The British singer's comeback effort is predicted to start with around 2.9 million and break the record set by the boyband when 'No Strings Attached' opened with 2.4 million in 2000.
- November 24, 2015
AceShowbiz -
Sorry, Justin Bieber. Your "Purpose" is no longer the best-selling album of 2015. Shortly after the Canadian heartthrob's comeback LP debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200 with more than 640,000, it's revealed that Adele's "25" was set to launch with the biggest sales week of the year.
In its first three days of release, the British beauty's comeback record sold at least 2.3 million. That already surpassed the biggest sales week posted last year by Taylor Swift's "1989". Industry forecasters predict that "25" will sell around 2.9 million in its first week and shatter the record set by NSYNC when their "No Strings Attached" sold 2.4 million upon its arrival back in 2000.
"The projections I've seen are putting it at around 2.9 million [for the first week]. This thing has as good a chance of hitting 3 million in one week as any record in history. It's incredible," David Bakula, Nielsen Entertainment's senior vice president of industry insights, told L.A. Times.
"When Taylor Swift did 1.3 million last year, people looked at that and said, 'Wow, how can something like that happen in this day and age?' " he added. "Adele's album is not just slipping by NSYNC's record, it's going to destroy it."
The official sales of "25" will be unveiled after Nielsen Music reports the final results later this week. With 2.3. million it has earned, the album will definitely open at No. 1 on Billboard 200 and dethrone this week's first placer, Bieber's "Purpose".
