Only 25 albums in history have sold 1 million copies in a single week - here they all are

"Throughout history, only musicians with immense commercial power have managed to sell over 1 million copies of an album in just one week. In the past decade, as streaming services have taken over, it's become rarer for listeners to purchase physical copies of albums or pay for digital downloads, making the seven-figure watermark even less achievable. (As of 2018, Billboard counts 1,250 streams through a paid subscription as one album unit, or 3,750 ad-supported streams.)"

"In fact, only two artists have scored million-plus sales weeks since 2015, the year Apple entered the streaming game and essentially doomed iTunes in the process. Most recently, Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" set a record for the biggest debut week of all time. All 25 albums that have achieved the feat are listed below in chronological order."

Nielsen Music began tracking U.S. point-of-sale music data in 1991. Since then only 25 albums have sold at least one million copies in a single week. Taylor Swift has recorded eight of those million-plus weeks, most recently with "The Life of a Showgirl". The rise of streaming in the past decade has reduced physical and download purchases, making million-copy weeks rarer. Billboard converts streams into album units (1,250 paid-subscription streams or 3,750 ad-supported streams per album unit as of 2018). Only two artists have achieved million-plus sales weeks since 2015, when Apple entered streaming and iTunes declined.

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