And with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it was obvious that 1 million+ for the second week would be within reach. A perfect marketing and release strategy, tbh.
Wait no other artist has sold 1M two weeks in a row? I believe I read somewhere Thriller was doing it at its peak and considering it sold like 30M in the US alone it's possible.
Soundscan wasn't around during Thrillers peak, it probably had several weeks at 1M+ but there's no way to be sure.
Will Adele be the only artist to sell more than 1m copies two weeks in a row? With the power of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, anything seems possible.
Whitney did not open with 1 million first week. Her 1 million in one week was several weeks after The Bodyguard was released, and even then she only had one week of 1 million.