Lists of fastest-selling albums

A fast-selling album is defined as one with high sales in its first chart week following release.

The fastest selling album of all time globally, is 25 by Adele in 2015 [1]

Canada

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2015 25 Adele 305,928 [2]
2 1997 Let's Talk About Love Céline Dion 230,212 [3][4]
3 1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 191,791 [5][6]
4 2003 Star Académie Star Académie 173,000 [7]
5 2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 156,307 [5]
6 2002 A New Day Has Come Céline Dion 151,600 [8]
7 2002 Up! Shania Twain 150,000 [9]
8 2008 Black Ice AC/DC 119,000 [10]
9 2006 I Think of You Gregory Charles 109,000 [11]
10 2014 1989 Taylor Swift 107,000 [12]

France

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in France.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2018 Mon pays c'est l'amour Johnny Hallyday 780,177 [13][14]
2 2002 À la vie, à la mort Johnny Hallyday 305,634 [13][14]

Germany

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Germany.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2007 12 Herbert Grönemeyer More than 263,000 [15]
2 2015 25 Adele 263,000 [15]
3 2019 Untitled Rammstein 260,000 [16]

Ireland

In Ireland is The Best of 1980–1990 by U2 in November 1998.[17]

Japan

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Japan since Oricon was founded in November 1967. The top two sales records were achieved in the same week, on March 28, 2001, as both albums were promoted as a direct competition between J-pop singer-songwriters Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki.[18]

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2001 Distance Hikaru Utada 3,002,720 [19][20]
2 2001 A Best Ayumi Hamasaki 2,874,870 [19][20]
3 1998 The Best "Pleasure" B'z 2,709,530 [20][21]
4 1998 The Best "Treasure" B'z 2,500,120 [20][22]
5 2002 Deep River Hikaru Utada 2,350,170 [20][23]
6 2000 Delicious Way Mai Kuraki 2,218,640 [20][24]
7 1999 First Love Hikaru Utada 2,026,870 [20][25]
8 1997 Review Glay 2,003,150 [20][26]
9 1996 Sweet 19 Blues Namie Amuro 1,921,850 [20][27]
10 2002 I Am... Ayumi Hamasaki 1,751,360 [20][28]

New Zealand

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in New Zealand since the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, later renamed as Recorded Music NZ, was founded in 1972.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2015 25 Adele 18,766 [29]
2 2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 17,435 [29]

South Korea
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This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in South Korea.

Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS is the current fastest-selling album in South Korea with over 3.3 million copies shipped to stores in its first 7 days of release.[30]

Hanteo

This is a list of the highest weekly album sales in South Korea, as recorded by the Hanteo Information System established in 1993.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference(s)
1 2020 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 3,378,633 [30]
2 2019 Map of the Soul: Persona BTS 2,130,480 [30]
3 2018 Love Yourself: Tear BTS 1,003,500 [31]
4 2018 Love Yourself: Answer BTS 868,052 [32]
5 2018 Don't Mess Up My Tempo EXO 789,670
6 2017 Love Yourself: Her BTS 759,000 [33]
7 2017 The War EXO 602,094 [34]
8 2016 Ex'Act EXO 522,300

RIAK and Gaon

The Gaon Album Chart (and also previously the now-defunct Recording Industry Association of Korea) releases sales figures on a monthly basis.
Therefore, the number days from each album's release date until the end of the first tracking month is specified, to allow to adjust for varying amounts of time from an album's release date to the end of the first month.

Rank Year Title Artist Monthly sales Days to end of month Avg. sales per day Reference(s)
1 2020 Map of the Soul: 7 BTS 4,114,843 9 457,204 [35]
2 2019 Map of the Soul: Persona BTS 3,229,032 19 169,949 [36]
3 2018 Love Yourself: Answer BTS 1,933,450 8 241,681 [37][38]
4 2000 Let Me Love Jo Sung-mo 1,705,127 30 56,837 [39]
5 2018 Love Yourself: Tear BTS 1,664,041 14 118,860 [40][41]
6 1999 For Your Soul Jo Sung-mo 1,469,422 30 48,981 [42]
7 2001 Chapter 4 g.o.d 1,441,209 16 90,075 [43]
8 2017 Love Yourself: Her BTS 1,203,533 13 92,579 [44]
9 2018 Don't Mess Up My Tempo EXO 1,195,334 29 41,218 [45]
10 2000 Chapter 3 g.o.d 1,147,752 28 40,991 [46]
11 1999 I Yah! H.O.T. 1,102,153 17 64,832 [42]
12 2001 No More Love Jo Sung-mo 979,679 28 34,989 [47]
13 2017 The War EXO 959,417 14 68,530 [48]
14 2000 Outside Castle H.O.T. 840,370 30 28,012 [49]
15 2018 0+1=1 (I Promise You) Wanna One 829,275 13 63,790 [50]
16 2017 Ex'Act EXO 767,255 22 34,875 [51]
17 2017 You Never Walk Alone BTS 723,630 16 44,567 [52]
18 2017 1X1=1 (To Be One) Wanna One 704,616 25 28,184 [53]
19 2014 Overdose EXO 683,831 25 27,353 [54]
20 2016 Wings BTS 681,924 22 30,997 [55]
21 2000 Classic Jo Sung-mo 676,327 6 112,721 [56]
22 2018 1÷x=1 (Undivided) Wanna One 639,955 27 23,702 [57]
23 1999 Now or Never Yoo Seung-jun 622,188 16 38,886 [58]
24 2017 1-1=0 (Nothing Without You) Wanna One 606,548 18 33,697 [59]
24.5 1999 Love S.E.S. 550,030 3 183,343 [60]
25 2018 1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny) Wanna One 533,501 12 44,458 [45]
26 2002 7even COOL 532,594 28 19,021 [61]
27 2017 Universe EXO 516,062 6 86,010 [62]
28 2018 Love Shot EXO 499,849 19 26,308 [63]
29 2015 Sing for You EXO 494,937 22 22,497 [64]
30 2001 Enter The Dragon jtL 481,888 12 40,157 [65]
31 1999 White Fin.K.L 472,660 20 23,633 [58]
32 2015 Exodus EXO 449,611 2 224,805 [66]
33 2000 A Letter from Greenland S.E.S. 445,600 10 44,560 [67]
34 2015 Love Me Right EXO 439,303 28 15,689 [68]
35 2016 For Life EXO 438,481 13 33,729 [69]
36 2013 Miracles in December EXO 434,371 23 18,886 [70]
37 2019 You Made My Dawn Seventeen 404,783 11 36,798 [71]
38 2002 Chapter 5: Letter g.o.d 390,850 6 65,142 [72]
39 2000 Now Fin.K.L 386,329 26 14,859 [49]
40 2013 XOXO EXO 378,956 28 13,534 [73]
41 2003 A Singer (歌人) Jo Sung-mo 374,572 21 17,837 [74]
42 2001 Polaris Kangta 360,122 16 22,508 [47]
43 1999 Com'Back Sechs Kies 350,128 24 14,589 [42]
44 2016 Lotto EXO 344,699 14 24,621 [75]
45 2004 7th Issue Seo Taiji 342,273 5 68,455 [76]
46 2002 Reason 4 Breathing? Brown Eyes 340,984 5 68,197 [77]
47 2012 Sexy, Free & Single Super Junior 335,744 28 11,991 [78]
48 2019 Fancy You TWICE 328,477 10 36,497 [79]
49 2013 Growl EXO 327,440 27 12,127 [80]
50 2002 Sweet Dream Jang Na-ra 326,901 31 10,545 [81]
51 2001 Another Days Kim Gun-mo 311,177 18 17,287 [82]
52 2016 The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever BTS 310,243 30 10,341 [83]
53 2008 Mirotic TVXQ! 307,974 12 25,664 [84]
54 2018 Present: You GOT7 301,916 14 21,565 [85]
55 2018 Eyes on You GOT7 300,451 20 15,022 [50]
56 2017 Flight Log: Arrival GOT7 278,103 19 14,637 [86]
57 2017 twicetagram TWICE 276,575 2 138,288 [87]
58 2017 Twicecoaster: Lane 2 TWICE 276,141 9 30,682 [52]
59 2002 My Stay in Sendai Lee Soo-young 262,107 20 13,105 [88]
60 2017 Al1 Seventeen 259,364 10 25,936 [89]
61 2019 Spinning Top GOT7 252,826 12 21,069 [90]
62 2019 Kill This Love Blackpink 248,200 10 24,820 [91]
63 2002 Pine Tree Kangta 245,158 6 40,860 [61]
64 2001 Hey, Come On! Shinhwa 237,584 3 79,195 [92]
65 2002 Time-Honored Voice Park Hyo-shin 235,536 18 13,085 [88]
66 2011 The Boys Girls' Generation 227,994 13 17,538 [93]
67 2019 We Are Superhuman NCT 127 226,636 8 28,329 [79]
68 2004 The Colors of My Life Lee Soo-young 221,116 21 10,529 [94]
69 2003 8ight COOL 223,070 28 19,021 [95]
70 2012 Alive Big Bang 212,010 1 212,010 [96]

United Kingdom

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. 25 by Adele is the current fastest-selling album in the UK with over 803,000 copies sold in its first seven days.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2015 25 Adele 803,000 [97]
2 1997 Be Here Now † Oasis 696,000 [98]
3 2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 672,000 [99]
4 1963 With the Beatles The Beatles 530,000 [100]
5 2010 Progress Take That 518,601 [101]
6 2005 X&Y Coldplay 464,471 [102]
7 2008 The Circus Take That 432,490 [103]
8 2009 I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle 411,820 [104]
9 2003 Life for Rent Dido 400,351 [105]
10 2007 Spirit Leona Lewis 375,872 [106]

Notes:
† Be Here Now was unconventionally released on a Thursday and debuted at number one based on three-day sales of 695,761. Sales from its first full week of availability, which went from Thursday to Wednesday were 813,000.[97]

  • The second week's sales for 25 were 439,000.[107]
  • The fifth week's sales for 25 were 450,000.[108]

United States

This is a list of the fastest-selling albums (pure sales) in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began on March 1, 1991.

Rank Year Title Artist Sales Reference
1 2015 25 Adele 3,378,000 [109]
2 2000 No Strings Attached *NSYNC 2,416,000 [109]
3 2001 Celebrity *NSYNC 1,880,000 [109]
4 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,000 [109]
5 2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,000 [109]
6 2004 Encore Eminem 1,500,000 [109]
7 2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,322,000 [109]
8 2000 Oops!... I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,000 [109]
9 2014 1989 Taylor Swift 1,287,000 [109]
10 2017 Reputation 1,216,000 [110]
11 2012 Red 1,208,000 [109]
12 2005 The Massacre[I] 50 Cent 1,141,000 [109]
13 1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1,134,000 [109]
14 2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1,108,000 [109]
15 2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,000 [109]
16 1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,095,000 [109]
17 2000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1,055,000 [109]
18 2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1,047,000 [109]
19 2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,000 [109]
20 2008 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 1,006,000 [111]

Notes: ^ I The opening number denotes sales from the first four days of availability as The Massacre was unconventionally released in the middle of the week.

Additional records

Pre-SoundScan era

SoundScan era
  • Although not in its opening week, Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album moved 1,061,000 units during Christmas week 1992.[119]
  • Although not in its opening week, the Beatles' compilation 1 moved 1,258,667 units during Christmas week 2000.[120]
  • 25 by Adele sold 1.11 million and 1.16 million copies in its second and fifth weeks of availability, respectively.
  • Taylor Swift is the first artist to have four consecutive albums sell over 1 million copies in their first week.[121]

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