While down sharply from Gaga's debut with Born This Way, the worldwide ARTPOP debut marks the biggest of a female pop star this entire year. The album has topped charts from Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia, and more.   ** Including Japan's early release sales, the album debut with 611,000 copies. For the past 7 days alone, sales were 553,000 copies.   http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-week48-2013.htm