The highest-selling albums and
EPs in the United States are ranked in the
Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by
Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and
digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. In 2015, a total of 39 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift's 1989 started its peak issue dated November 15, 2014.[1]1989 was the longest-running number-one album of the year, staying atop the chart for six weeks and was the best selling album of 2015 before
Adele's 25, which managed to surpass the album's sales but after the year-end cut-off.[2]Canadianhip hop soul artist
Drake's fourth commercial release, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, became the third best-selling overall album and top-selling digital album with 535,000 digital units sold, 495,000 of which consisted of traditional whole album sales.[3]
Adele's 25 sold 1.9 million copies after two days of availability, and 2.3 million after three, becoming the fastest-selling album of the 21st century and the best-selling album of 2015.[2][5][6][7][8] The album reached sales of 2.433 million early on its fourth day, surpassing the single-week record for an album since
Nielsen Soundscan began tracking sales in 1991, set by
NSYNC's No Strings Attached in March 2000 when it debuted with 2.416 million copies.[9] By its fifth day, 25 had sold over 2.8 million copies, 1.45 million of which were digital sales, breaking the first-week record for a digital set.[10] In total, it sold 3.38 million copies in the US in its first week, becoming the first album to sell over 3 million copies in a week, and only the second to sell over 2 million in a single week.[11]
Since July 2015, the chart's tracking week began on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Date of the music industry) and ends on Thursday.[12] This change happened between July 25 and August 1.
The highest-selling albums and
EPs in the United States are ranked in the
Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by
Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and
digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks. In 2015, a total of 39 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift's 1989 started its peak issue dated November 15, 2014.[1]1989 was the longest-running number-one album of the year, staying atop the chart for six weeks and was the best selling album of 2015 before
Adele's 25, which managed to surpass the album's sales but after the year-end cut-off.[2]Canadianhip hop soul artist
Drake's fourth commercial release, If You're Reading This It's Too Late, became the third best-selling overall album and top-selling digital album with 535,000 digital units sold, 495,000 of which consisted of traditional whole album sales.[3]
Adele's 25 sold 1.9 million copies after two days of availability, and 2.3 million after three, becoming the fastest-selling album of the 21st century and the best-selling album of 2015.[2][5][6][7][8] The album reached sales of 2.433 million early on its fourth day, surpassing the single-week record for an album since
Nielsen Soundscan began tracking sales in 1991, set by
NSYNC's No Strings Attached in March 2000 when it debuted with 2.416 million copies.[9] By its fifth day, 25 had sold over 2.8 million copies, 1.45 million of which were digital sales, breaking the first-week record for a digital set.[10] In total, it sold 3.38 million copies in the US in its first week, becoming the first album to sell over 3 million copies in a week, and only the second to sell over 2 million in a single week.[11]
Since July 2015, the chart's tracking week began on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Date of the music industry) and ends on Thursday.[12] This change happened between July 25 and August 1.