Congrats to Katy! Only the 12th album this decade to reach it, an increasingly rare accomplishment.
To add some context for the chart junkies, for all the albums released in the last ten years (from Aug 16th 2005) there are 46 albums that have sold 3 million in the US so far. And only 12 released in this decade (since 2010) have done it. Obviously those released this decade have had less time to rack up the sales, but you can see the diminishing market makes it much less common for albums to hit milestones like 3 million.
The 12 albums from this decade to top 3 million US sales has already been referenced above by Green and Brianc.
The 46 albums to top 3 million in the last ten years are
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1 - 11.16 - 21 - Adele ( Feb-11 )
02 - 7.91 - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - Nickelback ( Oct-05 )
03 - 7.42 - SOME HEARTS - Carrie Underwood ( Nov-05 )
04 - 6.96 - FEARLESS - Taylor Swift ( Nov-08 )
05 - 5.82 - NOEL - Josh Groban ( Oct-07 )
06 - 5.53 - TAYLOR SWIFT - Taylor Swift ( Oct-06 )
07 - 5.14 - 1989 - Taylor Swift ( Oct-14 )
08 - 5.03 - DAUGHTRY - Daughtry ( Nov-06 )
09 - 5.00 - ME AND MY GANG - Rascal Flatts ( Apr-06 )
10 - 4.88 - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - Soundtrack ( Jan-06 )
11 - 4.69 - RECOVERY - Eminem ( Jun-10 )
12 - 4.65 - FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS - Justin Timberlake ( Sep-06 )
13 - 4.62 - THE FAME - Lady GaGa ( Oct-08 )
14 - 4.51 - SPEAK NOW - Taylor Swift ( Oct-10 )
15 - 4.22 - RED - Taylor Swift ( Oct-12 )
16 - 4.12 - I DREAMED A DREAM - Susan Boyle ( Nov-09 )
17 - 4.09 - NEED YOU NOW - Lady Antebellum ( Jan-10 )
18 - 4.07 - FROZEN - Soundtrack ( Nov-13 )
19 - 4.00 - CURTAIN CALL: THE HITS - Eminem ( Dec-05 )
20 - 3.96 - THE DUTCHESS - Fergie ( Sep-06 )
21 - 3.87 - AS I AM - Alicia Keys ( Nov-07 )
22 - 3.87 - THA CARTER III - Lil Wayne ( Jun-08 )
23 - 3.75 - HANNAH MONTANA - Soundtrack ( Oct-06 )
24 - 3.73 - CHRISTMAS - Michael Bublé ( Oct-11 )
25 - 3.56 - ROCK N ROLL JESUS - Kid Rock ( Oct-07 )
26 - 3.49 - DARK HORSE - Nickelback ( Nov-08 )
27 - 3.45 - LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - Eagles ( Oct-07 )
28 - 3.44 - THE FOUNDATION - Zac Brown Band ( Nov-08 )
29 - 3.43 - B'DAY - Beyoncé ( Sep-06 )
30 - 3.39 - CARNIVAL RIDE - Carrie Underwood ( Oct-07 )
31 - 3.39 - HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - Soundtrack ( Aug-07 )
32 - 3.38 - THE LEGEND OF - Johnny Cash ( Oct-05 )
33 - 3.35 - MY WORLD 2.0 - Justin Bieber ( Mar-10 )
34 - 3.30 - HANNAH MONTANA 2/MEET MILEY CYRUS - Soundtrack/Miley Cyrus ( Jun-07 )
35 - 3.29 - MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - Linkin Park ( May-07 )
36 - 3.28 - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) - Black Eyed Peas ( Jun-09 )
37 - 3.23 - SIGH NO MORE - Mumford & Sons ( Feb-10 )
38 - 3.18 - I AM...SASHA FIERCE - Beyoncé ( Nov-08 )
39 - 3.17 - THE BREAKTHROUGH - Mary J Blige ( Dec-05 )
40 - 3.17 - MY KINDA PARTY - Jason Aldean ( Nov-10 )
41 - 3.14 - LATE REGISTRATION - Kanye West ( Aug-05 )
42 - 3.12 - THE ROAD AND THE RADIO - Kenny Chesney ( Nov-05 )
43 - 3.06 - KONVICTED - Akon ( Nov-06 )
44 - 3.06 - MY CHRISTMAS - Andrea Bocelli ( Nov-09 )
45 - 3.02 - ENJOY THE RIDE - Sugarland ( Nov-06 )
46 - 3.00 - TEENAGE DREAM - Katy Perry ( Aug-10 )
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All credit for the above data to oldbloke and thebigham on ukmix