Albums That Sold 1 Million Copies In The First Week

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Wonder which albums sold 1 million copies in the first week? Here’s a list of the biggest albums with huge first-week numbers. 

  • The Beatles:1 (2000) - 1,259,000 
  • Eminem: The Eminem Show (2002) - 1,322,000
  • Adele: 25 (2015) - 3.38 million
  • Limp Bizkit: Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) - 1,050,000 
  • Lil Wayne: The Carter III (2008) - 1,006,000
  • Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014) - 1.287 million
  • NSYNC: No Strings Attached (2000) - 2.4 million
  • Norah Jones: Feels Like Home (2004) - 1,022,000 
  • The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack (1992) - 
  • Backstreet Boys: Black and Blue (2000) - 5 million worldwide - 1.6 million domestically
  • Britney Spears: Oops!…I Did It Again (2000) - 1,319,000 
  • 50 Cent: The Massacre (2005) - 1.15 million
  • Lady Gaga: Born This Way (2011) - 1 million
  • Usher: Confessions (2004) - 1.1 million 
  • NSYNC: Celebrity (2001) - 1,879,495
  • Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) - 1.78 million
  • Taylor Swift: Red (2012) - 1.21 million
  • Garth Brooks: Double Live (1998) - 1,805,000
  • Backstreet Boys: Millenium (1999) - 1,134,000
  • Taylor Swift: Speak Now (2010) - 1,047,000

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