What is the fastest-selling album?

25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.

Has an album sold 1 million first week?

Nielsen Music started tracking point-of-sales data for US music releases in 1991. In the 30+ years since, only 22 albums have sold at least 1 million copies in one week.

What was the 1st album to sell 1 million copies?

The first CD to sell a million copies world-wide was Dire Straits' Brother in Arms in 1986. It subsequently topped a million sales in Europe alone, including over 250,000 in Britain.

Who has the most sold albums of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.

What are the 10 best-selling albums of all time?

Top 10 Best Selling Music Artist of All-Time 1954 - 2020

What is the #1 sold album?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.

Who has the most #1 albums of all time?

As a musician, Paul McCartney has the most No. 1 albums, with 27. This includes 19 albums from his work with The Beatles, three solo albums and five albums as a part of his 1970s group Wings.

What is the most sold song of all time?

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.

Who has the most #1 hits?

The Beatles, unsurprisingly, lead the way with a record 20 No. 1s, all earned between 1964 and 1970. The Fab Four also scored 34 top 10s (second only to Madonna's 38), hitting No. 1 in over half their visits to the top 10.

Has anyone sold 100 million albums?

Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and Phil Collins are the only musicians to have sold over 100 million albums as a solo artist and member of a group.

Who has the most albums with over 1 billion streams?

Eminem Breaks Spotify Record For Most Albums With Over 1 Billion Streams in History. Eminem Breaks New Record With “The Slim Shady LP” Surpassing 1 Billion Streams on Spotify. Marshall's Interscope debut album became his 11th project to reach 1 billion streams on the platform. He is the first artist in history to do so ...

What artist sold a million first week?

Taylor Swift Is the First Artist to Sell 1 Million Records in Week One Since… Taylor Swift in 2017.

What rapper went platinum the fastest?

1.79 million

Eminem's third studio album broke the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling solo album ever.

What is the most successful debut album of all time?

28: Guns N' Roses: 'Appetite For Destruction' (1987)

It would then go on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling debut album of all time.

What is the most records ever sold in a week?

25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.

What song has been #1 on Billboard the longest?

Pop icon Taylor Swift made music history this week when her epic, ten-minute-long version of “All Too Well” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is the longest to ever reach the top spot by a margin of more than a minute, reports Gary Trust for Billboard.

Who has more #1 hits than The Beatles?

Presley placed 102 titles in Billboard's top 40, while The Beatles had 50 entries that made it that far up the chart. In the top 20, Elvis had 61 songs and The Beatles 37. Near the top of the chart, however, the Fab Four closed the gap and overtook Elvis.

Who has the most top 5 hits of all time?

The Beatles dropped to second behind Drake with 29 top five hits and were followed by Madonna with 28, Mariah Carey with 27, Janet Jackson with 26, Rihanna with 23 and Elvis Presley with 21.

What is the #1 most played song?

What is the #1 listened to song ever?

"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd (pictured) is the most-streamed song on Spotify, with over 3.5 billion streams.

What's the longest charting album?

First arriving in March 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon spent 724 consecutive weeks in the Top 200 before dropping off of them on April 30, 1988. Climbing into the charts sporadically throughout the following years, the album has clocked up more than 200 additional weeks.

What is the longest number 1 album?

Michael Jackson, 'Thriller'

(Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is ahead by 4 million, according to RIAA stats — but that's a compilation, not a proper studio album.) Jackson's opus was the first album to spawn seven top 10 singles on the Hot 100.

What was the longest album ever?

In 2008, Clayton Counts and Neil Keener came together to create the avant-garde group called Bull of Heaven. Their lengthy creations created a reputation for the band, and they now hold the record for the world's longest album.