We knew it was going to happen, but Adele’s ’25’ has OFFICIALLY broken the U.S. record for most albums sold in a single week.
Adele’s album, thus far, has sold a whopping 2,433,000 copies and beat the previous record held by *NSYNC who sold 2,416,000 units of their album No Strings Attached back in 2000.
.@Adele's projected first-week sales would be equivalent to her selling 7.59 million units in 2000 https://t.co/p2jXv8mJET
— billboard (@billboard) November 24, 2015
As of now, Adele’s on track to sell at LEAST 2.9 million by the end of the week. If you factor in streaming (which, 25 IS now available to stream on some platforms) she’s projected to move 3.2 million units.
US chart preview (sales only): @Adele 2.9-3.1m | @justinbieber 150-155k | @onedirection 62-66k | @PTXofficial 57-61k | @Therealkiss 48-53k.
— Chart News (@chartnews) November 24, 2015
US chart preview (w/ TEA & SEA): @Adele 3-3.2m | @justinbieber 225-230k | @onedirection 99-103k | @PTXofficial 60-64k | @Therealkiss 53-58k.
— Chart News (@chartnews) November 24, 2015
Billboard is scheduled to report 25‘s debut week sales on Sunday, Nov. 29, once Nielsen has finished processing its weekly data.
