On average, each Spotify user streamed slightly over 3 songs from the album during its first week. Check https://chartmasters.org/spotify-top-album-debuts/?view=country&country_code2=WW. On the list of top 5 biggest first-week sales by albums of foreign artists, BTS holds the Nos. Shania Twain, Up! 's "Niggaz4Life", Ice Cube's "Death Certificate", MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit", Public Enemy's "Apocalypse 91 The Enemy Strikes Black", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's "Homebase", and Various Artist's "Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)" probably round out the top 5. Rick Ross' "Port of Miami" debuted with 187K. No data for number 5 but I'm going to assume it was LL Cool J's "14 Shots to the Dome". The first indication that long playing discs may do well in a streaming world came in November 2015. 's record and had the most successful first week in hip hop by far. The bottom 5 are all releases from the last 2 years. Once a crab shuffled across the wooden floor, interrupting the recordings. The seventh studio album by American rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen produced seven top-10 hit singles and was promoted with a worldwide concert tour by Springsteen. Bat Out of Hell went 14x Platinum and spent 522 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, the second longest run. I think theres an argument to be made that its hard to compare pre-streaming sales to sales with streaming. 1 on Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales in the United States this year. The tour earned them three Guinness World Records. In other news, the title track "Yet to Come" in BTS' anthology album "Proof" debuted on this week's Billboard 200 and Global Excl. I must admit though that the only album on which I have actually loved every single song / the only one that I would listen to from A to Z without skipping a single one was Jagged Little Pill! The number of remasters and re-releases have helped surge sales. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 32m Trivia Facts: The singles for this compilation come from the Eagles first four albums. They just dont do it like they used to! Is this something you'd be interested in me posting annually? Alanis Morissette was backed by a super band, including Flea, one of the best bassists of all time from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on You Oughta Know. It came out in 1995 and is purely an Alternative Rock album when that was the most popular genre. Its been re-printed and re-issued countless times, as recently as 2014, helping boost the sales numbers. K-pop have upped its game as well with 4 albums by BTS and Blackpink inside the top 75. 37. In the USA, for example, there are three major categories: It is clear, therefore, that all of the artists, in the list that follows attain Platinum status in their first week of sales in the USA alone, if sales were limited to the USA. With estimated sales now standing at over 45 million copies. Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 45m When we go deeper on numbers, we notice these records are often stronger thanks to high streams from the entire tracklist. In addition to recording the highest first-week sales this 2022, "Proof" also achieved the fifth-highest first-week sales by a foreign artist's album in Oricon history. The original title was Dark Side of the Moon: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics. 2 and 4 spots, and now the No. "Midnights," Swift's 10th studio album, has blown past the seven-digit milestone just four days after its release, racking up 1.3 million equivalent album units in the US. Eagles Their Greatest Hits (19711975) has recently surpassed Michael Jacksons Thriller as the number-one best selling album of all time. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter| 1999| 462K 59| Kanye West| 808's & Heartbreak | 2008| 450K 60| Drake| Thank Me Later| 2010| 447K 61| Kanye West| The College Dropout| 2004| 441K 62| DMX| The Great Depression| 2001| 439K 63| Jay-Z & Kanye West| Watch The Throne| 2011| 436K 64| Eminem| Kamikaze| 2018| 434K 65| Lloyd Banks| The Hunger for More| 2004| 433K 66| 2Pac| Tupac: Resurrection| 2003| 430K 67| Ludacris| Chicken-n-Beer| 2003| 429K 68| 2Pac| Until The End of Time| 2001| 427K 69| Jay-Z| American Gangster| 2007| 426K 70| Lauryn Hill| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill| 1998| 423K 71| Jay-Z| The Blueprint| 2001| 420K 72| Method Man| Tical 2000: Judgement Day| 1998| 411K 73| 2Pac & Outlawz| Still I Rise| 1999| 408K 74| J. Cole | KOD| 2018| 398K 75| Snoop Dogg| Tha Last Meal| 2000| 397K 76| Nelly| Suit| 2004| 396K 77| Nicki Minaj| Pink Friday| 2010| 395K 78| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony| The Art Of War| 1997| 394K 79| Mystikal| Ghetto Fabulous| 1998| 385K 79| The Game| Doctor's Advocate| 2006| 385K 81| G-Unit| Beg for Mercy| 2003| 377K 82| J. Cole| 2014 Forest Hills Drive| 2014| 375K 82| Drake & Future| What A Time to Be Alive| 2015| 375K 84| D12| Devil's Night| 2001| 372K 85| 2Pac| Better Dayz| 2002| 366K 86| Kendrick Lamar| To Pimp a Butterfly| 2015| 363K 87| Ja Rule| Pain Is Love| 2001| 361K 87| Young Buck| Straight Outta Cashville| 2004| 361K 89| Beastie Boys| To the 5 Boroughs| 2004| 360K 90| Nas| Hip Hop Is Dead| 2006| 356K 91| Young Jeezy| The Inspiration| 2006| 352K 92| Jay-Z| Vol. With the release of his sophomore album The Marshall Mathers LP, the "Rap God" smashed records for the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop. Once the songs were written, rehearsals lasted one week and recording took seven weeks, and the rest was history. Some argue that its in the Progressive Rock genre as well, which has a core set of diehard fans. Some of these will surprise you, and others youll have forgotten existed but will make you think of course.. 7, while "For Youth" was at no. "Double Live," the first live album from country star Garth Brooks, sold 1,085,000 copies in the first week after its release. George Michael Faith (1987) 20m document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Britney Spears Baby One More Time (1999) 25m This is partly due to a big growth in users across Asian markets like India, Japan and Indonesia. The Spice Girls have sold 85 million records worldwide and became the biggest British pop success since The Beatles. Written by James Horner and Will Jennings, and serving as the love theme for James Camerons blockbuster film Titanic. If we go by certified sales only, Michael Jacksons Thriller remains the indisputed champion by far. The Michael Jackson Estate resisted this claim, since the auditing window only goes back three years, but The Eagles got to break that rule. The winner? You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. by 12.4% of the users than 6 songs played by 14.3% of the users since Spice Girls Spice (1996) 23m 33. While it topped none of the previous lists, Divides "1," a post-breakup compilation album by The Beatles, sold 1,259,000 copies in the week ending December 24, 2000, six weeks after its release. The album produced seven singles The Girl Is Mine, Billie Jean, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin Somethin', Human Nature, P.Y.T. 12. It won six of the most prestigious Juno Awards in 1996. 2Pac - Greatest Hits Released: November 24, 1998 Label: Death Row/Interscope Records Units sold: 10 million 5. Wks on Chart 1 NEW Trustfall P!nk - 1 1 2 The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP) TOMORROW X TOGETHER 2 1 4 3 RE- ENTRY. AC/DC Back In Black (1980) 50m With 32 million copies sold, it the best-selling debut album since Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987) and the best-selling rock album of the 21st century. A slow burner when first released in 1987, it wasnt until the following year that Appetite for Destruction became a massive commercial success, after the band had toured and received airplay with the singles Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City and Sweet Child o Mine. The Bodyguard soundtrack was released in 1992, sung entirely by Whitney Houston in the R&B, Soul, and Pop genres. 40. 41. Somehow Pac was still having huuge debuts even 6 years after his death. Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" became the most pirated album of all time. To recall, BTS' "Proof" ranked first on Oricon's Daily Chart on June 23 with 463,718 copies-their own highest first-day sales figure in Japan to date, surpassing "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7," which only sold 227,204 copies. 15. 6. The album lodged 35 weeks atop the Irish Albums Chart, the longest in the charts history. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week alone, which made it the fastest-selling studio album in the United States at the time. Outkast has their best commercial week thus far. 7. Eminem smashed N.W.A. 1" from 1997 not to have a top five debut week. Saturday Night Fever is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. Nirvana Nevermind (1991) 30m Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 25m MC Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em Released: February 12, 1990 Label: Capitol Records Units sold: 10 million 4. It has since sold more than 12 million copiesin the US and remains the best-selling soundtrack of all time. 2 Hard Knock Life| 1998| 350K 93| Nelly| Sweat| 2004| 342K 93| Nas| Stillmatic| 2001| 342K 95| Mystikal| Let's Get Ready| 2000| 330K 95| 2Pac| Loyal to the Game| 2004| 330K 97| Snoop Doggy Dogg| Murder Was the Case| 1994| 329K 98| Kanye West| Yeezus| 2013| 328K 99| Various Artists| Bad Boys II| 2003| 324K 100| Ludacris | The Red Light District | 2004 | 322K, Here is a graph showing the amount of albums in the top 100 per year. Normal artists will usually take a protracted time before their albums are certified, gold, platinum or diamond, but the sales of these mega albums are so large that they obtain instantaneous certifications. for the 5th spot idk. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985) 30m Crazy. With the bar for the list set as high as 79 million are big consistent streams of the entire album needed in most cases to get so high numbers. When released it became the fastest-selling album in British history and features the hit singles With or Without You, I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For, and Where the Streets Have No Name, the first two of which became the groups only number-one singles in the US. 6. Music industry One step closer to being accurate. Finally Springsteen became as powerful in the studio as he always had been on stage. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; Likely the most famous musician since the peak of Michael Jacksons fame. It was the first album to reach 14 million and 15 million sales in the USA since 1991. The album also reached number one in fifteen other countries. The name and cover were both meant as signs of mourning at the time. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. Trivia Facts: Thriller marked the first time Michael Jackson reached the top of the Billboard 200, back when it was called the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. The record label had low expectations, yet it topped the charts in over 30 countries, was the best-selling album for 2 years straight, and is the top seller of the 21st century. Despite the albums success, the duo went their separate ways shortly after the albums release with their last performance at that time in the Forest Hills Stadium on July 18, 1970. Various songs were discussed to be the big one but Kevin Costner ended up suggesting I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. 1 on Billboard's Global' Global Excl. The fool writer notes that The Eagles recently surpassed it in sales up top-but neglects to mention this is true for the U.S. ONLY, Thriller is still the bestselling world-wide album by a wide margin, They should have put 50cents debut album get rich or die tryin it not only was hip hops highest selling rap debut album but was the highest selling album of 2003 of all genres sold over 10 million records now thats worthy of putting on the list plus his second album sold 1.5 million the first week that also went diamond, Youo left out out whitney houston the bodyguard which sold over 42 million and Whitney which sold about 27 million, Tghe Bodyguard is not considered a STUDIO ALBUM. Lil Nas X and his 7 EP containing only 7 original tracks reached 102 million streams in its debut week. Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find. The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. G-Unit's "Beg for Mercy" debuted with 377K. If trav drops hell still certainly be in top 5 of the year but Idk if utopia would crack the top 100 oat. Basically, longer albums have their raw streams inflated while shorter albums have their average streams inflate. Only 22 albums in history have sold 1 million copies in a single week here they all are. Richie's second solo studio album has sold over 20 million copies. Also despite female rappers being really dominant recently and Doja, cardi b and nicki all either being confirmed or likely to drop albums this upcoming year idk if any of them will make the top 5 for the year, just wondering, are you not counting post malone as hip hop? 50. The 2015 album jumps to the 3rd spot with 2.35 streams per user. Somehow 2Pac continued to stay on top. I've updated for 2017 and added the top 100 list. Swift broke her tie with Adele as the artist with the most million-selling weeks overall (four). These areThe 25 Biggest First-Week Album Sales in Music History. Whos Next by the Who ? })(); Best selling artists, albums and singles of all-time. I'm going to guess that Dr. Dre's "The Chronic", Beastie Boys' "Check Your Head", Too $hort's "Shorty the Pimp", MC Ren's "Kizz My Black Azz", and Ice Cube's "The Predator" (193K) round out the top 5. Guinness Book of World Records named the LP the best-selling debut studio effort in music history. 26. As many as 3 pop albums feature inside the Top 10 with Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and recently released Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. 47. A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted. By September 2018, the album had spent 500 weeks on the Billboard album chart, making it one of the four longest-running albums of all time and the best-selling metal album of all time. "Red," Swift's fourth album, sold 1,208,000 copies in the first week after its release. This is easily one of the most important albums to ever be created. Required fields are marked *. It came out in 1976 and has continued to gain sales as it ultimately became a collection of oldies tracks. This is why Billboard is honestly a joke and it's silly to compare artists with different demographics to each other. 21. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. Eagles Hotel California (1976) 42m He was disappointed that it didnt win a Grammy for Record of the Year and felt generally undervalued by the music industry. ha ha. The Beatles Sgt. Since we can, why not quickly list off a bunch more that are very close to making it. The album was so successful the media was making up stories about the members just to get more attention (some things never change). Due to Tidal not reporting streaming numbers, Jay-Z's "4:44" is his first album since "In My Lifetime, Vol. Music Box remains Careys highest seller with 28 million copies sold worldwide. A New Day in Las Vegas Strip (200307), remains the highest-grossing concert residency of all time and Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists ever with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide. The album made up 67% of all physical sales and became the most-streamed album of the week, with 55.7 million plays across all tracks. Feeling instantly nostalgic. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977) 40m "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne's sixth album, sold 1,006,000 copies in the first week after its release. Q: Where is X album? Five singles were released from Cant Slow Down, all of which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two that reached number-one: All Night Long (All Night) and Hello. This was the all-time best-selling country album ever. March 5, 2023. 4. It will be interesting to see if anyone will be able to challenge the records that currently stand. Michael Jackson, *Nsync, Eminem, Ayumi Hamasaki and Bz have all placed two albums each on the list. These includes DJ Khaled and Camila Cabello. 3. Country star Morgan Wallen released his third studio album One Thing at a Time this Friday and as expected, it is projected to do a big number in the first week. Not that it needed the boost, but its been remastered and re-issued four times with deluxe editions and even one including a DVD of all of their videos and promotional films. See 20 of the Biggest First-Week Hip-Hop Album Sales Over the Years Aftermath Entertainment / Interscope Records Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP Release Date: May 23, 2000 First-Week. Three singles were released from the album, each reaching high in the Billboard Hot 100: New Kid in Town (number one), Hotel California (number one), and Life in the Fast Lane (number 11). Some of the profits from the album were invested in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Sgt. Lets Talk About Love includes Celine Dions biggest hit, My Heart Will Go On. Sour by Olivia Rodrigo shots to the top spot with this view. After topping the Billboard 200 chart in its first week with 359,000 copies sold, the singer's MDNA is expected to suffer an 88 percent drop in sales to 46,000 units, according to Forbes. Carole King Tapestry (1971) 25m Born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian musician Ravi Shankar, Jones was a lounge singer before finding success. Young Buck's "Straight Outta Cashville" debuted with 361K. var cx = 'partner-pub-3868619518247857:4666236348'; The band members are among the richest musicians in the world and even funded the production of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie with the proceeds. Baby One More Time is Spears most successful album with sales of over 25 million copies worldwide. A few artists were still able to get a huge album debut on the back of mostly a massive hit or two. A lot of data was impossible for me to find here. Drama in the music industry is fun! Before it even came out it had advance orders of 800,000 copies. TOP GUN - MAVERICK. that logically includes way more repeat streams. that's really cool seeing tribe on the top 5 for 2016.also wonder how much more drake would've sold if he did bundles for scorpion, feel like he easily could've done >1 mil. Also, on the 20th, BTS' anthology album "Proof" took the No. The list is obviously US-dominated, with 50 albums coming from the Hip Hop / R&B branch. It also had a record-breaking run of 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. In the US, the album sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week, marking the largest single-week sales for an album. They went from smashing South Korean charts to smashing . Their self-titled fifth album (the Black Album) marked a change in the bands sound from the thrash metal style of the previous four albums to a slower and heavier one rooted in heavy metal. Neil Diamond? That didnt work out, and she suffered a breakup, and wrote this, another tragedian masterpiece. U.S. charts. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Trivia Facts: Bat Out of Hell had its share of drama. Older albums with re-releases or resurgences of popularity also have clear advantages. and i wouldnt be surprised if someone like lil baby dropped again, i know that drip harder 2 has been teased and with how both of those artists have grown in status, that could be a monster release, also i know this sub hates him but the kid laroi is gearing up to have a huge year and i wouldnt be surprised if he snuck in with one of the biggest albums of 2021 as well. Here are 20 albums with the biggest first-week sales in hip-hop history. no one comes close now. Sour was available to way more people thanPurpose, for example. The album became one of the best-selling albums in history. 6 on Genie, and No. True Blue was an immediate global success, reaching number one in then record-breaking 28 countries across the world and became the worlds top-selling album of 1986. It reached number one in nineteen countries and sold just under 4m copies in the US in the first month after release. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Santana Supernatural (1999) 30m (function() { Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) 30m Green Day Dookie (1994) 20m None would have troubled the very top end of the ranking yet. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002) 27m The record labels marketing department knew better, even though Jim wrote the bulk of the material. The Canadian singer emerged as a teen star in her homeland with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. The album was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release with criticism centered around lyrics that were considered violent, homophobic, and misogynistic. "Reputation," Swift's sixth album, sold 1,238,000 equivalent album units in the first week after its release. After observing sales trends for many years I started noticing that some artists shift such large quantities of albums in their first week, that they attract an immediate certification. First, Eagles Greatest Hits surpassed Thriller (actually in very suspicious ways) only for USA sales (37 million Eagles, 34 millions Thriller), but worldwide Thriller is by far and with no comparison the best selling album ever the most conservative estimates tell Thriller sold double than Eagles album worldwide. With 33m units sold in the US since 1982, Jacksons sixth studio album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984, including Album of the Year. The albums singles, most notably More Than a Feeling and Long Time, were both AM and FM hits, and nearly the entire album receives constant rotation on classic rock radio. "No Strings Attached," the third album by *NSYNC, sold 2,416,000 copies in the first week after its release. The band decided their fourth album would officially be untitled, and would be represented instead by four symbols chosen by each band member, without featuring the name or any other details on the cover. It was a long-time coming, being their 8th studio album. Lets add this information to the table. The Bee Gees included so many songs in the soundtrack and the movie of the same name that they essentially lost an albums worth of material. Continue reading to learn how many copies of BTS' anthology album were sold in the country. 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