I didn't know people were THIS obsessed with sales like damn. This is actually creepy.
This sort of thing doesn't happen every week. Everyone knows sales are the pits and this could well be the last ever one-week-to-platinum release, I think people have excuse to be interested, excited and, dare I say it, obsessed.
Albums That Sold 1 Million (or more) in One Week in the US
1 4/8/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2.42
2 8/11/2001 Celebrity 'N Sync 1.88
3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1.76
4 12/9/2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1.59
5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1.32
6 6/3/2000 Oops...I Did It Again Britney Spears 1.32
7 1/6/2001 1 The Beatles 1.26
8 10/30/12 Red, Taylor Swift 1,21
9 3/19/2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1.14
10 6/5/1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1.13
11 6/11/2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1.11 *
12 4/10/2004 Confessions Usher 1.11
13 12/5/1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1.09
14 1/9/1993 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1.06
15 11/4/2000 Chocolate Starfish Limp Bizkit 1.06
16 11/13/2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1.05
17 2/28/2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1.02
18 6/28/2008 Tha Carter III Lil' Wayne 1.01
So Taylor's new album could actually snatch the top 5 in the list?
I can't at NSync slaying like this back in the day. They are the very definition of local. OT but BSB>>>>>>>>NSync.
Does anyone have that list of all the 1m+ first week sales in the US?
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Originally posted by Green
Albums That Sold 1 Million (or more) in One Week in the US
1 4/8/2000 No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2.42
2 8/11/2001 Celebrity 'N Sync 1.88
3 6/10/2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1.76
4 12/9/2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1.59
5 6/15/2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1.32
6 6/3/2000 Oops...I Did It Again Britney Spears 1.32
7 1/6/2001 1 The Beatles 1.26
8 10/30/12 Red, Taylor Swift 1,21
9 3/19/2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1.14
10 6/5/1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1.13
11 6/11/2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1.11 *
12 4/10/2004 Confessions Usher 1.11
13 12/5/1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1.09
14 1/9/1993 The Bodyguard Soundtrack 1.06
15 11/4/2000 Chocolate Starfish Limp Bizkit 1.06
16 11/13/2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1.05
17 2/28/2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1.02
18 6/28/2008 Tha Carter III Lil' Wayne 1.01
Did people see it coming when Speak Now sold so high on its debut or did it take people by surprise? Seeing as she wasn't big in the UK at the time and I wasn't on ATRL at the time, I didn't even know the album existed before I became more invested in Taylor myself
Did people see it coming when Speak Now sold so high on its debut or did it take people by surprise? Seeing as she wasn't big in the UK at the time and I wasn't on ATRL at the time, I didn't even know the album existed before I became more invested in Taylor myself
It was sort of expected. Fearless debuted with almost 600k and went on to sell like 6 million copies.
If we adjust Taylor's sales to inflation, Red's first week sales should have exceeded 2 Million. Same with 1989 while Speak Now, maybe around 1.7-1.8 Million.
Did people see it coming when Speak Now sold so high on its debut or did it take people by surprise? Seeing as she wasn't big in the UK at the time and I wasn't on ATRL at the time, I didn't even know the album existed before I became more invested in Taylor myself
Yes. Her fanbase is already strong back then Fearless era is so successfull. Speak Now is the most anticipated album of 2010.
Did people see it coming when Speak Now sold so high on its debut or did it take people by surprise? Seeing as she wasn't big in the UK at the time and I wasn't on ATRL at the time, I didn't even know the album existed before I became more invested in Taylor myself
Yes, I remember. She put such an amazing masterpice, people went like crazy when Speak Now was released, don't blame them, the song is incredible. I was impressed but it was kinda expected Speak Now's massive sucess
This is actually creepy.
