Adele To Break 1 Week Sales Record Set By Nsync

[CaptaiN]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770264/adele-25-nsync-no-strings-attached-nielsen-soundscan-billboard-charts

 

After a day on sale, forecasters say '25' could sell at least 2.5 million in its first week in the U.S.

After one day on sale, Adele's 25 appears set to break *NSYNC's long-standing one-week Nielsen-era U.S. album sales record of 2.42 million sold, according to industry forecasters. Sources say the set is on track to sell at least 2.5 million in pure album sales in its first week, and sold more than 900,000 copies alone through the iTunes Store on its first day of release.

 

Before 25's release, it was reported that the album shipped 3.6 million physical copies to retailers. In addition, sources were forecasting 25's CD configuration to sell 1.5 million in its first week, while its digital edition could move another 1 million (meaning, its first week might be at least 2.5 million in total).

Now perhaps the question is: How much bigger can 25 get? Will it blow past the 2.5 million threshold? Can it hit 3 million? And what will 25 sell in its second and third week? Could it become the first album to sell a million copies in more than one week?

 

If 25 sells as expected, it will become the 20th album to sell at least a million copies in a single week in the Nielsen era. It would also instantly be the largest selling album of 2015 in total, surpassing the sales of Taylor Swift's 1989, which has sold 1.74 million this year (through Nov. 12).

25 is also on course to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 12), which would give the diva her second No. 1. She first led the list with her last album, 21, which spent 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list -- most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a woman. 21 has sold 11.23 million copies in the U.S., and is the tenth-largest selling album of the Nielsen era.

[JoshLee]

SO does that mean she could break Britney's record?

[Jack Spears]

SO does that mean she could break Britney's record?

[PopMusicJunkie]

Adele is really in a league all her own, even more impressive is her being female.  Usually male artists appeal to a wide demo while females are more heavily niched.

 

25 is a pretty solid album, not revolutionary or forward-thinking but a good effort with plenty of standouts.   

[Circuit]

[Archie]

I'm so happy for her. She is one of the artists that deserve all the success she has. There is no other appropriate artist to break Oops' record.

[Daydream, Mariah's fantasy]

SO does that mean she could break Britney's record?

she did , I think

[JoshLee]

she did , I think

how?!

[JennyFromTheBlock]

how?!

 

She broke it