After making history by becoming the fastest-selling album in a
single week with 3.48 million copies, “25” sold another 1.16 million
units in the US in its second week of sales.
The figures were made known by Nielsen Music. That made “25” the only album since Nielsen began tracking sales in
1991 to sell at least one million copies in two separate weeks, Nielsen
said. Adele also reigned on the Digital Songs chart, which measures
online download sales. Her single, “Hello”, sold another 232,000 in
downloads. Justin Bieber’s album, “Purpose”, kept its second place Billboard
200 slot, with 211,000 copies sold in the week, while his singles,
“Sorry” and “Love Yourself”, were the second and third biggest sellers. A cappella group, Pentatonix, moved into third place on the Billboard 200, with: “That’s Christmas To Me.” British boy band, One Direction, slipped to No. 4 with “Made in the
A.M.” and Taylor Swift’s 2014 best-seller “1989” re-entered the Top 10
at No. 5, with another 60,000 copies sold over the week. The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales
(10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal
one album).
Reuters/NAN.
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