 streams per user. When you downloaded a single, you still had no right to take a look at the rest of the album. To recall, BTS' "Proof" ranked first on Oricon's Daily Chart on June 23 with 463,718 copies-their own highest first-day sales figure in Japan to date, surpassing "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7," which only sold 227,204 copies. 1 . MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Released: February 12, 1990 Label: Capitol Records Units sold: 10 million 4. When released it became the fastest-selling album in British history and features the hit singles With or Without You, I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, and Where the Streets Have No Name, the first two of which became the groups only number-one singles in the US. Adele 25 (2015) 22m I Want It That Way, one of four singles from this album reached the number-one spot in more than 25 countries. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three. No filler on this album! gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; With streams, all you need to do is go to the album page and play it in full. Do you think your favorite artist is among them? Jacksons previous album Off the Wall (1979) had been a critical success, but he wasnt happy. This is easily one of the most important albums to ever be created. The title track rose to No. Naturally, the leader of urban music comes on top. 24. (Remember Me)| 1997| 549K 37| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse| 2002| 545K 38| D12| D12 World| 2004| 544K 39| Drake| If You're Reading This It's Too Late| 2015| 535K 40| Outkast| Stankonia| 2000| 530K 41| Jay-Z| Magna Carta Holy Grail| 2013| 527K 42| T.I.| King| 2006| 522K 43| Snoop Dogg| Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told| 1998| 520K 44| Dr. Dre| 2001| 1999| 516K 45| J. Cole| 4 Your Eyez Only| 2016| 511K 46| Outkast| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below| 2003| 510K 47| Drake| More Life| 2017| 505K 48| Juice WRLD| Legends Never Die|2020|497K 49| Kanye West| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy| 2010| 496K 50| Master P| MP Da Last Don| 1998| 495K 51| The Notorious B.I.G.| Born Again| 1999| 485K 52| Lil Wayne | Tha Carter V | 2018 | 480K 53| Snoop Dogg| Tha Doggfather| 1996| 479K 54| Jay-Z| The Blueprint 3| 2009| 476K 55| Nas| I Am| 1999| 470K 56| T.I.| T.I. Lets Talk About Love includes Celine Dions biggest hit, My Heart Will Go On. This is the best kind of album: it only had 8 tracks and they were all great. Trivia Facts: The album Rumours was originally called Yesterdays Gone. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. The latest mixtapes, videos, news, and anything else hip-hop/R&B/Future Beats related from your favorite artists, Press J to jump to the feed. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [Discussion] First Week Album Sales Since 1991 & The Top 100 Hip-Hop First Weeks of All Time (2021 Edition) 1991 was the first year that Nielsen started tracking music sales data. Whitney Houston in 1993 and Taylor Swift in 2018. By now things have changed though. The World's Biggest First Week Album Sales | by Sheldon Rocha Leal, PhD | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. The record labels marketing department knew better, even though Jim wrote the bulk of the material. On the US Scale at least, Apple Music is completely paid, and Rap DOMINATES, compared to US Spotify where Pop fares way better. Lets take a look at the next ten that performed really well and may make it in the next decade. Trivia Facts: This was the first album to ever sell more than a million units in one week according to SoundScan. 17, and "Run BTS" at No. Saturday Night Fever is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. Also despite female rappers being really dominant recently and Doja, cardi b and nicki all either being confirmed or likely to drop albums this upcoming year idk if any of them will make the top 5 for the year, just wondering, are you not counting post malone as hip hop? 34. On the list of top 5 biggest first-week sales by albums of foreign artists, BTS holds the Nos. Seven solo male artists occupy placements and the remaining 14 positions are occupied by bands. It was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. The album also reached number one in fifteen other countries. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (2000) 32m Freddie Gibbs - Soul Sold Separately Released: September 30, 2022 Label: ESGN, Warner First week album sales: 22,000 Billboard 200 position: 14 Singles: "Too Much" Features: Kelly Price, Offset, Moneybagg Yo, Rick Ross, Anderson .Paak, Raekwon, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild, Scarface Latto - 777 Released: March 25, 2022 Label: RCA, Streamcut Shania Twain, Up! Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100. Pepper become the first rock LP to receive a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was lauded by critics for its innovations in production, song writing and graphic design. Trivia Facts: Thriller marked the first time Michael Jackson reached the top of the Billboard 200, back when it was called the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. 2Pac - Greatest Hits Released: November 24, 1998 Label: Death Row/Interscope Records Units sold: 10 million 5. Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. Famous Idol Trainee's Status After Leaving YG Entertainment, Where Is Guinn Myah Now? Im a big chart watcher and album sales figures fascinate me. The list also flags up no Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, and as yet (but it wont be long), no Ed Sheeran. Here are 20 albums with the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop history. The albums singles, most notably More Than a Feeling and Long Time, were both AM and FM hits, and nearly the entire album receives constant rotation on classic rock radio. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The soundtrack albums The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease: The Original Soundtrack are also up there with the 10 best selling albums ever. Steeply influenced by Bruce Springsteens Born To Run, Bat Out of Hell combined the best elements of the urban rock opera and the musicianship of progressive-rock was not an immediate hit. "25" went on to sell 1,160,000 copies in its second week and 1,190,000 in its fifth week. Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. Their self-titled fifth album (the Black Album) marked a change in the bands sound from the thrash metal style of the previous four albums to a slower and heavier one rooted in heavy metal. I Did It Again," the second album by Britney Spears, sold 1,319,000 copies in the first week after its release. Crazy. The band members are among the richest musicians in the world and even funded the production of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie with the proceeds. The record label had low expectations, yet it topped the charts in over 30 countries, was the best-selling album for 2 years straight, and is the top seller of the 21st century. The Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat It videos continued to push sales of the album for a long time, as did the seven singles. See 20 of the Biggest First-Week Hip-Hop Album Sales Over the Years Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP Release Date: May 23, 2000 First-Week. Recorded under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has come to be regarded as Johns best and most popular album. 36. 2 and 4 spots, and now the No. Thats ridiculous. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find. 9. 8 on MelOn. Numbers behind streams ofThe WeekndsMy Dear Melancholy,Kanye WestsYeand Lil Nas Xs 7 EP take another feel when we see that they are so short. "Black & Blue," the fourth album by Backstreet Boys, sold 1,591,000 copies in the first week after its release. "The Marshall Mathers LP," Eminem's third album, sold 1,760,000 copies in the first week after its release. 48. The album still scores around 10,000 sales a week due to covers of the entire album still coming out by various artists. Taylor Swift and BTS both have placed 4 albums in the Top 34, whilst Utada Hikaru has placed 3. Drake becomes the first artist to do a million in a week since Lil Wayne in 2008. The Dark Side of the Moon reached number-one on the US Billboard chart and has charted for over 900 weeks in total. Normal artists will usually take a protracted time before their albums are certified, gold, platinum or diamond, but the sales of these mega albums are so large that they obtain instantaneous certifications. I understand, you milk it while the getting is good, but with The Beatles its always good, though this almost feels like cheating. Outkast was an American hip-hop duo formed in 1992 consisting of rappers Andre 3000 and Big Boi. Their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh topped the charts and won the band two Grammy Awards for title track and New Kid in Town. If NF sold 30k pure like Chance and the other 51k people that bought the album streamed the album 100 times each first week instead then he'd have 30k pure + 3.4k sales from streaming. As of May 2016, Rumours has spent 630 weeks in the UK Top 75 album chart and is the 11th best-selling album in UK history. In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth, England for an audience of 125,000 each night, which were at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history. Additionally, the song has earned its first MelOn Weekly Popularity Award. Abbey Road has sold over 31 million copies worldwide. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. The first indication that long playing discs may do well in a streaming world came in November 2015.
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