Some history
Sales increase
2011 (103,0)
+19.5%
2010 (86,0)
2009 (76,4)
2008 (65,8)
2007 (50,0)
2006 (32,6)
2005 (16,2)
Maroon 5, Songs About Jane. The first album to sell 25,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in June 2004.
Eminem, Encore. The first album to sell 10,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 13K copies in the week ending Nov. 21, 2004.
U2, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The first album to sell 25,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 30K copies in the week ending Nov. 28, 2004. Also, the first album to sell 50,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Dec. 26, 2004.
Coldplay, X&Y. The first album to sell 50,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 62K copies in the week ending June 12, 2005. Also, the first album to sell 100,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending July 3, 2005.
John Mayer, Continuum. The first album to sell 250,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending April 22, 2007.
Maroon 5, It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The first album to sell 100,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 102K copies in the week ending May 27, 2007.
Coldplay, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. The first album to sell 250,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 288K copies in the week ending June 22, 2008. Also, the first album to sell 500,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Aug. 17, 2008.
Soundtrack, Twilight. The first (and still the only) soundtrack album to sell 500,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Aug. 23, 2009.
Taylor Swift, Fearless. The first album by a female artist (and the first album by a country artist) to sell 500,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Nov. 8, 2009.
Lady Gaga, The Fame. The first album by a pop or dance artist to sell 500,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Jan. 3, 2010.
Eminem, Recovery. The first album by a male artist (and the first and only album by a rap artist) to sell 500,000 total digital copies. It achieved the feat in the week ending Aug. 1, 2010. Also, the first album to sell 1 million total digital copies. It achieves the feat this week.
Lady Gaga, Born This Way. The first album to sell 500,000 digital copies in one week. It sold 662K copies in the week ending May 29, 2011.
Adele, first album by a female artist to sell 1 million total digital copies. It will also be the first album to sell 1 million digital copies within one year of its release date. In 2012, becomed the first album to sell 2 million digital copies.
1 COL ADELE 21 2.872.822
2 GLSN MUMFORD & SONS SIGH NO MORE 1.520.807
3 INT EMINEM RECOVERY 1.209.541
4 INT LADY GAGA FAME 1.056.344
5 BGMA SWIFT*TAYLOR RED 950.976
6 INT LADY GAGA BORN THIS WAY 934.159
7 GLSN MUMFORD & SONS BABEL 928.975
8 CAP COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO 899.414
9 BGMA SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 883.440
10 CAP COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 873.461
11 BGMA SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 801.780
12 R-CM DRAKE TAKE CARE 798.907
13 CAP PERRY*KATY TEENAGE DREAM 768.324
14 COL ADELE 19 767.620
15 RCA KINGS OF LEON ONLY BY THE NIGHT 761.276
16 DEF JAY Z & KANYE WEST WATCH THE THRONE 753.387
17 R-CM LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER IV 752.499
18 ATLG TWILIGHT SOUNDTRACK 720.505
19 COL JOURNEY GREATEST HITS 678.283
20 ISL MARLEY*BOB & THE WAILERS LEGEND 635.645
21 INT BLACK EYED PEAS E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 627.595
22 DUA LUMINEERS LUMINEERS 624.485
23 FUER FUN. SOME NIGHTS 613.132
24 R-RR WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 611.919
25 ATLG BROWN*ZAC BAND FOUNDATION 608.923
26 R-RR FLORENCE + THE MACHINE LUNGS 591.447
27 COL ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT 590.412
28 WAR BLACK KEYS BROTHERS 588.397
29 NELK MARS*BRUNO DOO - WOPS & HOOLIGANS 574.842
30 COL MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 572.871
31 DEF WEST*KANYE MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANT 565.815
32 CAPN LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 556.082
33 BBOW ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 551.655
34 WAR BLACK KEYS EL CAMINO 542.135
35 CAP PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 536.052
36 DEF RIHANNA LOUD 518.734
37 R-RR JOHNSON*JACK IN BETWEEN DREAMS 518.355
38 RCA KE$HA ANIMAL 506.609
39 R-RR FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CEREMONIALS 500.672
40 OCAM MAROON 5 OVEREXPOSED 498.554
41 R-RR OF MONSTERS AND MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL 489.252
42 R-CM LIL' WAYNE THA CARTER III 489.137
43 FAN CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL VOL. 1-CHRONICLE-20 GREATEST H 480.771
44 OCAM MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 478.258
45 WAR BUBLE*MICHAEL CHRISTMAS 474.319
46 OCAM MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 474.250
47 CAPN LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 471.086
48 ATLG BROWN*ZAC BAND YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE 462.109
49 RCA DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 458.091
50 RCNT JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 3 455.294
51 BGMA SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 452.046
52 EPIC JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON 443.106
53 COL FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 430.692
54 VERV WICKED ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING 430.219
55 ROAD NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 429.802
56 COL ONE DIRECTION TAKE ME HOME 429.418
57 DEF WEST*KANYE GRADUATION 427.004
58 INT IMAGINE DRAGONS NIGHT VISIONS 418.453
59 CAPN BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 417.595
60 ISL BIEBER*JUSTIN MY WORLD 2.0 416.901
61 ATLG MRAZ*JASON WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THIN 415.330
62 R-RR CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 409.117
63 MERG ARCADE FIRE SUBURBS 407.546
64 R-RR JOHNSON*JACK SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC 405.859
65 R-RR GOTYE MAKING MIRRORS 404.896
66 CAP COLDPLAY X&Y 404.812
67 R-RR OWL CITY OCEAN EYES 403.486
68 RCA TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 400.683
69 EPIC FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 400.310
70 COL MAYER*JOHN BATTLE STUDIES 398.010
71 R-CM DRAKE THANK ME LATER 396.473
72 RCA P!NK TRUTH ABOUT LOVE 395.789
73 ISL BIEBER*JUSTIN BELIEVE 394.104
74 ROAD NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 393.608
75 RCA P!NK FUNHOUSE 391.683
76 EPIC BAREILLES*SARA LITTLE VOICE 388.799
77 GEFN GUNS N'ROSES GREATEST HITS 386.253
78 R-RR KID CUDI MAN ON THE MOON: THE END OF DA 385.204
79 R-CM MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 385.203
80 WAR LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 384.053
81 RCA MATTHEWS*DAVE BAND BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KIN 381.870
82 INT EMINEM RELAPSE 379.454
83 ATLG JUNO SOUNDTRACK 379.072
84 GLSN PHOENIX WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX 378.189
85 INT LAMAR*KENDRICK GOOD KID M.A.A.D CITY 374.602
86 EPIC JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 374.168
87 COL MGMT ORACULAR SPECTACULAR 372.725
88 MTV VARIOUS HOPE FOR HAITI 371.539
89 UME PITCH PERFECT SOUNDTRACK 364.670
90 DEF RIHANNA TALK THAT TALK 362.587
91 SBYM CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW 360.913
92 BBOW ALDEAN*JASON NIGHT TRAIN 358.847
93 INT DEL REY*LANA BORN TO DIE 354.116
94 ENAS CHURCH*ERIC CHIEF 352.220
95 ARNV UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BLOWN AWAY 351.821
96 ATLG LED ZEPPELIN MOTHERSHIP 348.919
97 DEF OCEAN*FRANK CHANNEL ORANGE 347.234
98 DEF WEST*KANYE 808S & HEARTBREAK 346.635
99 OCAM MAROON 5 SONGS ABOUT JANE 345.671
100 DBV SOUNDTRACK TRON LEGACY 345.658
TOTAL SALES 52.415.969
If you wanna know sales from a specific recent album, ask me
Showing the girls how it's done.
