October 31, 201212 yr Top ten sales weeks (Soundscan era 1991->) 1 – ’N Sync – No Strings Attached (2000) – 2,416 million 2 – ‘N Sync – Celebrity (2001) – 1,880 3 – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) – 1,760 4 – Backstreet Boys – Black and Blue (2000) – 1,591 5 – Eminem – The Eminem Show (2002) – 1,322 6 – Britney Spears – Oops… I Did It Again (2000) – 1,319 7 – The Beatles – 1 (2000) – 1,259 8 – Taylor Swift – Red – (2012) – 1,208 9 – 50 Cent – The Massacre (2005) – 1,141 10 – Backstreet Boys – Millennium (1999) – 1,134
October 31, 201212 yr BIGGEST U.S. FIRST-WEEK SALES FOR FEMALE ARTISTS 1. Album: Oops!...I Did It Again Artist: Britney Spears Sales: 1,319,000 Year: 2000 2. Album: Red Artist: Taylor Swift Sales: 1,210,000 Year: 2012 3. Album: Born This Way Artist: Lady Gaga Sales: 1,108,000 Year: 2011 4. Album: Speak Now Artist: Taylor Swift Sales: 1,047,000 Year: 2010 5. Album: Feels Like Home Artist: Norah Jones Sales: 1,027,000 Year: 2004 6. Album: Up! Artist: Shania Twain Sales: 874,000 Year: 2002 7. Album: Britney Artist: Britney Spears Sales: 746,000 Year: 2001 8. Album: As I Am Artist: Alicia Keys Sales: 742,000 Year: 2007 9. Album: The Breakthrough Artist: Mary J. Blige Sales: 727,000 Year: 2005 10. Album: I Dreamed a Dream Artist: Susan Boyle Sales: 701,000 Year: 2009 11. Album: Growing Pains Artist: Mary J. Blige Sales: 629,000 Year: 2007 12. Album: The Diary of Alicia Keys Artist: Alicia Keys Sales: 618,000 Year: 2004 13. Album: In the Zone Artist: Britney Spears Sales: 609,000 Year: 2003 14. Album: All for You Artist: Janet Jackson Sales: 605,000 Year: 2001 15. Album: Fearless Artist: Taylor Swift Sales: 592,000 Year: 2008 16. Album: A New Day Has Come Artist: Celine Dion Sales: 558,000 Year: 2002 17. Album: Greatest Hits Artist: Shania Twain Sales: 553,000 Year: 2004 18. Album: B'Day Artist: Beyoncé Sales: 541,000 Year: 2006 19. Album: Carnival Ride Artist: Carrie Underwood Sales: 527,000 Year: 2007 20. Album: Circus Artist: Britney Spears Sales: 505,000 Year: 2008
November 1, 201212 yr Sad, that Taylor didn't reach # 7 position in this list. 1.260.000 is such beautiful number. Wait 5th album in 2014.
November 1, 201212 yr This is not relevant to the current chart but by my reckoning 'Babel' was the first album to spend its first three weeks at #1 in the USA since Eminem's 'Recovery' way back in July 2010 :o The only other 3+ weeks consecutive runs since then were '21' (twice), 'Christmas' and 'Speak Now'.
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