32. The bands first number-one album since Santana III 28 years earlier, for his eighteenth studio album Carlos Santana wanted to focus his musical direction towards pop and radio friendly material and proceeded to do so by collaborating with various contemporary guest artists, including Eric Clapton, Rob Thomas, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews and Cee-Lo Green. It was promoted alongside the film Moonwalker, which starred Michael Jackson. This led 300 million, 400 million, and 500 million first week streams barriers to be broken. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three. After topping the Billboard 200 chart in its first week with 359,000 copies sold, the singer's MDNA is expected to suffer an 88 percent drop in sales to 46,000 units, according to Forbes. They sold out the Wembley Stadium for seven nights in a row, a record breaking run. Previously, Billboardrevealedthat BTS' "Proof" debuted at No. It has since sold more than 12 million copiesin the US and remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time. 8 spot, spending its 11th consecutive day on the tally. None would have troubled the very top end of the ranking yet. The past year has . Green Day Dookie (1994) 20m Their self-titled fifth album (the Black Album) marked a change in the bands sound from the thrash metal style of the previous four albums to a slower and heavier one rooted in heavy metal. 03. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We added a simple formula* to get an indicator in-between both views to get the top performing debuts of all-time on Spotify. DONDA bests the 295,000 equivalent album unit start for Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR, which until now boasted 2021's biggest release week.Kanye is now one of just seven artists with at least 10 No. Kings of Leon have broken the all-time sales barrier for the biggest first week digital album sales after the release of their fifth studio record. Come Around Sundown was. all. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. G-Unit's "Beg for Mercy" debuted with 377K. Ed Sheeran is unbeatable at this point lmao, Check you out, having a wank over Ed Sheeran. GRaceland (Paul Simon).Whats Goin On (Marvin Gaye)? "Black & Blue," the fourth album by Backstreet Boys, sold 1,591,000 copies in the first week after its release. 2018 - Drake cements himself as number one, Weezy is free, and the rise of Travis Scott, 2021 - Kanye v Drake: Dawn of Prolonged Album Rollouts, ---|---|----|----|---- 1| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP| 2000| 1.76M 2| Eminem| The Eminem Show| 2002| 1.322M 3| 50 Cent| The Massacre| 2005| 1.14M 4| Drake| Views| 2016| 1.075M 5| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter III| 2008| 1.006M 6| Lil Wayne| Tha Carter IV| 2011| 964K 7| Kanye West| Graduation| 2007| 957K 8| 50 Cent| Get Rich or Die Tryin'| 2003| 872K 9| Kanye West| Late Registration| 2005| 860K 10| Snoop Dogg| Doggystyle| 1993| 803K 11| Eminem| The Marshall Mathers LP 2| 2013| 792K 12| Drake| Scorpion| 2018| 749K 13| Eminem| Recovery| 2010| 741K 14| Nelly| Nellyville| 2002| 714K 15| Eminem| Encore | 2004| 710K 16| Eminem| 8 Mile OST| 2002| 702K 17| DMX| And Then There Was X| 1999| 698K 18| 50 Cent| Curtis| 2007| 697K 19| The Notorious B.I.G.| Life After Death| 1997| 690K 20| Beastie Boys| Hello Nasty| 1998| 681K 21| Jay-Z| Kingdom Come| 2006| 680K 22| DMX| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood| 1998| 670K 23| 2Pac| The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory| 1996| 664K 24| Drake| Nothing Was the Same| 2013| 658K 25| Drake| Take Care| 2011| 631K 26| Drake | Certified Lover Boy | 2021| 613K 27| Wu-Tang Clan| Wu-Tang Forever| 1997| 612K 28| Kendrick Lamar| DAMN.| 2017| 610K 29| Eminem| Relapse| 2009| 608K 30| The Game| The Documentary| 2005| 586K 31| T.I.| Paper Trail| 2008| 568K 32| 2Pac| All Eyez On Me| 1996| 566K 33| P. Diddy| No Way Out| 1997| 561K 34| Jay-Z| The Dynasty: Roc La Familia| 2000| 558K 35| Travis Scott | Astroworld | 2018 | 553K 36| 2Pac| R U Still Down? Swift broke her tie with Adele as the artist with the most million-selling weeks overall (four). In fact, so far as many as 72 releases have broken the 100 million mark during their first week. Trivia Facts: The album Rumours was originally called Yesterdays Gone. no one comes close now. Here are 20 albums with the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop history. "25," the third album by Adele, sold 3,378,000 copies in the first week after its release handily breaking a single-week record that was previously set by *NSYNC in 2000. Where Is Kang Seo Jin Now? In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. 2002 - Eminem continues to dominate, the rise of Nelly. Young Buck's "Straight Outta Cashville" debuted with 361K. Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 25m 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. Metallica Metallica (1991) 31m Michael Jackson, *Nsync, Eminem, Ayumi Hamasaki and Bz have all placed two albums each on the list. Britney Spears Oops! I Did It Again (2000) 20m In the US, Bat Out of Hell still sells about 200,000 copies a year and has sold an estimated 43 million copies worldwide, including 14 million in the United States alone. These areThe 25 Biggest First-Week Album Sales in Music History. No data for number 5 but I'm going to assume it was LL Cool J's "14 Shots to the Dome". This is not really the case, if we look at average US share of these streams its slightly under 50%. While it topped none of the previous lists, Divides Once the songs were written, rehearsals lasted one week and recording took seven weeks, and the rest was history. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, among five others including the Hall of Fame Award. It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. The second studio album by Britney Spears was released in 2000 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 1,319,000 copies. On the list of top 5 biggest first-week sales by albums of foreign artists, BTS holds the Nos. DMX's "It's Dark and Hell Is Hot" also sold 251K making 1998 a dominant year for X. Eminem debuted with 283K first week for his "The Slim Shady LP". The label claimed to have found records of old sales, adding millions to their total sales. Richie's second solo studio album has sold over 20 million copies. Perhaps the biggest outlier in the top 10 is Folklore by Taylor Swift which lies inside the indie genre. Trivia Facts: The album was recorded in Nassau in the Bahamas in a low-cost studio due to scheduling issues. One album from 2020 joined the list (Legends Never Die) and bumped off Get Rich Or Die Tryin OST. https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. Perhaps the biggest outlier in the top 10 is Folklore by Taylor Swift which lies inside the indie genre. "The Massacre," 50 Cent's sophomore album, sold 1,141,000 copies in the first week after its release. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) 30m Eric Robert/Sygma/Kevin Mazur/TAS18 via Getty Images. 30 's first-week sales of 692,000 not only mark the single-largest sales frame of 2021, but the largest sales week for any album since 2017. Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide. I update it frequently. Interestingly, the list appears to be fairly different once we display an average per song. (function() { 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). This just shows again how fucking insane peak 50 was. The debut solo studio album by George Michael spawned four number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: Faith, Father Figure, One More Try, and Monkey, making Michael the only British male solo artist to have four number one hits from one album. That being said, there are still some artists that attain the USA platinum benchmark in the first week of release. It was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. It is also interesting to note that female artists dominate the Top 30, with 14 positions occupied by solo female artists. "1," a post-breakup compilation album by The Beatles, sold 1,259,000 copies in the week ending December 24, 2000, six weeks after its release. Trivia Facts: The album stayed in the top 10 for 52 weeks, set a record for 112 weeks in the top 20, and stayed in the top 40 for 127 weeks. Its not one of the best musicals of all time, actually canceled in the U.S. in its early performances. You know what Id love to see is a spotify chart of all the streams by paying members and then the non paying. 2nd to only his own Scorpion. 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. Top 50 of ALL TIME and the Beach Boys Pet Shop isnt on this list is a SHAME. With guest backing vocalists, including Helen Terry, Peter Gabriel and Sting the singles Sussudio and One More Night both reached number one on the US chart. Once again, Apple Music is the music platform with the most paid subscribers in the US, and its dominated by rap/R&B. Feeling instantly nostalgic. Jacksons previous album Off the Wall (1979) had been a critical success, but he wasnt happy. The fool writer notes that The Eagles recently surpassed it in sales up top-but neglects to mention this is true for the U.S. ONLY, Thriller is still the bestselling world-wide album by a wide margin, They should have put 50cents debut album get rich or die tryin it not only was hip hops highest selling rap debut album but was the highest selling album of 2003 of all genres sold over 10 million records now thats worthy of putting on the list plus his second album sold 1.5 million the first week that also went diamond, Youo left out out whitney houston the bodyguard which sold over 42 million and Whitney which sold about 27 million, Tghe Bodyguard is not considered a STUDIO ALBUM. Shania Twain Come On Over (1997) 40m The album has a perfect score among the top professional ratings critic groups. Finally Springsteen became as powerful in the studio as he always had been on stage. Its one of only 5 albums which hit 2 SPU. "No Strings Attached," the third album by *NSYNC, sold 2,416,000 copies in the first week after its release. The. 1 on its Weekly Album chart for June 13 to 19. Certified Lover Boy, Scorpion,More Life, andViewsbyDrakeall drop a lot of spots as they include from 20 to 25 songs. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days. This just goes to prove that if one produces something people want, audiences will go out and buy it, in droves. umm, you missed Prince and The Revolutions Purple Rain with 25 million copies sold. 39. Celine Dion Falling into You (1997) 32m J Balvin was able to reach past the 100 million mark with Colores too. Seven solo male artists occupy placements and the remaining 14 positions are occupied by bands. While I think theres an argument to be made that its hard to compare pre-streaming sales to sales with streaming. 2Pac continued to post great first weeks with "Loyal to the Game" debuting with 330K. Your email address will not be published. Lets take a look at the next ten that performed really well and may make it in the next decade. It was a good choice, being one of the best performing singles ever. "Yet to Come" has now spent 11 days in a row on the chart. 1 Song on the Billboard Hot 100 Since 2000 The 2015 album jumps to the 3rd spot with 2.35 streams per user. The first time we updated this list there were no Latin albums to be seen on the list at all. The album still scores around 10,000 sales a week due to covers of the entire album still coming out by various artists. BTS' "Proof" took the spot on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart, with the biggest first-week sales recorded in Japan this year. Stray Kids Felix Fashion: Idol's Charming Styles To Try On For Boys Night Out. I wonder how Survivors Eye of the Tiger album ranks in sales? Written by James Horner and Will Jennings, and serving as the love theme for James Camerons blockbuster film Titanic. The massive 36-song . It hit the top of the Billboard 200 and UK Albums charts and each of its four singles reached the US top 10, like Go Your Own Way and Dreams. The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Recording Registry. With streams, all you need to do is go to the album page and play it in full. The eleventh studio album by Pink Floyd was a rock opera; its story explores Pink, a jaded rock star whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society is symbolised by a wall. The Michael Jackson Estate resisted this claim, since the auditing window only goes back three years, but The Eagles got to break that rule. In Spring 2017, the album broke the record for the longest-charting album by a female artist on the Billboard 200, surpassing Tapestry by Carole King. var cx = 'partner-pub-3868619518247857:4666236348'; vs. T.I.P.| 2007| 468K 57| Jay-Z| The Black Album| 2003| 463K 58| Jay-Z| Vol. It ended up being nominated for nine and winning five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year. Backstreet Boys Millennium (1999) 24m Third biggest week in history for The Massacre and even the other members of G Unit were pushing 400k+ a week just by association. The World's Biggest First Week Album Sales | by Sheldon Rocha Leal, PhD | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. If I had to guess, N.W.A. Over the course of a year it was supported by six singles that all performed very well, but especially I Will Always Love You, originally written by Dolly Parton. 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. The tour earned them three Guinness World Records. Boyd Elder made the album cover from a plastic cast of a real eagle skull. 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. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. 2 and 4 spots, and now the No. 40. When you downloaded a single, you still had no right to take a look at the rest of the album. 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.
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