Top one-week sales soundscan history
Exact numbers are used wherever possible, exact chart dates are used wherever possible.
Much of this list comes from my own database, Ukmix filled in some of the gaps.
These are NOT debut weeks, many of these albums had strong sales in non-debut weeks. Albums that had multiple strong sales weeks are listed for each week that they made the top 100.
1 4/8/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2,415,859
2 8/11/2001 Celebrity 'N Sync 1,879,955
3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,049
4 12/9/2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,191
5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,320,000
6 6/3/2000 Oops...I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,193
7 1/6/2001 1 The Beatles 1,258,667
8 3/19/2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,140,638
9 6/5/1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1,133,505
10 4/10/2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,213
11 12/5/1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,085,373
12 1/2/1993 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1,061,000
13 11/4/2000 Chocolate Starfish Limp Bizkit 1,054,511
14 2/28/2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,149
15 09/29/07 Graduation Kanye West 956,93616 11/6/1993 Vs. Pearl Jam 950,377
17 1/7/1995 The Hits Garth Brooks 907,000
18 12/13/1997 Sevens Garth Brooks 896,932
19 12/8/2001 Weathered Creed 887,229
20 12/24/1994 Vitalogy Pearl Jam 877,000
21 12/6/2002 Up! Shania Twain 874,000
22 2/22/2003 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 872,000
23 12/4/2004 Encore Eminem 870,730
24 1/5/2002 Weathered Creed 865,000
25 9/17/2005 Late Registration Kanye West 860,330
26 12/9/1995 Anthology 1 The Beatles 855,473
27 2/28/1998 Titanic Soundtrack 847,500
28 12/11/2004 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb U2 839,696
29 1993 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 831,000
30 12/30/2000 1 The Beatles 823,587
31 3/1/2003 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 822,275
32 1995 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G 819,000
33 4/15/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 811,298
34 4/12/2003 Meteora Linkin Park 810,000
35 6/22/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 808,700
36 12/11/1993 Doggy Style Snoop Doggy 802,858
37 6/17/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 793,713
38 9/14/2002 Home Dixie Chicks 780,000
39 3/26/05 The Massacre 50 Cent 770,887
40 1991 Use Your Illusion II Guns N' Roses 770,000
41 9/11/2004 Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 765,739
42 1996 Daydream Mariah Carey 760,000
43 11/24/2001 Britney Britney Spears 745,744
44 6/25/2005 X&Y Coldplay 737,294
45 3/17/2001 Everyday Dave Matthews Band 732,720
46 1/7/2006 The Breakthrough Mary J. Blige 727,163
47 1/6/2001 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 724,067
48 4/22/2006 Me & My Gang Rascal Flatts 721,747
49 1994 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G 718,000
50 6/9/2001 Break The Cycle Staind 716,003
51 7/13/2002 Nellyville Nelly 714,114
52 11/27/2004 Encore Eminem 710,880
53 11/16/2002 8 Mile Soundtrack 702,226
54 12/16/2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 698,578
55 1/8/2000 ...And then there was X DMX 698,400
56 1995 Vitalogy Pearl Jam 694,500
57 09/29/07 Curtis 50 cent ~ 691,000 58 1997 Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. 689,535
59 1/6/2001 Now 5 Various Artists 688,339
60 1991 Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses 685,000
61 9/30/2006 Futuresex/Lovesounds Justin Timberlake 684,461
62 1998 Sevens Garth Brooks 684,000
63 8/1/1998 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys 681,572
64 12/9/2006 Kingdom Come Jay-Z 680,052
65 1996 Load Metallica 680,000
66 1998 Sevens Garth Brooks 678,000
67 12/23/2000 1 The Beatles 670,673
68 1/9/1999 Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood DMX 670,227
69 2/7/1998 Titantic Soundtrack 664,500
70 1996 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli 664,000
71 5/19/2001 Survivor Destiny's Child 663,280
72 12/9/2000 1 The Beatles 662,077
73 5/29/1999 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin 660,807
74 5/6/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 654,600
75 12/12/1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 649,496
76 1/8/2000 All The Way: A Decade Of Song Celine Dion 640,000
77 7/10/1999 Significant Other Limp Bizkit 634,877
78 12/14/2002 Up! Shania Twain 626,000
79 1998 Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion 624,000
80 6/2/2007 Minutes To Midnight Linkin Park 622,82781 8/3/2002 Busted Stuff Dave Matthews 621,725
82 6/12/1999 Millenium Backstreet Boys 621,621
83 8/18/2001 Now 7 Various Artists 621,419
84 3/15/2003 Come Away With Me Norah Jones 621,025
85 12/20/2003 The Diary Of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys 618,325
86 9/1/2007 High School Musical 2 Soundtrack 615,36187 11/1/2003 Measure Of A Man Clay Aiken 613,000
88 6/10/2000 Oops...I Did It Again Britney Spears 612,420
89 1997 Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan 612,069
90 12/6/2003 In The Zone Britney Spears 609,375
91 1997 Sevens Garth Brooks 609,000
92 12/16/2000 1 The Beatles 606,809
93 1996 Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack 606,000
94 5/12/2001 All For You Janet 605,128
95 12/14/2002 Tim McGraw & The Dancall Doctors Tim McGraw 602,000
96 1996 Anthology 1 The Beatles 601,000
97 6/24/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 598,563
98 1991 Metallica Metallica 597,941
99 1/7/2006 Unpredictable Jamie Foxx 597,554
100 1995 II Boyz II Men 595,000
98 12/2/2000 1 The Beatles 594,666