Adele's '25': Biggest Week in Recorded History With 3.38 Million Copies Sold
Well, this is nuts. Adele’s new album, 25, officially moved 3.38 million copies in its first week in the United States alone. How nuts, exactly? Billboard, take it away:
“That’s the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. 25 is the first album to sell more than 3 million copies in a week in Nielsen history, and only the second to surpass 2 million sold in a single frame.”
Try to let that sink in. Take all the time you need. We've got a breakdown with 10 reasons this happened, if that helps.
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