Adele’s '25' Sells 2.433 Million Copies, Breaks *NSYNC’s Single-Week Record
It’s official: Adele’s 25 now has the biggest single-week U.S. album sales total ever tallied.
Per Billboard, the U.K. singer’s third album 2.433 million copies in the three-plus days since its release last Friday (Nov. 20), according to Nielsen Music, and has surpassed the single-weeks sales record of *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached, released in 2000. That album debuted with 2.416 million copies sold in its first week; 25 is expected to sell 2.9 million copies in its first full week.
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