She will keep this record for a very long time.

ugh i was expecting at least 3.5M in the US

Only 3.4M? Flop.

Where's the lie?

So proud of her and my flop country.

She deserves all the success in the world for being so great.

Well, her next album could do it.

Slay Adele! I'm not a big fan of you or your music but congrats to slaying so effortlessly and mopping the floor with other gurls' weaves.

People say nobody can break this record it but then you remember how 21 came out of nowhere. She was fairly successful up to that point but not outstandingly so saleswise. So I guess theres always that unknown factor in music. An artist can break out at any time.

at this being lumped in at the very end of the article "oh, btw!"

1d is over

916k total for Purpose this week, Platinum next week.

16 10 TAYLOR SWIFT
1989
BIG MACHINE 40,961 77%

SLAY with that longevity.

3.355 million

When do we usually get the first predictions for the following week?

Hopefully it's not a very front-loaded sales. The first week sales just amazing but the longevity will be not that impressive as 21

so she finally had beaten utada

I'm a little more impressed by sales than streams ... it's more like 400k now, right? Still impressive in this climate

It has no choice BUT to be frontloaded though. It'd be insane if she sold 6 million in two months and then CONTINUED to do crazy well. She'd be outselling 21 in one year at that rate.