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In 1999, the Backstreet Boys released their third and most successful album to date, Millennium, which entered the Billboard 200 at number one with first-week sales of 1,133,000 copies. [10] It became the best-selling album of the year and sold over 24 million copies internationally. [ 11 ]
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [218] [219] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [220] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [221] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
List of the best-selling albums in the United States since 1991, showing title, release year, artist, and sales figure Album Release year Artist(s) Pure sales figures Ref. Metallica: 1991 Metallica: 17,300,000 [1] Come On Over: 1997 Shania Twain: 15,730,000 [2] Jagged Little Pill: 1995 Alanis Morissette: 15,200,000 [3] 1: 2000 The Beatles ...
This Is Us is the seventh studio album by American pop group Backstreet Boys.Serving as a follow-up to Unbreakable (2007), it was released on September 30, 2009 [2] in Japan through Sony Music Japan, October 5, 2009 in the UK through RCA, and October 6 in the US.
Groupings are based on different benchmarks; the highest being for at least 20 million units, and the lowest being for multi-disc albums certified at least 10 times platinum and single-disc albums that have been certified at least 10 times platinum but with sales figures lower than 10,000,000. Albums are listed in order of units certified, or ...
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 by their respective labels. [36]
Country singer Taylor Swift's second studio album, Fearless, was the best selling album of 2009. These are the US number one albums of 2009, per the Billboard 200. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance. Fearless, the second studio album by American country singer-songwriter Taylor Swift ...
The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide, [8] making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 , [ 7 ] and the only boy band to do so.