Lists of fastest-selling albums
Rank Year Title Artist Sales
1 2015 25 Adele 3,378,000
2 2000 No Strings Attached *NSYNC 2,416,000
3 2001 Celebrity *NSYNC 1,880,000
4 2000 The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem 1,760,000
5 2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 1,591,000
6 2004 Encore Eminem 1,500,000
7 2002 The Eminem Show Eminem 1,322,000
8 2000 Oops ! ... I Did It Again Britney Spears 1,319,000
9 2014 1989 Taylor Swift 1,287,000
10 2017 Reputation Taylor Swift 1,216,000
11 2012 Red Taylor Swift 1,208,000
12 2005 The Massacre 50 Cent 1,141,000
13 1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 1,134,000
14 2011 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1,108,000
15 2004 Confessions Usher 1,096,000
16 1998 Double Live Garth Brooks 1,095,000
17 2000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 1,055,000
18 2010 Speak Now Taylor Swift 1,047,000
19 2004 Feels Like Home Norah Jones 1,022,000
20 2008 Tha Carter III Lil Wayne 1,006,000
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 .
A fast-selling album is defined as one with high sales in its first chart week following release. The highest sales achieved in any country in an album's debut week are 3.38 million for 25 by Adele in the United States in the week ending November 26, 2015. This passed the previous record of 2.4 million set by the album 'No Strings Attached' by *NSYNC in 2000.