11/27 HITS: Adele #1: 3,354,773/3,468,558

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Nov 23, 2015 20:15:17 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

It would be Taylor Swift's Fearless. Nov. 11:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(Taylor_Swift_album)

Fearless was the top selling album released in 2008, but not the top selling album OF 2008 (that would be Tha Carter III, released in June)

[lincroft]

1989 came out October 27. That looks to be the current record holder.

[forg]

those sales! massive!

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770482/adele-25-other-million-selling-albums

Adele's '25' Is the 20th Album to Sell a Million Copies in a Week: See the Full List
By Keith Caulfield | November 23, 2015 10:00 PM EST

With Adele’s 25 having already sold at least 2.3 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music, it has joined an elite club of albums that have sold a million copies in a single week.

Since Nielsen Music started tracking point of sale music purchases in 1991, Adele’s new album is only the 20th to sell at least a million copies in a single week. (And certainly, the sales figure for 25 will increase, as that 2.3 million total is only for the set’s first three days on sale. It still has another four days left in its initial tracking week, which ends on Nov. 26.)

The first album to manage the feat was the Whitney Houston-led The Bodyguard soundtrack, which powered through 1,061,000 copies in its sixth week of release (week ending Jan. 3, 1993). The first set to debut with a million copies sold in the Nielsen era was Garth Brooks’ Double Live (1,086,000 in the week ending Nov. 22, 1998).

Of the 20 million-selling weeks, all but three were registered during an album’s debut frame. In addition to The Bodyguard, The Beatles’ 1 also hit the million mark in its sixth week (ending Dec. 24, 2000). The third non-debuting million seller was Eminem’s The Eminem Show, which sold 1,322,000 million in its second chart week (ending June 2, 2002), following an early debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (with 285,000) after its release was pushed up by four days to Friday, May 23 (giving the set just three days of sales for its No. 1 debut).

Here are the 20 albums (including 25) that have sold a million copies in a single week, starting with the latest entry, 25.

(Note: No one album has ever sold more than a million copies in more than one week, so this list can also be viewed as the 20 instances where an album sold a million copies period.)

Artist; Title; Sales; Sales Week Ending

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

[Ravi]

This is just crazzy!! Adele not only breaking the record, but smashing it to bits......

I think this is how the sales are gonna go

20-26 Nov: 3,000,000
27 Nov-3 Dec: 1,200,000
4-10 Dec: 700,000
11-17 Dec: 500,00
18-24 Dec: 600,000
25-31 Dec: 400,000

Total: 6,400,000

So it should cross 6 million by year-end. I don't think 7 million will happen, though.

[popstop]

Nov 23, 2015 23:16:09 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770482/adele-25-other-million-selling-albums

(Note: No one album has ever sold more than a million copies in more than one week, so this list can also be viewed as the 20 instances where an album sold a million copies period.)

Wow, could Adele do it?

This thread has been a very entertaining read. :)

I'm thinking 5 million by the end of the year is easily doable.

[BlueSwan]

Here's a more pessimistic prognosis:

Week 1: 2.9 million
Week 2: 900k
Week 3: 400k
Week 4: 250k
Week 5: 350k
Week 6: 150k

Total: 4.900k

Actually, I do think that is lowballing it, but I don't think it will clear 1 million next week and I think the sales will settle down sooner than most of you.

[Ravi]

Nov 24, 2015 2:44:22 GMT -5 BlueSwan said:

Here's a more pessimistic prognosis:

Week 1: 2.9 million
Week 2: 900k
Week 3: 400k
Week 4: 250k
Week 5: 350k
Week 6: 150k

Total: 4.900k

Actually, I do think that is lowballing it, but I don't think it will clear 1 million next week and I think the sales will settle down sooner than most of you.

This is what Taylor Swifts' 1989 sold in its 1st 10 weeks:

1,286,544
401,599
312,000
214,000
339,000 - Black Friday boost
230,000
278,000
331,000 - Christmas boost
326,000 - Christmas boost
172,000

I don't see how '25' starting with 2.5x '1989' will so soon dip below it in sales.

[forg]

Official: Adele Breaks *NSYNC's Single-Week U.S. Album Sales Record

'25' has already sold at least 2.433 million in slightly more than three days.

It’s confirmed. Adele’s 25 has broken the single-week U.S. album sales record, according to Nielsen Music.

After processing the first sales reports from Monday, Nov. 23, the album has already sold at least 2,433,000 in pure album sales in slightly more than three days. That sum beats the single-week record for an album since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991, set by *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached, when it debuted with 2,416,000 in the week ending March 26, 2000.
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6776941/adele-breaks-album-sales-record-single-week-nsync

[Envoirment]

^ Dang, so she sold at least 133k on day 4, hopefully we'll get a proper figure today.

Day 1: 900k+
Day 2: 1.9 million
Day 3: 2.3 million (+400k)
Day 4 (so far): 2.433 million (+133k)

I think she's hit 2.5 million in 4 days, just need the the rest of the sales data to be processed. Can't believe she beat their record in just 4 days!

[anafan]

I was a bit worried she would fall short, so I'm glad she's already surpassed the record.

Crazy achievement -- really don't know what to say. An album selling this much in its first week.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

133k is a drop in the bucket for her overall total - yet it alone is a high total for the average #1 album nowadays...

[Envoirment]

Nov 24, 2015 10:48:03 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

133k is a drop in the bucket for her overall total - yet it alone is a high total for the average #1 album nowadays...

133k isn't the full sales for day 4 though, it says the albums sold at least 2.433 million in a little over three days and that the sales are from the first sales reports from monday that have been processed (likely other retailer sales reports to be processed for that day too).

[Enigma.]

OFFICIALLY THERE. LEGEND

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Nov 24, 2015 10:52:20 GMT -5 Envoirment said:

Nov 24, 2015 10:48:03 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

133k is a drop in the bucket for her overall total - yet it alone is a high total for the average #1 album nowadays.

133k isn't the full sales for day 4 though, it says the albums sold at least 2.433 million in a little over three days and that the sales are from the first sales reports from monday that have been processed (likely other retailer sales reports to be processed for that day too).

I know. It said 133k was the number calculated so far for Monday.

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Two random thoughts:

1) It still kind of floors me that so many of the million-week sellers were in 2000 (six), particularly given the overlap in fanbases for most of those acts. Really shows what an album buying public we had back then.

2) One thing I love about Adele breaking the record is that she's almost doing it on the same terms as *NSYNC As well (6 days instead of 7). Granted there will be some digital sales and a few retailers open on Thanksgiving, but I don't anticipate Adele selling much on Thanksgiving day itself. I can't even imagine what her sales would have been like had if she had 7 full days to dominate.

since we're playing the guessing game I will lowball and say 6 to 6.5 million by year end. I think she will cross 3 million this week and 1 million next. That is 4 million in just two weeks, so I can see why one might think she can do 7 to 8 million with another five - percentage wise, that would be somewhat proportionate to how previous big holiday sellers did after their debut week. I just think that at the level Adele is selling right out the gate, it's hard to say whether we should be relying on what we know of sales trends to predict the following weeks.

[Envoirment]

Nov 24, 2015 11:03:58 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

Nov 24, 2015 10:52:20 GMT -5 Envoirment said:

133k isn't the full sales for day 4 though, it says the albums sold at least 2.433 million in a little over three days and that the sales are from the first sales reports from monday that have been processed (likely other retailer sales reports to be processed for that day too).

I know. It said 133k was the number calculated so far for Monday.

Sorry read your post wrong! I need to get more sleep.=

[Unhinged]

Pfft, only 3 million? Amateur.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

I wonder what the shipments look like for week 2. If 3.6 million physicals were shipped for release weak and she's sold over half of those, she could be 6x platinum if they certified right away, which they won't.

[Linnethia Monique]

Nov 24, 2015 11:12:17 GMT -5 Envoirment said:

Nov 24, 2015 11:03:58 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I know. It said 133k was the number calculated so far for Monday.

Sorry read your post wrong! I need to get One More Sleep.=

I couldn't resist

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Nov 24, 2015 11:12:17 GMT -5 Envoirment said:

Nov 24, 2015 11:03:58 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I know. It said 133k was the number calculated so far for Monday.

Sorry read your post wrong! I need to get more sleep.=

And I originally read yours wrong. Lol

[when the pawn...]

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6776941/adele-breaks-album-sales-record-single-week-nsync

Official: Adele Breaks *NSYNC's Single-Week U.S. Album Sales Record
By Keith Caulfield | November 24, 2015 10:23 AM EST

'25' has already sold at least 2.433 million in slightly more than three days.

It’s confirmed. Adele’s 25 has broken the single-week U.S. album sales record, according to Nielsen Music.

After processing the first sales reports from Monday, Nov. 23, the album has already sold at least 2,433,000 in pure album sales in slightly more than three days. That sum beats the single-week record for an album since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991, set by *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached, when it debuted with 2,416,000 in the week ending March 26, 2000.

Nielsen Music began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. Prior to 1991, there was no authoritative music sales tracking service in the U.S. and thus, it was mostly unknown how many copies of an album or song/single were sold in a single week.

25 was released on Nov. 20 through XL/Columbia Records. Yesterday (Nov. 23), Nielsen reported that 25 had sold at least 2.3 million copies in its first three days of release (through Nov. 22).

With more than three days left in the sales tracking week (as it ends at the close of business on Thursday, Nov. 26), the sales figure for 25 will grow larger. Presently, industry forecasters suggest the album could finish the week with 2.9 million sold. Billboard is scheduled to report 25's debut week sales on Sunday, Nov. 29, once Nielsen has finished processing its weekly data.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Nov 24, 2015 13:33:16 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

With more than three days left in the sales tracking week (as it ends at the close of business on Thursday, Nov. 26),

COB where exactly? Nielsen is  based out of NYC. What does COB even mean in a 24/7 online economy?

[areyoureadytojump]

hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=298671

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ADELE ON TRACK TO SELL 5 MILLION THIS YEAR

Adele looks set to sell a staggering 5 million copies of her new blockbuster, 25 (XL/Columbia), by the end of the year.

Somewhere around 3m of that number is likely to sell in her gargantuan first week.

The album has already surpassed the 2.4m first-week record set by NSYNC in 2000; what's more, Adele could well have as much as a 45% share of all albums sold. For comparison's sake, Taylor Swift sold 23% of all albums when 1989 bowed, while NSYNC's prior record-holder had a 15% share.

Let's take a look at a week-by-week projection to see how she gets to 5m by new year's.





Will Adele hold onto the #1 spot through December, or could new releases from Coldplay and Rihanna overtake her? Stay tuned.

[Enigma.]

"could new releases from Coldplay and Rihanna overtake her?

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

The Coldplay release will be one to watch if they can reclaim their past glory and sell half a million in release week.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

Coldplay could potentially challenge here in 2 weeks, but Rihanna lol

[Enigma.]

Coldplay will be lucky to do that too but they are definitely a threat.

[YourFaveIsAFlop]

If Adele only sells 300k chart week of 12/10 it would definitely be a toss up. I'm not convinced she'll be that low by then though. Her NBC special is on 12/14 and should move a bunch of units.