List of fastest selling albums worldwide

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--> This is a list of the fastest selling records of all time worldwide. This means that the albums listed here sold the highest number of copies worldwide in one week.

Sales in one or few countries are considered worldwide regardless of countries the album was released in at the time of its sales. Compilations and soundtracks are included, but not singles. EPs included are those not considered and promoted as singles in countries taken into account for sales. Sales taken into account are real sales as specified by national charts, not shipments to stores before or after the release of the album.

One week is a maximum of seven consecutive days, even if it includes days when stores are closed. The week chosen can start on any day, and the week must end on the same day in each country chosen. An album can appear several times in the list if it sells a large enough amount to qualify in multiple weeks..

Singer Hikaru Utada appears three separate times in the top eight positions of this list. Singer Ayumi Hamasaki and band GLAY each appear 3 times on this list. Singer Eminem and bands 'N Sync, B'z and globe each twice on this list list. Composer and producer Tetsuya Komuro is involved with three entries on this list, due to his work on albums by Namie Amuro and globe. He also composed and produced music of A song is born on Hamasaki's album I Am... which appears 13th on the list, though he did not have a major part in the rest of the album's creation.

Contents 1 Fastest selling albums worldwide 1.1 About the list 1.2 The 22 fastest selling albums worldwide 2 See also 3 References

Fastest selling albums worldwide

About the list

This list contains 22 albums since worldwide sales sources for Britney Spears's album Oops!... I Did It Again are unreliable to ensure an accurate sales figure. Spears's album may be the 19th fastest selling album.

1 by The Beatles does not appear on the list due to a lack of reliable sources stating its worldwide first week sales. Moreover, some reliable sources indicate 1 did not sell well enough to be listed here, despite strong US sales.

Many albums on this list were released in a 7-year span between 1996 and 2002, with sales peaking in 2000. This is indicated by 7 of the albums on this list being released in 2000.

The United States of America and Japan are the only countries to produce albums in this list, with the United States producing 6 and Japan producing 16. An explanation for this may be the populations of the countries and the size of each country's music market(first and second worldwide respectively). Another explanation for Japan's strong presence is the fact that Japanese record labels traditionally release singles only before the release of an album. This results in most of the sales of an album being in the first week, as opposed to the longer promotion and sretched out sales common in most other music markets.

The 22 fastest selling albums worldwide

Rank	Artist	Album	Main country of release	Weekly sales	First day of week
1.	Hikaru Utada	Distance	Japan	Japan: 3.002 million[1]	March 28, 2001
2.	Ayumi Hamasaki	A Best	Japan	Japan: 2.874 million[2]	March 28, 2001
3.	B'z	B'z The Best "Pleasure"	Japan	Japan: 2.709 million[3][4]	May 20, 1998
4 or 5.	B'z	B'z The Best "Treasure"	Japan	Japan: 2.500 million[5][6]	September 20, 1998
4 or 5.	'N Sync	No Strings Attached	USA	USA: 2.42 million[7] rest of the World sales: quite negligible	March 21, 2000
6.	Hikaru Utada	Deep River	Japan	Japan: 2.350 million[8]	June 19, 2002
7.	Mai Kuraki	Delicious Way	Japan	Japan: 2.219 million[9][10]	June 28, 2000
8.	Hikaru Utada	First Love	Japan	Japan: 2.026 million[11]	March 10, 1999
9 or 10.	'N Sync	Celebrity	USA	USA: 1.88 million[12] Canada : 71,245[13] World except Canada and USA sales: quite negligible estimated worlwide total sales: 1,97 million	July 24, 2001
9 or 10.	GLAY	Review	Japan	Japan: 2.003 million[14]	October 10, 1997
11.	Namie Amuro	Sweet 19 Blues	Japan	Japan: 1.922 million[15][16]	July 22, 1996
12.	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	USA	USA: 1.760 million[17] rest of World estimated sales: from 100,000 to 300,000 estimated worldwide total sales: 1.85 to 2.1 million	May 23, 2000
13.	Ayumi Hamasaki	I Am...	Japan	Japan: 1.751 million[18][19]	Januray 1, 2002
14.	Backstreet Boys	Black & Blue	USA	USA: 1.59 million[20] rest of the World estimated sales: 200.000	November 21, 2000
15.	Eminem	The Eminem Show	USA	USA: 1.322 million[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] UK: 228,297[28] World outside USA and UK estimated sales: 200,000 estimated worldwide total sales: 1.7 to 1.8 million	May 27, 2002 (one day after official release)
16.	Mr. Children	Bolero	Japan	Japan: 1.734 million[29][30]	March 5, 1997
17.	GLAY	Drive~GLAY Complete Best~	Japan	Japan: 1.727 million[31][32]	November 29, 2000
18.	Ayumi Hamasaki	Duty	Japan	Japan: 1.683 million[33][34]	September 27, 2000
19 to 22.	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did It Again	USA	USA: 1.319 million[35] rest of the World sales estimation: at least 100.000	May 16, 2000
19 to 22.	globe	CRUISE RECORD 1995-2000	Japan	Japan: 1.664 million[36][37]	September 22, 1999
19 to 21.	globe	FACES PLACES	Japan	Japan: 1.649 million[38][39]	March 12, 1997
20 to 22.	GLAY	Heavy Gauge	Japan	Japan: 1.569 million[40][41]	October 20, 1999

See also

• List of best-selling music artists
• List of fastest-selling albums in the United Kingdom
• List of fastest-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling albums in Japan
• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling music artists in the United States
• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in Germany
• List of best-selling albums in Australia
• List of best-charting U.S. music artists
• List of best-selling albums in Taiwan
• List of best-selling albums in France
• List of best-selling remix albums worldwide
• List of artists who reached number one in the United States
• List of best-selling singles worldwide
• List of best-selling singles in the United States
• List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom
• List of best-selling singles in France
• List of most expensive music videos

References