It's now official. Adele has shattered the one week sales record for an album in the U.S..
The British singer's third CD, "25," has sold an incredible 3,354,773 in it's first week," according to HitsDailyDouble. That will be more that good enough to top the charts. The previous record for one week sales belonged to NSYNC's 2000 "No Strings Attached" disc, which sold 2,416,000.
Jadakiss' "Top Five Dead Or Alive," his first solo album since 2009, debuted at No. 5, with sales of 50,722.
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Adele's new album, "25," looks like it will make history.
Billboard projects the disc will sell 2.5 million copies in it's opening week, breaking the record of 2.42 million, set by NSYNC's 2000 release, "No Strings Attached."
No album prior to or after "No Strings Attached" had sold 2 million copies in one week since Nielsen Music began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991.
"25," Adele's third album, was released on Friday, November 20th, via XL/Columbia Records. First day iTunes sales surpassed 900,000.
Final first week numbers will be announced by Nielsen on November 29th.
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Adele is in a class by herself. Her new album, "25," continues to move units in massive volumes. The British songbird's third effort sold 1,056,429 in it's second week, pushing the 2 week total to 4.4 million.
According to HitsDailyDouble, Adele's "25" is the first album to sell more than 1 million in the 1st and 2nd week.
Amazing...
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Adele's just released album, "25," is exceeding all expectations. In just three days it has already sold sold at least 2.3 million in pure album sales in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.
At that pace it will shatter the one week sales record of 2,416,000 set by NSYNC's 2000 album, "No Strings Attached."
Billboard now projects that it will sell 2.9 million copies by week's end.
The album puts Adele in the elite club of artists who have sold 1 million records in a week. Check out the full list via Billboard below.
The One Million Club
Adele; 25; TBD*; Nov. 26, 2015 (*sales for debut week to be determined)
Taylor Swift; 1989; 1,287,000; Nov. 2, 2014
Taylor Swift; Red; 1,208,000; Oct. 28, 2012
Lady Gaga; Born This Way; 1,108,000; May 29, 2011
Taylor Swift; Speak Now; 1,047,000; Oct. 31, 2010
Lil Wayne; Tha Carter III; 1,006,000; June 15, 2008
50 Cent; The Massacre; 1,141,000; March 6, 2005
Usher; Confessions; 1,096,000; March 28, 2004
Norah Jones; Feels Like Home; 1,022,000; Feb. 15, 2004
Eminem; The Eminem Show; 1,322,000; June 2, 2002
‘NSYNC; Celebrity; 1,880,000; July 29, 2001
The Beatles; 1; 1,259,000; Dec. 24, 2000
Backstreet Boys; Black & Blue; 1,591,000; Nov. 26, 2000
Limp Bizkit; Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water; 1,055,000; Oct. 22, 2000
Eminem; The Marshall Mathers LP; 1,760,000; May 28, 2000
Britney Spears; Oops!…I Did It Again; 1,319,000; May 21, 2000
‘NSYNC; No Strings Attached; 2,416,000; March 26, 2000
Backstreet Boys; Millennium; 1,134,000; May 23, 1999
Garth Brooks; Double Live; 1,085,000; Nov. 22, 1998
Whitney Houston/Soundtrack; The Bodyguard; 1,061,000; Jan. 3, 1993
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Video Link After The Jump
For the launch of Anja Rubik's new magazine, 25, photographer and director Barnaby Roper teamed up with Kanye West to make a video dedicated to the issue's theme of eroticism. Rubik knew West from bumping into him at various fashion events over the years, and they became close friends when he started working on his clothing line (she's since opened both of his runway shows, and he rapped about her in "Way Too Cold"). "He’s like a machine, not only with music but also with fashion and videos," Rubik told us earlier this week. "He’s a workaholic, and always talking about all these crazy thoughts and images running through his head."
When Rubik was putting together the first issue of 25, she and West discussed how she wanted the magazine to approach sex. "It’s funny. We talked about porn looks these days, and he agreed with me that there's no porn out there that is beautiful aesthetically and integrates fashion to make a beautiful image," she explained. "We were on the same page about a lot of things." He agreed to work with Roper in a video that explores some of the sensual imagery from the magazine. "I thought it would be really interesting to make it seem like we were entering Kanye's head," Rubik said. "It's not pornographic, but it's very sensual."
Watch the full video on BooBooTV and let us know what you think of it.
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