Adele's '25': Biggest Week in Recorded History With 3.38 Million Copies Sold

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Well, this is nuts. Adele’s new album, 25, officially moved 3.38 million copies in its first week in the United States alone. How nuts, exactly? Billboard, take it away:

“That’s the largest single sales week for an album since Nielsen began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. 25 is the first album to sell more than 3 million copies in a week in Nielsen history, and only the second to surpass 2 million sold in a single frame.”

Try to let that sink in. Take all the time you need. We've got a breakdown with 10 reasons this happened, if that helps.

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