Billboard has confirmed that in the first three days of its release, Adele’s latest album 25 has already sold 2.433 million copies.
It also has already broken the previous first week sales record, which was held by *NSYNC for their album No Strings Attached, which sold 2.416 million copies in the first week of its release back in 2000.
With a few more days to go in its sales-tracking week Adele has plenty of time to sell even more copies. Industry forecasters said it’s possible she could sell a total 2.9 million albums for the week. Nielsen will release the official first week sales on Sunday, November 29th.
Members of *NSYNC spoke out about the news:
Well done Adele
— JC Chasez (@JCChasez) November 24, 2015
We officially say Bye Bye Bye as @Adele says Hello to the World Record of Most Albums Sold In a Single Week. Congra… https://t.co/lexT5GPs7C — Lance Bass (@LanceBass) November 24, 2015
Joey Fatone talked to Billboard about it, saying “Records are always meant to be broken, but with technology and current music business model, I thought this one would be tough to beat. In all honesty, Adele is the truth — kinda excited a rare talent like hers is in the same breath as our group. I’m a huge fan….I even bought the damn album.”
Justin Timberlake and Chris Kirpatrick have not yet commented on the news.
Be sure to check out Adele’s first TV performance of “Water Under the Bridge” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon:
