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This is a list of the world's fastest-selling albums of recorded music. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and all sales must have occurred in the first week of release.[1] This list can contain any type of album, including studio albums, extended plays, greatest hits, compilations, various artists, soundtracks and remixes. Market order within the article is ranked alphabetically. Albums within each table are listed in order of number of copies sold and thereafter by the artist's first name.
Argentina
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Argentina.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1997 | Romances | Luis Miguel | 400,000 | [2] |
Cameroon
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1996 | Class F/M | Petit-Pays | 50,000 | [3] |
Canada
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995. 25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in Canada with over 305,928 copies sold in its first seven days of release.
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | 306,000 | [4] |
2 | 1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Céline Dion | 230,212 | [5][6] |
3 | 1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | 191,791 | [7][8] |
4 | 2003 | Star Académie | Star Académie | 173,000 | [9] |
5 | 2000 | Black & Blue | Backstreet Boys | 156,307 | [7] |
6 | 2002 | A New Day Has Come | Céline Dion | 151,600 | [10] |
7 | 2002 | Up! | Shania Twain | 150,000 | [11] |
8 | 2024 | The Tortured Poets Department | Taylor Swift | 150,000 | [12] |
9 | 2008 | Black Ice | AC/DC | 119,000 | [13] |
10 | 2006 | I Think of You | Gregory Charles | 109,000 | [14] |
Chile
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
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1994 | Segundo Romance | Luis Miguel | 50,000 | [15] |
China
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in China.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Greatest Works of Art | Jay Chou | 5,000,000 | [16] |
Colombia
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Colombia.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales/Shipments | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Tengo Fe | Carlos Vives | 300,000 | [17] |
2013 | Loco de Amor | Juanes | 240,000 | [18] |
2013 | Corazón Profundo | Carlos Vives | 120,000 | [19] |
2009 | Clásicos de la Provincia II | 42,000 | [20] |
Denmark
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Show the World | Martin | 36,000 | [21] |
France
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in France.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Mon pays c'est l'amour | Johnny Hallyday | 780,177 | [22][23] |
2002 | À la vie, à la mort | 305,634 | [22][23] | |
2016 | Encore un soir | Celine Dion | 217,000 | [24] |
2013 | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | 195,013 | [25] |
2015 | 25 | Adele | 169,693 | [26] |
2012 | Monkey Me | Mylène Farmer | 147,530 | [27] |
2011 | Bleu noir | 139,176 | [28] | |
2015 | Interstellaires | 109,971 | [29] |
Germany
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Germany.
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | 12 | Herbert Grönemeyer | >300,000 | [30] |
2017 | Helene Fischer | Helene Fischer | 300,000 | [30] |
2015 | 25 | Adele | 263,000 | [31] |
2019 | Untitled | Rammstein | 260,000 | [32] |
Greece
Year | Title | Artist | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Antidoto | Anna Vissi | 80,000 | [33] |
Ireland
In Ireland, the fastest-selling album is The Best of 1980–1990 by U2 in November 1998.[34]
Japan
This is a list of the fastest-selling albums in Japan since Oricon was founded in November 1967. The top two sales records were achieved in the same week, on March 28, 2001, as both albums were promoted as a direct competition between J-pop singer-songwriters Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki.[35]