Die junge Taylor Swift hat mit ihrem aktuellen Album “Speak Now” das Kunststück geschafft, innerhalb einer einzigen Woche über eine Million Alben zu verkaufen – exakt 1.047.000x ging ihr Album über den Ladentisch. In der US Musikgeschichte haben dies erst lediglich 15 weitere Alben geschafft. Hier die genaue Auflistung dieser Mega Seller der ersten Woche.
Alben – über 1 Million mal verkauft in der ersten Woche
16. Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter III’ (2008)
1,006,000 albums sold week of 6/28/08
15. Norah Jones – ‘Feels Like Home’ (2004)
1,022,000 albums sold week of 2/28/04
14. Taylor Swift – ‘Speak Now’ (2010)
1,047,000 albums sold week of 11/13/10
13. Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish & the Hot Dog Flavored Water’ (2000)
1,055,000 albums sold week of 11/4/00
12. Whitney Houston – ‘The Bodyguard’ Soundtrack (1993)
1,061,000 albums sold week of 1/9/93
11. Garth Brooks – ‘Double Live’ (1998)
1,085,000 albums sold week of 12/5/98
10. Usher – ‘Confessions’ (2004)
1,096,000 albums sold week of 4/10/04
9. Backstreet Boys – ‘Millennium’ (1999)
1,134,000 albums sold week of 6/5/99
8. 50 Cent – ‘The Massacre’ (2005)
1,141,000 albums sold week of 3/19/05
7. The Beatles – ‘1’ (2001)
1,259,000 albums sold week of 1/6/01
6. Britney Spears – ‘Oops!…I Did It Again (2000)
1,319,000 albums sold week of 6/3/00
5. Eminem – ‘The Eminem Show’ (2002)
1,322,000 albums sold week of 6/15/02
4. Backstreet Boys – ‘Black & Blue’ (2000)
1,591,000 albums sold week of 12/9/00
3. Eminem – ‘The Marshal Mathers LP’ (2000)
1,760,000 albums sold week of 6/10/00
2. N Sync – ‘Celebrity’ (2001)
1,880,000 albums sold week of 8/11/01
1. ‘N Sync – ‘No Strings Attached’ (2000)
2,416,000 albums sold week of 4/8/00b
