25 has the biggest 1st week debut album in NZ ever!
25 debuted at number 1 in New Zealand and went double platinum in it's first week!
I'm not sure what the best first week of sales is in NZ because of how small it is, but it's the first time I've ever seen an album go double platinum in first week this decade.
edit: It's been confirmed that 25 broke the record for the best first week sales for an album in New Zealand, ever
Adele's wildly successful new album has officially surpassed Double Platinum within a week and achieved the highest number of albums ever sold in the opening week in NZ recorded history, with an estimated 18,766 sold.
This is confusing me, as I've always thought that 15,000 sales was platinum for both singles and albums. Plus, it says that on the website