List of fastest-selling albums in the United States

List of biggest single album sales in one week in the United States.

Rank

Artist

Album

Sales week

Sales

Certification

Source

1

'N Sync

| No Strings Attached

March 21-27, 2000

2,415,859

11x platinum

1

2

'N Sync

| Celebrity

July 24-30, 2001

1,879,955

5x platinum

2

3

Eminem

| The Marshall Mathers LP

May 23-29, 2000

1,760,049

9x platinum

3

4

Backstreet Boys

| Black & Blue

November 21-27, 2000

1,591,191

8x platinum

4

5

Eminem

| The Eminem Show

May 26-June 1, 2002

1,321,799

8x platinum

5

6

Britney Spears

| Oops!... I Did It Again

May 16-22, 2000

1,319,193

10x platinum

6

7

The Beatles

| 1

December 19-25, 2000

1,258,667

10x platinum

7

8

50 Cent

| The Massacre

March 3-7, 2005

1,140,638

5x platinum

8

9

Backstreet Boys

| Millennium

May 18-24, 1999

1,133,505

13x platinum

9

10

Usher

| Confessions

March 23-29, 2004

1,096,213

10x platinum

10

11

Garth Brooks

| Double Live

November 17-23, 1998

1,085,373

21x platinum

11

12

Whitney Houston

| The Bodyguard

December 22-28, 1992

1,060,000

17x platinum

12

13

Limp Bizkit

| Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

October 17-23, 2000

1,054,511

6x platinum

13

14

Norah Jones

| Feels Like Home

February 10-16, 2004

1,022,149

4x platinum

14

15

Lil' Wayne

| Tha Carter III

June 10-16, 2008

1,005,545

3x platinum

15

16

Kanye West

| Graduation

September 11-17, 2007

956,936

2x platinum

16

17

Pearl Jam

| Vs.

October 19-25, 1993

950,378

7x platinum

17

References

Nielsen SoundScan