Nov 21, 2015 http://www.billboard.com/articles/c...s-attached-nielsen-soundscan-billboard-charts After a day on sale, forecasters say '25' could sell at least 2.5 million in its first week in the U.S. After one day on sale, Adele's 25 appears set to break *NSYNC's long-standing one-week Nielsen-era U.S. album sales record of 2.42 million sold, according to industry forecasters. Sources say the set is on track to sell at least 2.5 million in pure album sales in its first week, and sold more than 900,000 copies alone through the iTunes Store on its first day of release. *NSYNC currently owns the single largest sales week for an album since Nielsen Music began tracking point-of-sale music purchases in 1991. (Prior to 1991, there was no authoritative music sales tracking service in the U.S. and thus, it was mostly unknown how many copies of an album or song/single were sold in a single week.) *NSYNC's No Strings Attached debuted with 2,416,000 sold in the week ending March 26, 2000. No Strings Attached has since remained the only album to sell 2 million copies in the U.S. in a single week. Nielsen Music's tracking week runs Friday through Thursday each week, so 25's first week will conclude on Nov. 26. Billboard is scheduled to report 25's debut week sales on Nov. 29, once Nielsen has finished processing its weekly data. Before 25's release, it was reported that the album shipped 3.6 million physical copies to retailers. In addition, sources were forecasting 25's CD configuration to sell 1.5 million in its first week, while its digital edition could move another 1 million (meaning, its first week might be at least 2.5 million in total).
Nov 22, 2015 Rolling in the Deep. James Bond theme song to Skyfall. Guarantee you've heard those songs. Obviously an attempt to push actual sales. Her fan base isn't like the community we know, in majority they actually support the artist and buy music rather than find anyway possible to hear/own it for free/cheap. By not having it available on streaming channels means most people will have to purchase it in order to hear it. Fair play to the girl though. This is a h--- of an achievement, especially in 2015, the age of digital access ruling all.
