Albums that sold over 1 million on its first week in the United States Pre and Post nielsen era, the thread is too achive those records done over the years of the recording industry. Post below if i am missing any, because i still making the list.
The List
John Fitzgerald Kennedy A Memorial Album, Various Artists - 4,000,000 copies sold
No Strings Attached, *NSYNC - 2,415,859 copies sold
Celebrity, *NSYNC - 1,879,955 copies sold
The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem - 1,760,049 copies sold
Black & Blue, Backstreet Boys - 1,591,191 copies sold
The Eminem Show, Eminem - 1,321,799 copies sold
Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney Spears - 1,319,193 copies sold
Red , Taylor Swift - 1,208,000 copies sold
The Massacre, 50 Cent - 1,140,638 copies sold
Millennium, Backstreet Boys - 1,133,505 copies sold
Born This Way, Lady Gaga - 1,108,000 copies sold
Confessions., Usher - 1,096,000 copies sold
Double Live, Garth Brooks 1,085,000 copies sold
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, Limp Bizkit's - 1,055,000 copies sold
Speak Now, Taylor Swift - 1,047,00 copies sold
Feels Like Home, Norah Jones - 1,022,000 copies sold
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne - 1,006,000 copies sold
The Simpsons Sing The Blues, The Simpsons - 1,000,000 copies sold
A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles - 1,000,000 copies sold
The First Family, Vaughn Meader - 1,000,000 copies sold
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