But only because I borrowed a cassette from a friend and tried to rip it. However, instead of ripping the album to a blank cassette, I ripped a blank cassette to the album effectively deleting my friend's album, so I had to buy a new one to give it back to him

I'm not sure, but there are three possibilites:

Laundry Service - Shakira
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
Verschwende deine Zeit - Silbermond (a German band)

Spice on cassette
Spice World on CD

Under My Skin - AL

I dont even remember! Probably an album from a local artist or a kids album tho!
The first international release I bought might have been BEP's "Elephunk" or Brit's "In The Zone" or maybe a Madonna album!
The first album I purchased on iTunes was Katy's OOTB.

I think it was Loose.

seriously?
Why?

First album that I ever bought was in 2000


First album someone gifted to me was in 1999

Pendulum - In Silico

Disney Mania

Fergie – 'The Dutchess'

P!nk - Can't Take Me Home

Laundry Service by Shakira.

40 years from now you can tell your children and grandchildren that your first purchase was from the legendary Adele. Lucky you.

My first purchase was Now 7 back in 2001. I would just listen to the radio and watch MTV before that. After that all I would ever buy were albums. Believe it or not I still have the disc in one of those CD binder things, I used to put my CD's in back in the day, in an attic somewhere.

Same!