charts discussion Highest first-week sales for female albums in history (Top 50 all-time US chart)

[Scorp]

Adele literally having 3x as much as the #2.

[RockStarShit101]

Alicia tho

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Midnights #2 - 1.578M units first week (1.14M pure) 

[simmnfierzig]

Taylor with 9 entries now 

[byzantium]

Taylor coming for her 10th entry.  Hopefully, Olivia joins in September.

Edited July 15, 2023 by byzantium

[jomarr]

On 9/9/2022 at 5:07 AM, Ricky Wilson said:

Not Brit Spears having worse #s Adele, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift in a MUCH better sales climate

? She Has the third highest first week numbers for a female of ALL TIME. And honey, let’s not talk about Born This Way.

[fridayteenage]

9 openings with 500k in sales, oh wow. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Speak Now (TV) - 716k first week, 

 

Taylor now holds 10 spots in the top 50 highest first week sales for female artists in the US

[byzantium]

5 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

Speak Now (TV) - 716k first week, 

 

Taylor now holds 10 spots in the top 50 highest first week sales for female artists in the US

Not just the top 50, the top 30!

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 minute ago, byzantium said:

Not just the top 50, the top 30!

omg ur right  only the biggest female artist oat

[KatyPrismSpirit]

The way this thread only gets updated when Taylor drops music  1989 TV coming for top 5 (possibly top 3)

[chiliam]

Taylor is doing well.

25 debut week is one for the book, just insane.

Alicia Keys uses to have so much selling power

The random Ashley Simpson snitch, she stick out like a sore thump on the list.

Rih and Katy really single artists. Tehy deserves to have 1 2 entries on here though like Gaga.

[Maroonx]

IDK if anyone will come close to Adele anytime soon... 3 mil is insane!!!

[Mr. Duff]

25 will be there for eternity. Never say never but if it ever happens, it probably won't be soon.

 

Taylor's consistency is super impressive  

Wish Evermore could have made the list though, ughh.

[Mordecai]

Mary did THAT! 

[GraceRandolph]

It’s good for Taylor, and Adele, but it’s sad that these two are the only female artists people consider worthy of purchase in the last decade. Radio and streaming has failed at breaking new artists. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

2 hours ago, GraceRandolph said:

It’s good for Taylor, and Adele, but it’s sad that these two are the only female artists people consider worthy of purchase in the last decade. Radio and streaming has failed at breaking new artists. 

i wonder if GUTS will manage to break the top 50

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Next update: 1989 TV 

[Cruel Summer]

The fact that 1989 TV is all but guaranteed to be her sixth entry in the top ten and could very well be her second entry in the top three 

[oceans]

On 8/18/2023 at 8:02 AM, KatyPrismSpirit said:

i wonder if GUTS will manage to break the top 50

 

On 7/14/2023 at 11:22 PM, byzantium said:

Taylor coming for her 10th entry.  Hopefully, Olivia joins in September.

this set up...

[Hot Volcano]

19 minutes ago, oceans said:

 

this set up...

You are acting as if Olivia opened with 60k

[UnusualBoy]

At this point, this will only get updated each time Taylor releases and maybe Adele is her next album gets released in this lifetime.

Edited October 27, 2023 by UnusualBoy

[BtDecember]

1989 TV and TS11 will join the top 5

[KatyPrismSpirit]

Taylor coming to push Britney out of the top 3 

[LesFleur]

Please add

 

Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled (497k) 

 

It was released a day early so it debuted on the BB200 prematurely. But it's first full week makes the list.

 

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In the United States, Destiny Fulfilled prematurely debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 chart dated November 27, 2004 due to a street date violation, amassing sales of 61,000 copies in a single day and registering the highest pre-street date sales in the history of Nielsen SoundScan at the time.[97][98][g] In its first full week of sales, Destiny Fulfilled sold over 497,000 copies, with an increase of 713% compared to its early sales, ascending to number two on the Billboard 200.[99] 

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A highly-anticipated comeback album, Destiny Fulfilled went through several release date alterations due to a concern over Internet leaks, ultimately being released a day earlier. Its street date violation resulted with a premature debut at number 19 on the US Billboard 200. The album's sales were principally unaffected by the unconventional release as it subsequently peaked at number two, selling 558,000 units within its first eight days of release, and went on to be certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).