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. 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.
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Argentina.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 1997 | Romances | Luis Miguel | 400,000 |
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1996 | Class F/M | Petit-Pays | 50,000 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in Canada with over 305,928 copies sold in its first seven days of release.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 306,000 | |
2 | 1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Céline Dion | 230,212 | |
3 | 1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 191,791 | |
4 | 2003 | Star Académie | Star Académie | 173,000 | |
5 | 2000 | Black & Blue | Backstreet Boys | 156,307 | |
6 | 2002 | A New Day Has Come | Céline Dion | 151,600 | |
7 | 2002 | Up! | Shania Twain | 150,000 | |
8 | 2008 | Black Ice | AC/DC | 119,000 | |
9 | 2006 | I Think of You | Gregory Charles | 109,000 | |
10 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 107,000 |
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1994 | Segundo Romance | Luis Miguel | 50,000 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in China.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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2022 | Greatest Works of Art | Jay Chou | 5,000,000 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Colombia.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales Shipments | Reference |
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1 | 1997 | Tengo Fe | Carlos Vives | 300,000 | |
2 | 2013 | Loco de Amor | Juanes | 240,000 | |
3 | 2013 | Corazón Profundo | Carlos Vives | 120,000 | |
4 | 2009 | Clásicos de la Provincia II | 42,000 |
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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2008 | Show the World | Martin | 36,000 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in France.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2018 | Mon pays c'est l'amour | Johnny Hallyday | 780,177 | |
2 | 2002 | À la vie, à la mort | 305,634 | ||
3 | 2013 | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | 195,013 | |
4 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 169,693 | |
5 | 2012 | Monkey Me | Mylène Farmer | 147,530 | |
6 | 2011 | Bleu noir | 139,176 | ||
7 | 2015 | Interstellaires | 109,971 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Germany.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2007 | 12 | Herbert Grönemeyer | >300,000 | |
2 | 2017 | Helene Fischer | Helene Fischer | 300,000 | |
3 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 263,000 | |
4 | 2019 | Untitled | Rammstein | 260,000 |
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1996 | Antidoto | Anna Vissi | 80,000 |
In Ireland, the fastest-selling album is The Best of 1980–1990 by U2 in November 1998.
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.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2001 | Distance | Hikaru Utada | 3,002,720 | |
2 | 2001 | A Best | Ayumi Hamasaki | 2,874,870 | |
3 | 1998 | The Best "Pleasure" | B'z | 2,709,530 | |
4 | 1998 | The Best "Treasure" | 2,500,120 | ||
5 | 2002 | Deep River | Hikaru Utada | 2,350,170 | |
6 | 2000 | Delicious Way | Mai Kuraki | 2,218,640 | |
7 | 1999 | First Love | Hikaru Utada | 2,026,870 | |
8 | 1997 | Review | Glay | 2,003,150 | |
9 | 1996 | Sweet 19 Blues | Namie Amuro | 1,921,850 | |
10 | 2002 | I Am... | Ayumi Hamasaki | 1,751,360 |
Luis Miguel holds several of the fastest-selling albums in Mexico. His seventh studio album Cómplices sold 320,000 units in its first day alone.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 1990 | 20 Años | Luis Miguel | 600,000 | |
1 | 1994 | Segundo Romance | 600,000 | ||
3 | 1997 | Romances | 560,000 | ||
4 | 1996 | Nada Es Igual... | 500,000 | ||
5 | 2004 | México en la Piel | 400,000 | ||
6 | 2008 | Cómplices | 320,000 | ||
7 | 2005 | Nuestro Amor | RBD | 160,000 |
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. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in NZ with over 18,766 copies sold in its first seven days following release.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 18,766 | |
2 | 2009 | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | 17,435 |
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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2002 | Corazón latino | David Bisbal | 600,000 | |
2003 | Divorcio | Julio Iglesias | 200,000 | |
2000 | Alma Caribeña | Gloria Estefan | 150,000 |
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in South Korea as recorded by the Hanteo Information System established in 1993. Seventeenth Heaven by Seventeen is the fastest-selling album of all time in South Korea with 5,091,887 copies shipped to stores in its first seven days of release.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1 | 2023 | Seventeenth Heaven | Seventeen | 5,091,887 | |
2 | 2023 | 5-Star | Stray Kids | 4,617,499 | |
3 | 2023 | FML | Seventeen | 4,550,214 | |
4 | 2023 | ISTJ | NCT Dream | 3,652,897 | |
5 | 2020 | Map of the Soul: 7 | BTS | 3,378,633 | |
6 | 2022 | Proof | 2,752,496 | ||
7 | 2023 | Golden | Jungkook | 2,438,483 | |
8 | 2020 | Be | BTS | 2,274,882 | |
9 | 2023 | The Name Chapter: Freefall | TXT | 2,251,959 | |
10 | 2022 | The Name Chapter: Temptation | 2,180,889 |
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.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 803,000 | |
2 | 1997 | Be Here Now | Oasis | 696,000 | |
3 | 2017 | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | 672,000 | |
4 | 1963 | With the Beatles | The Beatles | 530,000 | |
5 | 2010 | Progress | Take That | 518,601 | |
6 | 2005 | X&Y | Coldplay | 464,471 | |
7 | 2008 | The Circus | Take That | 432,490 | |
8 | 2009 | I Dreamed a Dream | Susan Boyle | 411,820 | |
9 | 2003 | Life for Rent | Dido | 400,351 | |
10 | 2008 | Now That’s What I Call Music! 70 | Various Artists | 383,002 |
Notes:
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums (pure sales) in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began on March 1, 1991. 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.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Reference |
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1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 3,378,000 | |
2 | 2000 | No Strings Attached | *NSYNC | 2,416,000 | |
3 | 2001 | Celebrity | 1,880,000 | ||
4 | 2024 | The Tortured Poets Department | Taylor Swift | 1,850,000 | |
5 | 2000 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 1,760,000 | |
6 | 2000 | Black & Blue | Backstreet Boys | 1,591,000 | |
7 | 2004 | Encore | Eminem | 1,582,000 | |
8 | 2023 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | 1,359,000 | |
9 | 2002 | The Eminem Show | Eminem | 1,322,000 | |
10 | 2000 | Oops!... I Did It Again | Britney Spears | 1,319,000 | |
11 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,287,000 | |
12 | 2017 | Reputation | 1,216,000 | ||
13 | 2012 | Red | 1,208,000 | ||
14 | 2005 | The Massacre | 50 Cent | 1,141,000 | |
15 | 2022 | Midnights | Taylor Swift | 1,140,000 | |
16 | 1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 1,134,000 | |
17 | 2011 | Born This Way | Lady Gaga | 1,108,000 | |
18 | 2004 | Confessions | Usher | 1,096,000 | |
19 | 1998 | Double Live | Garth Brooks | 1,095,000 | |
20 | 2000 | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | Limp Bizkit | 1,055,000 | |
21 | 2010 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift | 1,047,000 | |
22 | 2004 | Feels Like Home | Norah Jones | 1,022,000 | |
23 | 2008 | The Carter III | Lil Wayne | 1,006,000 |
Notes:
The following albums predate the introduction of Nielsen SoundScan, and are possibly subject to manipulation or inflation as sales were self-reported by record labels:
This is the list of the fastest selling albums worldwide within the first week of their release, based on figures published by reliable sources
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