Adele's three were all achieved with the same album. The Eminem Show (2004) The Eminem Show Preview E Eminem Preview E 1 Curtains Up - Skit E Eminem 0:29 2 White America E Eminem 5:24 3 Business E Eminem 4:11 4 The movie itself is one of the best movies about music ever, which helped propel the sales of the soundtrack. Saturday Night Fever is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. When we go deeper on numbers, we notice these records are often stronger thanks to high streams from the entire tracklist. With all that said, here are the top 10 best-selling albums, followed by four runners up and another six honorable mentions, which brings the total to 20. If we go by certified sales only, Michael Jacksons Thriller remains the indisputed champion by far. Looking at the top 10 is fun, but what about those that either almost made the list or still have a real chance of bumping others off the list? 34. 4. The list is obviously US-dominated, with 50 albums coming from the Hip Hop / R&B branch. "Black & Blue," the fourth album by Backstreet Boys, sold 1,591,000 copies in the first week after its release. Released in 1982, it was a weird transition time for music when Disco and Funk were on the way out and Rock and Pop were on the way in. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down (1983) 20m. Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. By September 2018, the album had spent 500 weeks on the Billboard album chart, making it one of the four longest-running albums of all time and the best-selling metal album of all time. 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The World's Biggest First Week Album Sales | by Sheldon Rocha Leal, PhD | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Just like older albums are higher on this list, the recent ones are lower. Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33m Apart from that, "Proof" is now the group's tenth album to top Oricon's Weekly Album Chart. b/c i was wondering where he'd fit in all-time herebut anyway drake/j cole/uzi/21 savage/roddy* for top 5 this year, drake and cole make it to the top 100, Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year, drake and travis are givens of course. Top Album Sales - Billboard "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne's sixth album, sold 1,006,000 copies in the first week after its release. The debut studio album by American rock band Boston became the best-selling debut album in the US when released in 1976. Her debut studio album topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks generating three number-one singles Saving All My Love for You, How Will I Know and Greatest Love of All. U.S. chart, taking the No. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again (2000) 20m Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. After observing sales trends for many years I started noticing that some artists shift such large quantities of albums in their first week, that they attract an immediate certification. Look at those sales numbers! Eminem smashed N.W.A. Here are 20 albums with the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop history. A massive commercial success, debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking first-week sales records. There hasnt been another quite like it before or since its release, a concept album, its themes exploring conflict, greed, time, death, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating health of founding member Syd Barrett. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning some and winning Album of the Year from the Billboard Music Awards. Im a big chart watcher and album sales figures fascinate me. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969) 31m Is this something you'd be interested in me posting annually? 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 13) with 2022's biggest week by a woman - and the second-largest week of the year overall . We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002) 27m The first time we updated this list there were no Latin albums to be seen on the list at all. Some stats: Five out of the top ten best selling albums in the world were all released during the seventies, the most albums in the 50 by decade goes to the nineties with 16 albums, just beating the eighties with 15. RELATED: Every No. Madonna's 'MDNA' Suffers Biggest Album Sales Drop of All Time As you can guess, the MAU is the number of users by the time each album was released. The Dark Side of the Moon is the insanely acclaimed 1973 Progressive Rock album from Pink Floyd. 48. Its a tough juggling act. Record labels and artists often post much higher claimed sales than can be certified by companies like Nielsen SoundScan and the RIAA. Trivia Facts: Thriller marked the first time Michael Jackson reached the top of the Billboard 200, back when it was called the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. The album was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release with criticism centered around lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic. This list seems suspect to me. 02. Continue reading to learn how many copies of BTS' anthology album were sold in the country. Bat Out of Hell went 14x Platinum and spent 522 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, the second longest run. It's Shania Twain's. In the US, the album sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week, marking the largest single-week sales for an album. Neil Diamond? 57 million of these came from Old Town Roads two versions, The biggest EP debut belongs to The Weeknd though with My Dear Melancholy which contains just 6 original tracks. Produced by rock super-producer Robert John Mutt Lange who demanded perfection, it has sold an estimated 50 million copies worldwide. I for one would be interested to see who would be able to beat Michael Jacksons astounding 7 million unit achievement. Guinness Book of World Records named the LP the best-selling debut studio effort in music history. (1995) 22m What you dont see are names like Eminem or Taylor Swift, which have had long careers but are always kind of fly-by-night pop sensations and then disappear again until the next album comes out. Best-Selling Albums of All-Time (5160) Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 12 million. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. The cover image of the Beatles on the Abbey Road crossing has become one of the most famous and imitated in recording history and is a popular destination for Beatles fans. That stunt helped create the mystique around the album. The bottom says Songs by Jim Steinman as a compromise for not being billed as Jim Steinmant presents or Jim and Meat as the artist. Boston Boston (1976) 20m Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100. Must See: The 25 Biggest First Week-Sales In Music History This just shows again how fucking insane peak 50 was. He was paid $5,000 for his work (too bad he got no royalties). I Did It Again," the second album by Britney Spears, sold 1,319,000 copies in the first week after its release. The album won the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. Langdon Winner said in Rolling Stone, The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. 20 of the Biggest First-Week Hip-Hop Album Sales - XXL - XXL Mag Slippery When Wet transformed the New Jersey band into global superstars. hollywoods bleeding had a bigger first week but i assume its not included here bc its not a full hip hop record. Their Greatest Hits by the Eagles contains all of their Country Rock, Folk Rock, and Soft Rock singles between 1971 and 1975. Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 25m Before it even came out it had advance orders of 800,000 copies. The top selling album of all time in the United States based on certified unit sales is currently the Eagles' Greatest Hits, with 38 million copies sold. In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth, England for an audience of 125,000 each night, which were at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history. Since we can, why not quickly list off a bunch more that are very close to making it. Previously, Billboardrevealedthat BTS' "Proof" debuted at No. Steeply influenced by Bruce Springsteens Born To Run, Bat Out of Hell combined the best elements of the urban rock opera and the musicianship of progressive-rock was not an immediate hit. Sales were boosted when the single Smooth featuring Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas, was a number one success worldwide and topped the Billboard chart for 12 weeks. If trav drops hell still certainly be in top 5 of the year but Idk if utopia would crack the top 100 oat. This is why Billboard is honestly a joke and it's silly to compare artists with different demographics to each other. Your email address will not be published. Various songs were discussed to be the big one but Kevin Costner ended up suggesting I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. "Born This Way," the second album by Lady Gaga, sold 1,108,000 copies in the first week after its release. "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" successfully entered at No. MTV dominated the pop culture market at the time & Eminem was riding that wave. "Confessions," Usher's fourth album, sold 1,096,000 copies in the first week after its release. https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. It comes as no surprise. First, Eagles Greatest Hits surpassed Thriller (actually in very suspicious ways) only for USA sales (37 million Eagles, 34 millions Thriller), but worldwide Thriller is by far and with no comparison the best selling album ever the most conservative estimates tell Thriller sold double than Eagles album worldwide. The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. Learn how your comment data is processed. MLD Entertainment To Debut New Boy Group HORI7ON: Concept, Date, More Details! "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water," Limp Bizkit's third album, sold 1,055,000 copies in the first week after its release. Its not one of the best musicals of all time, actually canceled in the U.S. in its early performances. Eminem's numbers in his prime were just out of this fucking world. I Feel Like a Woman! It never had insanely large sales weeks. The first time we updated this list there were no Latin albums to be seen on the list at all. In 2007 the album was certified 22x Multi-Platinum in the USA alone. There are a few times in which album sales spike: For me, one of the things I really forward to is seeing how an album fares, with regards to sales, in its first week. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter| 1999| 462K 59| Kanye West| 808's & Heartbreak | 2008| 450K 60| Drake| Thank Me Later| 2010| 447K 61| Kanye West| The College Dropout| 2004| 441K 62| DMX| The Great Depression| 2001| 439K 63| Jay-Z & Kanye West| Watch The Throne| 2011| 436K 64| Eminem| Kamikaze| 2018| 434K 65| Lloyd Banks| The Hunger for More| 2004| 433K 66| 2Pac| Tupac: Resurrection| 2003| 430K 67| Ludacris| Chicken-n-Beer| 2003| 429K 68| 2Pac| Until The End of Time| 2001| 427K 69| Jay-Z| American Gangster| 2007| 426K 70| Lauryn Hill| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill| 1998| 423K 71| Jay-Z| The Blueprint| 2001| 420K 72| Method Man| Tical 2000: Judgement Day| 1998| 411K 73| 2Pac & Outlawz| Still I Rise| 1999| 408K 74| J. Cole | KOD| 2018| 398K 75| Snoop Dogg| Tha Last Meal| 2000| 397K 76| Nelly| Suit| 2004| 396K 77| Nicki Minaj| Pink Friday| 2010| 395K 78| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony| The Art Of War| 1997| 394K 79| Mystikal| Ghetto Fabulous| 1998| 385K 79| The Game| Doctor's Advocate| 2006| 385K 81| G-Unit| Beg for Mercy| 2003| 377K 82| J. Cole| 2014 Forest Hills Drive| 2014| 375K 82| Drake & Future| What A Time to Be Alive| 2015| 375K 84| D12| Devil's Night| 2001| 372K 85| 2Pac| Better Dayz| 2002| 366K 86| Kendrick Lamar| To Pimp a Butterfly| 2015| 363K 87| Ja Rule| Pain Is Love| 2001| 361K 87| Young Buck| Straight Outta Cashville| 2004| 361K 89| Beastie Boys| To the 5 Boroughs| 2004| 360K 90| Nas| Hip Hop Is Dead| 2006| 356K 91| Young Jeezy| The Inspiration| 2006| 352K 92| Jay-Z| Vol. That month, two major teen pop stars, Justin Bieber and One Direction, clashed when they dropped their new efforts at the same time. There was a time when you couldnt not hear a Shania single on the radio. Bad Bunnys YHLQMDLG reached #11 with close to 0 impact outside Spanish speaking countries. These areThe 25 Biggest First-Week Album Sales in Music History. The debut studio album by American rock band Linkin Park has sold over 11m copies in the US alone. MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Released: February 12, 1990 Label: Capitol Records Units sold: 10 million 4. All we can now do is wait and see, Disclaimer: Whilst all attempts were made to secure worldwide first-week sales for all the albums listed in this article, sometimes only first-week sales figures from one country were available at the time this article was published. In 2014 Billboard began to take streaming into account for first week sales and total album sales. In other news, the title track "Yet to Come" in BTS' anthology album "Proof" debuted on this week's Billboard 200 and Global Excl. 23. The Swedish pop group consisting of Ulf Ekberg and three siblings: Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren had one of the best-selling debut albums of all time with Happy Nation (reissued as The Sign). Once the songs were written, rehearsals lasted one week and recording took seven weeks, and the rest was history. Its one of only 5 albums which hit 2 SPU. Top Album Sales Week of March 4, 2023 This Week Award i Last Week Peak Pos. 3 lbum, no two. 's record and had the most successful first week in hip hop by far. The album's first-week performance reflects that. Bad came out in 1987, at a time when Rock was on the way out and Pop and R&B were taking over. It will be interesting to see if anyone will be able to challenge the records that currently stand. Trivia Facts: The title comes from Adeles age at the time of production. "Reputation," Swift's sixth album, sold 1,238,000 equivalent album units in the first week after its release. Michael Jackson Bad (1987) 35m Nas - I Am Released: April 6, 1999 First week sales numbers: 470,000 Singles: "Nas Is Like", "Hate Me Now" Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Released: September 8, 2009 The one which impresses the most is maybePurpose by Justin Bieber. 44. Numbers behind streams ofThe WeekndsMy Dear Melancholy,Kanye WestsYeand Lil Nas Xs 7 EP take another feel when we see that they are so short. meaningful, its still arguably better to get 25 songs streamed one time On average, each Spotify user streamed slightly over 3 songs from the album during its first week. The feat got us thinking about other impressive opening weeks, like Taylor Swift's recent streak of dominance, or that time N Sync's sophomore LP went double platinum during its first seven days of availability. Young Buck's "Straight Outta Cashville" debuted with 361K. 38. Also, on the 20th, BTS' anthology album "Proof" took the No. Another interesting fact is that Asian artists, mainly from Japan and South Korea, have placed 16 albums on the list, indicating a growing worldwide appetite for Asian music and exhibiting their dominance on the list. 's "Niggaz4Life", Ice Cube's "Death Certificate", MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit", Public Enemy's "Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's "Homebase", and Various Artist's "Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)" probably round out the top 5. RELATED:Green Label - The Top 10 Best Selling Albums of 2013, Every No. This is one of my desert island albums for sure. The eighth studio album by Michael Jackson dominated worldwide charts reaching number-one in over 10 countries, helped along by his worldwide number-one hit single Black or White. True Blue was an immediate global success, reaching number one in then record-breaking 28 countries across the world and became the worlds top-selling album of 1986. There are albums which got less than 79 million streams a long time ago that could have done well in a weighted list. 46. Led Zeppelins best-selling album in the US never topped the charts peaking at number-two. The 50 Best Selling Rap Albums of All Time | Complex These includes DJ Khaled and Camila Cabello. There are many factors why this is. and i wouldnt be surprised if someone like lil baby dropped again, i know that drip harder 2 has been teased and with how both of those artists have grown in status, that could be a monster release, also i know this sub hates him but the kid laroi is gearing up to have a huge year and i wouldnt be surprised if he snuck in with one of the biggest albums of 2021 as well. BTS' 'Proof' Debuts at #1 on Oricon With Highest First-Week Sales of Beyonc 's Renaissance blasts in at No. It was promoted alongside the film Moonwalker, which starred Michael Jackson. Around the time of this release the Gallagher brothers were featured regularly in tabloid newspapers for their sibling disputes and wild lifestyles. On the US Scale at least, Apple Music is completely paid, and Rap DOMINATES, compared to US Spotify where Pop fares way better. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) Artist: Eminem Sold: 1,760,000 Lead Singles: "The Real Slim Shady" 2. Ranking Logic's First Week Album Sales - Beats, Rhymes & Lists Matchbox Twenty Yourself or Someone Like You 12 million. 47. You were probably waiting on The Beatles to make an appearance. 5. Kings of Leon break first week digital download record - BBC News