Adele's '25' Sells Over Three Million Copies in First Week

Not only did Adele's 25 shatter the record for most albums sold in the U.S. in a single week, it also exceeded all estimations and expectations as the LP tallied a colossal total of 3.38 million copies in its debut week. Adele's 25 became only the second album to sell over two million copies in its first week – joining previous record holder N'Sync's No Strings Attached, which moved 2.42 million copies in its first week of sales in March 2000 – and the first album ever to exceed