Adele’s ’25’ Official First Week U.S. Sales: 3.38 Million

Adele’s third studio album is the first album to sell more than 3 million copies in a week in Nielsen history.

by Keith Caulfield

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It’s official: Adele’s 25 album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. 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.