When the song was released as Baby One More Time as Spears debut single in October 1998 it reached number one in at least 18 countries. Millennium sold almost half a million copies in the US on its first day. Neil Diamond? all. Some argue that its in the Progressive Rock genre as well, which has a core set of diehard fans. BLACK PANTHER - WAKANDA FOREVER. Their Greatest Hits by the Eagles contains all of their Country Rock, Folk Rock, and Soft Rock singles between 1971 and 1975. In other news, the title track "Yet to Come" in BTS' anthology album "Proof" debuted on this week's Billboard 200 and Global Excl. The singles Dreamlover, Hero and Without You, became worldwide chart-topping hits, the latter becoming Careys highest charting international single of her career. The Wall initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of who found it overblown and pretentious. Adele 25 (2015) 22m This was Meat Loafs debut studio album which contained Two Out of Three Aint Bad, easily his most successful single. "The Eminem Show," Eminem's fourth album, sold 1,322,000 copies in the first week after its release. In South Korea, BTS' "Yet to Come" reached a new peak on the weekly charts of three major music platforms. Third biggest week in history for The Massacre and even the other members of G Unit were pushing 400k+ a week just by association. 39. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Basically, longer albums have their raw streams inflated while shorter albums have their average streams inflate. For example Bad Bunny and Jack Harlow were added today! In 1996, Oasis performed two nights at Knebworth, England for an audience of 125,000 each night, which were at the time the largest outdoor concerts in UK history. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) 25m Drake's "Nothing Was The Same" became the most pirated album of all time. that logically includes way more repeat streams. 36. This leads us to wonder how does the list look like if we factor in the number of songs into the picture? 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. Crazy. G-Unit's "Beg for Mercy" debuted with 377K. Nas - I Am Released: April 6, 1999 First week sales numbers: 470,000 Singles: "Nas Is Like", "Hate Me Now" Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3 Released: September 8, 2009 The bottom says Songs by Jim Steinman as a compromise for not being billed as Jim Steinmant presents or Jim and Meat as the artist. 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. "Confessions," Usher's fourth album, sold 1,096,000 copies in the first week after its release. Instead they recruited Brian Johnson to take over lead vocals and released Back in Black with an all-black cover in mourning for their lost bandmate. In the USA, Adele seemed to come out of nowhere, but 21 was her second album released in 2011 in the Pop and Soul genres. When it came to hitting the studio lead guitarist Don Felder couldnt quite remember a guitar hook hed been experimenting with at home so asked his housekeeper to play the tape down the phone for him. once we account for everything it happens to be the top performer out of "Black & Blue," the fourth album by Backstreet Boys, sold 1,591,000 copies in the first week after its release. That didnt work out, and she suffered a breakup, and wrote this, another tragedian masterpiece. 1 on Bugs, climbed up to No. Complex Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 30. Ruling radio in the 90s with hits like Man! 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. Somehow 2Pac continued to stay on top. GRaceland (Paul Simon).Whats Goin On (Marvin Gaye)? 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days. It stayed on the UK charts for 485 weeks; a feat surpassed only by the 522 weeks of Fleetwood Macs Rumours and is the best selling album of all time in Australia. The bands most commercially successful release sold a record-breaking 347,000 copies in its first week on sale in the UK, spent 10 weeks at number-one on the UK Albums Chart, and reached number four in the US Billboard 200. The success of the album led to an 18 month worldwide tour and a VHS and DVD release of the tour. 31. It stayed in the top spot for 37 weeks. Up to that point, no album had ever amassed 100 million streams on Spotify in its first week. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. The numbers mark the biggest first week for an album since . Eminem's "Revival" had his worst first week since "The Slim Shady LP" in 1999. no one comes close now. This is a continuation of a post I made last year. Pepper become the first rock LP to receive a Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was lauded by critics for its innovations in production, song writing and graphic design. You can attribute the success to three things: its a double album so the sales count twice, the movie was great, and the Bee Gees were on top of the game at the time. So we took a look back in history at the 50 biggest first week album sales of all time - featuring multiple albums from Eminem, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye, Snoop Dogg and more. certainly the last biggest act in hiphop, i dont see it ever being surpassed with how BIG he was. 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Released in 1982, it was a weird transition time for music when Disco and Funk were on the way out and Rock and Pop were on the way in. It was promoted alongside the film Moonwalker, which starred Michael Jackson. Boyd Elder made the album cover from a plastic cast of a real eagle skull. Then, what happens when we mix both factors, the number of songs by album and Spotifys MAU? 2Pac - Greatest Hits Released: November 24, 1998 Label: Death Row/Interscope Records Units sold: 10 million 5. 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. Somehow Pac was still having huuge debuts even 6 years after his death. 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. I doubt they care at this point. Likely the most famous musician since the peak of Michael Jacksons fame. The album spent 31 non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the US charts. Nevermind not only popularised the Seattle grunge movement but also brought alternative rock as a whole into the mainstream. When we go deeper on numbers, we notice these records are often stronger thanks to high streams from the entire tracklist. The anthology album impressively racked up sales of 514,000 units in its first week. Lil Nas X and his 7 EP containing only 7 original tracks reached 102 million streams in its debut week. 25 eventually gave Adele the worlds best-selling album of 2015, with 17.4 million copies sold and has gone on to sell over 22 million copies worldwide. Copyright 2023 KpopStarz.com. Her debut studio album topped the Billboard 200 for 14 weeks generating three number-one singles Saving All My Love for You, How Will I Know and Greatest Love of All. Steeply influenced by Bruce Springsteens Born To Run, Bat Out of Hell combined the best elements of the urban rock opera and the musicianship of progressive-rock was not an immediate hit. Ace of Base Happy Nation/The Sign (1992) 23m "25" went on to sell 1,160,000 copies in its second week and 1,190,000 in its fifth 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). Her previous albums were titled 19 and 25. "1989," Swift's fifth album, sold 1,287,000 copies in the first week after its release. Saturday Night Fever is one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. It simply sold consistently, week after week, for years. Spears and her management were presented a track titled Hit Me Baby (One More Time) which had been rejected by girl group TLC. As you can expect, the likes Drake and Ariana Grande recorded several of the top album debuts on Spotify, but many more are performing incredibly well. 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. We all like a list and here we bring you the latest sales for the best selling rock and pop albums of all time. Would love your thoughts, please comment. 2Pac continued to post great first weeks with "Loyal to the Game" debuting with 330K. It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album of all time, as well as the eleventh best-selling album of all time in the United States. It received nearly unanimous perfect scores from all of the critics and still does retrospectively. "The Massacre," 50 Cent's sophomore album, sold 1,141,000 copies in the first week after its release. 30 's first-week sales of 692,000 not only mark the single-largest sales frame of 2021, but the largest sales week for any album since 2017. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. The record continues to be so strong on weekly charts today that we tend to miss the fact that Spotify had almost 200 million less users when it came out than now. 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. The album was named after the age of Adele during its production, this her second album is the best-selling album of the past decade. Led Zeppelins best-selling album in the US never topped the charts peaking at number-two. They went from smashing South Korean charts to smashing . Refresh the page, check Medium 's site status, or find. I Feel Like a Woman and That Dont Impress Me Much, the album stayed on the US top 10 for 54 weeks, and set a record for longest stay in the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 of 112 weeks. He secured his spot once again as the king of streaming with Certified Lover Boy hitting nearly 500 million streams as well. 1" from 1997 not to have a top five debut week. 35. 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. The top selling album of all time in the United States based on certified unit sales is currently the Eagles' Greatest Hits, with 38 million copies sold. Must See: The 25 Biggest First Week-Sales In Music History Published: Tuesday 16th Apr 2013 by David Justin Timberlake reigns supreme on the Official Top 25 Biggest First Week-Sales In Music. Which artists do you expect to have the five best first weeks this year and who do you expect will make the top 100? The Swedish pop group consisting of Ulf Ekberg and three siblings: Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren had one of the best-selling debut albums of all time with Happy Nation (reissued as The Sign). Of course, its easier to repeat a 7-songs album than a 25-songs album, but its still a worthy element to factor in. He was paid $5,000 for his work (too bad he got no royalties). The first time we updated this list there were no Latin albums to be seen on the list at all. Seven solo male artists occupy placements and the remaining 14 positions are occupied by bands. Eagles Hotel California (1976) 42m 14. Trivia Facts: The album was recorded in Nassau in the Bahamas in a low-cost studio due to scheduling issues. BTS' 'Yet to Come' Wins on 'Music Bank' - But Other Nominee Draws Attention, THIS Male Idol Draws Attention as HYBE's 'Hidden Card' Amid BTS Temporary Break, BTS Confirmed as 2030 Busan World Expo Official Ambassadors. The album won the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. Older albums with re-releases or resurgences of popularity also have clear advantages. No data for number 5 but I'm going to assume it was LL Cool J's "14 Shots to the Dome". The new title song has now joined BTS' previous hits such as "Dynamite," "Butter," "Life Goes On," "Permission to Dance," and "My Universe" as the group's song to land at No. No Elvis? Langdon Winner said in Rolling Stone, The closest Western Civilization has come to unity since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 was the week the Sgt. 29. Brothers in Arms was the first album certified 10-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history. At one stage that would have been a tall ask, but now we have had 22 artists that have achieved that feat, most of them in the new millennium. The Bodyguard soundtrack was released in 1992, sung entirely by Whitney Houston in the R&B, Soul, and Pop genres. 7, while "For Youth" was at no. Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet (1986) 28m In the Netherlands, the album used to hold the record for longest run ever on the Dutch Album chart with 269 weeks (non-consecutive) but lost it to Adeles 21 in 2016. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. It came out in the year 2000 and contains their typical Pop and Rock songs that we all know and love. Michael took advantage of all four genres to create the best-selling album of all time. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985) 30m "The Marshall Mathers LP," Eminem's third album, sold 1,760,000 copies in the first week after its release. Top 50 of ALL TIME and the Beach Boys Pet Shop isnt on this list is a SHAME. It was supported over two years with a drip-feed of nine singles, starting with I Just Cant Stop Loving You. Nine singles is a lot when theres only 11 total tracks. The Marshall Mathers LP has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album of the 21st century. The massive 36-song . Sales of the album now stand at over 32 million copies. Literally everybody knew about Eminem whether they listened to his music or not. Nirvana Nevermind (1991) 30m Adele 21 (2010) 31m This performance indicator has been applied only to the initial list of 85 albums. Celine Dion Falling into You (1997) 32m The last time an album sold more. Thats ridiculous. Top Album Sales Week of March 4, 2023 This Week Award i Last Week Peak Pos. NewJeans Danielle Net Worth 2023: How Wealthy Is Group's Lead Dancer So Far? Richies second solo studio album has sold over 20 million copies. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. 26. 5. The record was a commercial success, charting at number-one in the US for 15 weeks. On June 21, Oricon officially announcedthat BTS' "Proof" had debuted at No. She wasnt satisfied with her first album capturing the sound of tragedy and tried to write an upbeat album. The boy band from Seoul sold over 5 million units with their new effort Map of the Soul: 7. Alanis Morisette Jagged Little Pill (1995) 33m Trivia Facts: This album hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for 950 total weeks. The bottom 5 are all releases from the last 2 years. HARRY STYLES. Drakes Scorpion posted an insane 559 million streams on its first week 2 years ago. RELATED: Every No. Michael Jackson merged all of them, plus his typical Funk sound, to great success. The Beatles Sgt. Mariah Carey Music Box (1993) 28m 5 position-meaning the septet now has the three best-selling albums in the first week in Japan of all time. As many as 3 pop albums feature inside the Top 10 with Ed Sheeran , Ariana Grande and recently released Sour by Olivia Rodrigo. The bands first number-one album since Santana III 28 years earlier, for his eighteenth studio album Carlos Santana wanted to focus his musical direction towards pop and radio friendly material and proceeded to do so by collaborating with various contemporary guest artists, including Eric Clapton, Rob Thomas, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews and Cee-Lo Green. This is one of my desert island albums for sure. Live. It would be easy to jump on the conclusion that this genre is bigger in streaming. A few artists were still able to get a huge album debut on the back of mostly a massive hit or two. All we can now do is wait and see, Disclaimer: Whilst all attempts were made to secure worldwide first-week sales for all the albums listed in this article, sometimes only first-week sales figures from one country were available at the time this article was published. Jacksons previous album Off the Wall (1979) had been a critical success, but he wasnt happy. 47. Phil Collins No Jacket Required 12 . After singer Bon Scott went on a drinking binge and died of acute alcohol poisoning, the remaining members almost called it quits. The Canadian singer emerged as a teen star in her homeland with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. '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. The second studio album by Britney Spears was released in 2000 and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 1,319,000 copies. The album was recorded over two years in seven different recording studios. 17, and "Run BTS" at No. Thank You 4 Your Service. Interestingly, the list appears to be fairly different once we display an average per song. With over 510k copies sold in its first week, the album shot straight to the top of the Billboard 200. Here is a visual of the top 100 first weeks of all-time, I think its a given that drake and kendrick will both be in the top 5 this year and will crack the top 100 of all time but itll be interesting to see how much the new merch rules affect everyones sales. 7. On the list of top 5 biggest first-week sales by albums of foreign artists, BTS holds the Nos. In the US, the album sold over 3.38 million copies in its first week, marking the largest single-week sales for an album. Even the critics liked it enough to not try to get attention by pretending to hate it. As Molly said, it seems like you guys are trying to insinuate something, that isnt the case when you look at actual figures, What are you insinuating by this? Faith won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989. 01. Once a crab shuffled across the wooden floor, interrupting the recordings. Outkast has their best commercial week thus far. It was a good choice, being one of the best performing singles ever. The B-side song "Run BTS" also landed on this week's Global Excl. The latest mixtapes, videos, news, and anything else hip-hop/R&B/Future Beats related from your favorite artists, Press J to jump to the feed. Certified Lover Boy, Scorpion,More Life, andViewsbyDrakeall drop a lot of spots as they include from 20 to 25 songs. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 13) with 2022's biggest week by a woman - and the second-largest week of the year overall . It was the first album to reach 14 million and 15 million sales in the USA since 1991. The feat got us thinking about other impressive opening weeks, like Taylor Swift's recent streak of dominance, or that time N Sync's sophomore LP went double platinum during its first seven days of availability. The soundtrack albums The Bodyguard, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease: The Original Soundtrack are also up there with the 10 best selling albums ever. First week album sales: 29,000 Billboard 200 position: 12 Singles: "Decades", "Tetris", "Therapy Music", "Vinyl Days", "Orville", "Bleed It", "Breath Control" Features: Wiz Khalifa, Action Bronson, Russ, The Game, Royce da 5'9, RZA, DJ Premier, Currensy, Langston Bristol, Doc D, iamJMARS, Big Lenbo, C Dot Castro, Nezi Momodu, Like, Blu, Exile, AZ. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Madonnas third studio album was inspired by her then husband Sean Penn, to whom Madonna dedicated the album. They supported the sales with a seven-month long tour in the USA. Numbers behind streams ofThe WeekndsMy Dear Melancholy,Kanye WestsYeand Lil Nas Xs 7 EP take another feel when we see that they are so short. Some of these have had their time in the spotlight, but ones that are greatest hits records can still claim their higher spot over time. You know what Id love to see is a spotify chart of all the streams by paying members and then the non paying. 34. for the 5th spot idk. Meanwhile, "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)" consistently ranks on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart, along with B-side songs from "Proof." I understand, you milk it while the getting is good, but with The Beatles its always good, though this almost feels like cheating. Its a tough juggling act. The tour even included the Jackson 5 again, together for the first time since 1972. ASAP" debuts with 139K. The first few weeks after the initial release of an album (thats obvious); Christmas time: in the lead up to Christmas album sales increase exponentially; Grammy time: in the week after the Grammy ceremony album sales increase; After the death of a major celebrity, people seem to go out in droves to purchase an artists past catalogue, almost as a way to show respect to the artist or maybe as a way to hold on to something from their past. Both of them. If we go by certified sales only, Michael Jacksons Thriller remains the indisputed champion by far. Look at those sales numbers! 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. Michael Jackson Bad (1987) 35m vs. T.I.P.| 2007| 468K 57| Jay-Z| The Black Album| 2003| 463K 58| Jay-Z| Vol. and top 5 all-time. It has now reached a point that if an artist wants to be eligible for the Top 20 they need to have shipped over 2.1 million units in one week. On top of that, Spotify links to you these pages for new releases by artists you follow. 2004 - The rise of Kanye West. The lyrics were printed in full on the back cover, the first time this had been done on a rock LP. This is not really the case, if we look at average US share of these streams its slightly under 50%. Lets take a look at the next ten that performed really well and may make it in the next decade. ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Finally Springsteen became as powerful in the studio as he always had been on stage. Drake becomes the first artist to do a million in a week since Lil Wayne in 2008. 38. 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. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. On the US Scale at least, Apple Music is completely paid, and Rap DOMINATES, compared to US Spotify where Pop fares way better. A: Only albums that make the top 50 in sales+streaming for their debut week are counted. 45. This would become the basis for lead track Hotel California. The number of remasters and re-releases have helped surge sales. Michael Jackson 's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. 2nd to only his own Scorpion. Its ten tracks of high-energy thats still loved today. This beast of an album went 16x Platinum, was #1 on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks straight, and stayed on the charts for 120 total weeks. For her third studio album Mariah Carey employed Kenneth Babyface Edmonds, Robert Clivills and David Cole (also known as C+C Music Factory) and Daryl Simmons for production duties. 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. Bad came out in 1987, at a time when Rock was on the way out and Pop and R&B were taking over. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) 30m Phil Collins No Jacket Required (1985) 25m hollywoods bleeding had a bigger first week but i assume its not included here bc its not a full hip hop record. That sales sum marks the largest sales week for a digital album in 2022, and the biggest for any album since Adele's "30" debuted with 205,000 digital albums sold in its first week last fall. Shania Twain, Up! 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. A massive commercial success, debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking first-week sales records. We added a simple formula* to get an indicator in-between both views to get the top performing debuts of all-time on Spotify. "Red," Swift's fourth album, sold 1,208,000 copies in the first week after its release. Bad Bunnys YHLQMDLG reached #11 with close to 0 impact outside Spanish speaking countries. Not just hard rock but medieval folk, electrified blues, and the majestic epic Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin IV has now sold over 37 million copies worldwide. 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. Idol Trainee's Status After Joining 'Girls Planet 999'. It later came to be considered one of the greatest albums of all time, as well as being one of the most well-known concept albums. After taking a seven-year hiatus from the music business, Justin Timberlake crooned his way back to the Billboard charts this week, selling a whopping 968,000 copies ofThe 20/20 Experiencein its first week of release. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, among five others including the Hall of Fame Award. 50. The record labels marketing department knew better, even though Jim wrote the bulk of the material. Recorded under the working titles of Vodka and Tonics and Silent Movies, Talking Pictures, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road has come to be regarded as Johns best and most popular album. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week. This is why Billboard is honestly a joke and it's silly to compare artists with different demographics to each other.