List of fastest-selling albums

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This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release. [1] This list may include any type of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. Market order within the article is ranked alphabetically. Albums within each table are listed in order of the number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.

Contents

Argentina

List of fastest-selling albums in Argentina
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1997 Romances Luis Miguel 400,000 [2]

Brazil

List of fastest-selling albums in Brazil
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1987 Xegundo Xou da Xuxa Xuxa 1,200,000 [3]

Cameroon

List of fastest-selling albums in Cameroon
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1996Class F/M Petit-Pays 50,000 [4]

Canada

List of fastest-selling albums in Canada since 1995
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2015 25 Adele 306,000 [5]
1997 Let's Talk About Love Céline Dion 230,212 [6] [7]
1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 191,791 [8] [9]
2003Star Académie Star Académie 173,000 [10]
2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 156,307 [8]
2002 A New Day Has Come Céline Dion 151,600 [11]
2002 Up! Shania Twain 150,000 [12]
2024 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 150,000 [13]
2008 Black Ice AC/DC 119,000 [14]
2006I Think of You Gregory Charles 109,000 [15]

Chile

List of fastest-selling albums in Chile
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1994 Segundo Romance Luis Miguel 50,000 [16]

China

List of fastest-selling albums in China
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2022 Greatest Works of Art Jay Chou 5,000,000 [17]

Colombia

List of fastest-selling albums in Colombia
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1997 Tengo Fe Carlos Vives 300,000 [18]
2013 Loco de Amor Juanes 240,000 [19]
2013 Corazón Profundo Carlos Vives 120,000 [20]
2009 Clásicos de la Provincia II 42,000 [21]
2007 La Llave de Mi Corazon Juan Luis Guerra 17,000 [22]

Denmark

List of fastest-selling albums in Denmark
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2008Show the World Martin 36,000 [23]

France

List of fastest-selling albums in France
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2018Mon Pays C'est l'Amour Johnny Hallyday 780,177 [24] [25]
2002 À la Vie, à la Mort! 305,634 [24] [25]
2016 Encore un Soir Céline Dion 217,000 [26]
2013 Random Access Memories Daft Punk 195,013 [27]
2015 25 Adele 169,693 [28]
2012 Monkey Me Mylène Farmer 147,530 [29]
2011 Bleu Noir 139,176 [30]
2015 Interstellaires 109,971 [31]

Germany

List of fastest-selling albums in Germany
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2007 12 Herbert Grönemeyer 300,000 [32]
2017 Helene Fischer Helene Fischer 300,000 [32]
2015 25 Adele 263,000 [33]
2019 Untitled Rammstein 260,000 [34]

Greece

List of fastest-selling albums in Greece
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1998 Antidoto Anna Vissi 80,000 [35]

Ireland

List of fastest-selling albums in Ireland
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1998 The Best of 1980–1990 U2 Not disclosed [36]

Japan

List of fastest-selling albums in Japan since 1967
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2001 Distance Hikaru Utada 3,002,720 [37] [38]
2001 A Best Ayumi Hamasaki 2,874,870 [37] [38]
1998 B'z The Best "Pleasure" B'z 2,709,530 [38] [39]
1998 B'z The Best "Treasure" 2,500,120 [38] [40]
2002 Deep River Hikaru Utada 2,350,170 [38] [41]
2000 Delicious Way Mai Kuraki 2,218,640 [38] [42]
1999 First Love Hikaru Utada 2,026,870 [38] [43]
1997 Review Glay 2,003,150 [38] [44]
1996 Sweet 19 Blues Namie Amuro 1,921,850 [38] [45]
2002 I Am... Ayumi Hamasaki 1,751,360 [38] [46]

Mexico

List of fastest-selling albums in Mexico
RankAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1990 20 Años Luis Miguel 600,000 [47]
1994 Segundo Romance 600,000 [48]
1997 Romances 560,000 [49]
1996 Nada Es Igual... 500,000 [50]
2004 México en la Piel 400,000 [51]
2008 Cómplices 320,000 [52]
2005 Nuestro Amor RBD 160,000 [53]

New Zealand

List of fastest-selling albums in New Zealand
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2015 25 Adele 18,766 [54]
2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 17,435 [54]
2013 Pure Heroine Lorde 15,000 [55]

Netherlands

List of fastest-selling albums in the Netherlands
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2015 25 Adele Not disclosed [54]

Sierra Leone

List of fastest-selling albums in Sierra Leone
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2014Home and Away Emmerson 28,000 [56]
2016Survivor12,000 [57]

Spain

List of fastest-selling albums in Spain
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2000 El Alma al Aire Alejandro Sanz 1,000,000 [58]
2002 Corazón Latino David Bisbal 600,000 [59]
2003 Divorcio Julio Iglesias 200,000 [60]
2000 Alma Caribeña Gloria Estefan 150,000 [61]

South Korea

List of fastest-selling albums in South Korea since 1993 [a]
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2023 Seventeenth Heaven Seventeen 5,091,887 [62]
2023 5-Star Stray Kids 4,617,499 [63]
2023 FML Seventeen 4,550,214 [63]
2023 ISTJ NCT Dream 3,652,897 [64]
2020 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 3,378,633 [65]
2024 17 Is Right Here Seventeen 2,960,000 [66]
2022 Proof BTS 2,752,496 [67]
2023 Golden Jung Kook 2,438,483 [68]
2020 Be BTS 2,274,882 [69]
2023 The Name Chapter: Freefall TXT 2,251,959 [70]

United Kingdom

List of fastest-selling albums in the United Kingdom
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2015 25 Adele 803,000 [71]
1997 Be Here Now Oasis 696,000 [71]
2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 672,000 [72]
1963 With the Beatles The Beatles 530,000 [73]
2010 Progress Take That 518,601 [74]
2005 X&Y Coldplay 464,471 [75]
2008 The Circus Take That 432,490 [76]
2025 The Life of a Showgirl Taylor Swift 432,000 [77]
2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 411,820 [78]
2003 Life for Rent Dido 400,351 [79]

Notes

United States

Before 1991

List of fastest-selling albums in the United States before 1991 [b]
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
1963John Fitzgerald Kennedy – A Memorial Album John F. Kennedy 4,000,000 [83]
1970 Let It Be The Beatles 3,700,000 [c]
1987 Bad Michael Jackson 2,250,000 [85]
1968 The Beatles The Beatles 1,900,000 [d]
1984 Purple Rain Prince 1,500,000 [87]
1986 Live/1975–85 Bruce Springsteen 1,500,000 [e]
1975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John 1,400,000 [f]
1971 Music Carole King 1,300,000 [g]
1965 Rubber Soul The Beatles 1,200,000 [h]

Since 1991

List of fastest-selling albums in the United States since 1991
YearAlbumArtistSalesRef.
2025 The Life of a Showgirl Taylor Swift 3,479,500 [91]
2015 25 Adele 3,378,000 [92]
2000 No Strings Attached NSYNC 2,416,000 [92]
2024 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 1,914,000 [93]
2001 Celebrity NSYNC 1,880,000 [92]
2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,000 [92]
2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,000 [92]
2023 1989 (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift 1,359,000 [94]
2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,322,000 [i]
2000 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,000 [92]
2014 1989 Taylor Swift 1,287,000 [92]
2017 Reputation 1,216,000 [95]
2012 Red 1,208,000 [92]
2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,141,000 [j]
2022 Midnights Taylor Swift 1,140,000 [96]
1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1,134,000 [92]
2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1,108,000 [92]
2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,000 [92]
1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,085,000 [92]
2000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1,055,000 [92]
2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1,047,000 [92]
2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,000 [92]
2008 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 1,006,000 [92]

Notes

Worldwide

†Sales based in a single territory
List of fastest-selling albums worldwide
YearAlbumArtistSales/ShipmentsRef.
1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson 9,000,000 [k]
1987 Bad Michael Jackson 7,000,000 [104]
2015 25 Adele 5,700,000 [105]
1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson 5,300,000 [l]
2023 Seventeenth Heaven † Seventeen 5,000,000 [108]
2022 Greatest Works of Art † Jay Chou 5,000,000 [17]
2005 X&Y Coldplay 5,000,000 [109]
2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 5,000,000 [110]
2002 Elvis: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 4,700,000 [111]
2023 5-Star † Stray Kids 4,600,000 [112]
2023 FML † Seventeen 4,500,000 [113]
1963John Fitzgerald Kennedy – A Memorial Album† John F. Kennedy 4,000,000 [83]
2020 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 3,700,000 [114]
2000 1 The Beatles 3,600,000 [115]
2023 ISTJ † NCT Dream 3,600,000 [116]
2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna 3,600,000 [m]
1968 The Beatles The Beatles 3,300,000 [119]
2010 Michael Michael Jackson 3,000,000 [120]
2008 Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Coldplay 3,000,000 [109]
2001 Invincible Michael Jackson 3,000,000 [121]
2001 Distance † Hikaru Utada 3,000,000 [122]
2000 Music Madonna 3,000,000 [123]
1998 Ray of Light Madonna 3,000,000 [124]
2001 A Best † Ayumi Hamasaki 2,800,000 [125]
2022 Proof † BTS 2,700,000 [126]
1998 B'z The Best "Pleasure" † B'z 2,700,000 [127]
2000 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 2,500,000 [128]
1998 B'z The Best "Treasure" † B'z 2,500,000 [129]
2023 Golden † Jungkook 2,400,000 [68]
2000 No Strings Attached † NSYNC 2,400,000 [92]
2024 The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift 2,300,000 [n]
2023 The Name Chapter: Freefall † TXT 2,200,000 [70]
2020 Be † BTS 2,200,000 [69]
1998 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Alanis Morissette 2,200,000 [132]
2022 The Name Chapter: Temptation † TXT 2,100,000 [133]
2002 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 2,000,000 [134]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Hanteo chart provides real-time daily, weekly, and monthly sales updates, but only accounts for data received from affiliated stores and therefore does not reflect the total sales of a given release. The Circle Album Chart (formerly Gaon), counts albums shipped to all stores regardless of affiliation, so there is always a noticeable difference between its figures and Hanteo's. Gaon, however, only began providing realtime data from 2019. Given this article's scope, and the limitations of existing sources, Hanteo's numbers alone are used.
  2. ↑ The following albums predate the introduction of Nielsen SoundScan and their sales figures are possibly subject to manipulation as sales were self-reported by record labels. [82]
  3. ↑ The album reportedly sold 3.7 million copies "in just over two weeks". [84]
  4. ↑ The album reportedly sold "almost two million" copies in a week. [86]
  5. ↑ Based on the first ten days instead of seven. [88]
  6. ↑ Based on the first four days instead of seven. [84] [89]
  7. ↑ The album reportedly sold 1.3 million copies "on the day of its release". [84]
  8. ↑ Based on the first nine days instead of seven. [90]
  9. ↑ Denotes sales from The Eminem Show's second week of availability, which was its first full week of activity. In its opening week, only one day of sales—284,000 copies—was recorded as the album's release date was pushed up due to bootlegging. That totals to 1.606 million copies in its first eight days of availability. [92]
  10. ↑ Denotes sales from The Massacre's first four days of availability as the album was unconventionally released in the middle of an ongoing tracking week. [92]
  11. ↑ According to Sony Music International, Michael Jackson's Dangerous has shipped 4 million units in the US and 5 million units outside the US [103]
  12. ↑ Michael Jackson's History album shipped 3 million units in advance in Europe [106] and 2.3 million units in the United States. [107]
  13. ↑ Others sources estimated 4 million. [117] [118]
  14. ↑ Traditional sales divided in 1,914,000 units in the United States, 150,000 copies in Canada and, 270,000 sales in the United Kingdom alone. [93] [13] [130] Others estimated 4 million globally in album-equivalent units. [131]

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