BB: '25' to ship 3.6M units, poised to break *NSYNC's record

[Serendipity 7,821]

Adele is going for a milestone this millennium.

Sources reveal that Columbia Records will ship 3.6 million physical copies of the singer's new album 25 in the U.S., which would probably mark the largest number of new-release CDs shipped in the past decade. The last album to ship more than that would have been *NSYNC's "No Strings Attached, which shipped 4.2 million units back in 2000.

As of Nov. 18, insiders tell Billboard that parent company Sony Music is projecting first-week CD sales of 1.5 million, while Apple digital sales are expected to be about 900,000. Overall downloads should come in at about 1 million units. Sources also suggest that preorders at iTunes will wind up at about 450,000, while Amazon’s pre-orders have already topped 100,000, for both CDs and MP3s.

If the digital and CD projections are hit, that means Adele would be selling about 2.5 million units in her debut week, which would make it the largest-selling album in a week in Nielsen SoundScan history, which began monitoring album sales in 1991. That record is currently held by *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached, which sold 2.415 million units back in the week ending March 26, 2000.

 

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[Serendipity 7,821]

She'll outsell BTW + AP + C2C in less than 1 week 

[monketsharona 83,645]

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if she'll outsell 21

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Lol it's crazy

[JGD 12,042]

Imagine if their shipment wasn't enough.

 

[Serendipity 7,821]

Billboard: Adele's "25" goes Diamond in one week, shatters all records imaginable

[Bambino 24,290]

[Serendipity 7,821]

Just now, JGD said:

Imagine if their shipment wasn't enough.

 

the stores would be empty before the week ends and all they'll have is 25 

[Sexxx 5,647]

album of the millennium 

[monsterdreams 1,529]

This is looking bigger than I imagined

[The Child 18,997]

So she won't only break the record of Britney with Oops in 2000 but also the record of NSYNC.

Such a Queen! 

[SlaeUrAnus 16,009]

She is coming for blood, seriously. If this is true, she will have that record for DECADES. 

[VforVendetta 2,024]

As expected she is gonna destroy the charts. Still not impressed with the album, Adele could do much better. (it still has a few amazing songs)

[Riot Poof 2,236]

Imagine if 25, in a week, outsold what Thriller sold in all its years of existence. 

[GagaMyBlood95 9,915]

She is destroying everyone