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List of fastest-selling albums

This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release.[1] This list can contain any type of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. Market order within the article is ranked alphabetically. Albums within each table are listed in order of number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.

Ireland[edit]

In Ireland, the fastest-selling album is The Best of 1980–1990 by U2 in November 1998.[33]

Be Here Now was unconventionally released on a Thursday and debuted at number one based on three-day sales of 696,000 copies. Sales accumulated during its first full week of availability, which went from Thursday to Wednesday, totaled 813,000 copies, which remains the most an album has sold in its first week on sale.

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25 sold 439,000 copies in its second week.

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25 sold 450,000 copies in its fifth week.

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


Notes:

John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album, recorded on the day of 's assassination, sold 4 million copies at 99 cents each within six days of its release.[83]

John F. Kennedy

In 1987, 's Bad sold at more than 2.25 million copies during its first week[84][85]

Michael Jackson

' Rubber Soul sold 1,200,000 copies in "just the first nine days".[86]

The Beatles

The Beatles' (often known as the "White Album") sold "almost two million in one week".[87]

self-titled double album

The Beatles' allegedly had "a sale of 3,700,000 in just over 2 weeks".[88]

Let It Be

's Music reportedly sold "1,300,000 copies on the day of its release in the U.S."[88]

Carole King

's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, the first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, sold "1,400,000 in the U.S. in the first 4 days on the market".[88]

Elton John

's In Through the Out Door allegedly sold "1,700,000 within days of release".[88]

Led Zeppelin

's Purple Rain sold 1.5 million copies in its debut week.[89]

Prince

In 1986, 's Live/1975–85 sold over 1.5 million copies during its first ten days.[90]

Bruce Springsteen

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