How Adele's record-breaking 3.38 million sales of '25' compare to Taylor Swift's '1989'
"1989" sold 1.287 million copies in its debut week in 2014, becoming the first album that wasn't a Swift album to reach a million in a week since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" in 2011. Swift's "Red" and "Speak Now" albums sold more than a million records in their debut weeks, making her the only musician to have three albums do so.
"25" has sold 3.38 million copies in its debut week, becoming the highest-selling album in its first week ever in the US according to available chart numbers.
After one week, "1989" was the second-highest-selling album of the year behind "Frozen" in 2014. It became the best-selling record with 3.66 million copies sold by the end of the year.
"Just until a few days ago, [Swift] had the best-selling album for the entire year, and that’s at 1.76 million. Adele instantly became the top-selling album of the year by crushing that number in a few days," Bakula said.
!["Just until a few days ago, [Swift] had the best-selling album for the entire year, and that’s at 1.76 million. Adele instantly became the top-selling album of the year by crushing that number in a few days," Bakula said.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-49975829,width-700,height-525,imgsize-3992292/just-until-a-few-days-ago-swift-had-the-best-selling-album-for-the-entire-year-and-thats-at-1-76-million-adele-instantly-became-the-top-selling-album-of-the-year-by-crushing-that-number-in-a-few-days-bakula-said-.jpg)
By the end of the week, Adele had nearly doubled those numbers.
"I never thought I would ever see that in my life, and I have been in the industry for 20 some years," he said.
Adele's "21" was the best-selling album in both 2011 and 2012, with more than 5.8 million and 4.4 million sold, respectively. It is the only album to be the best-selling album for two consecutive years.
Swift's "Red" was the second-best-selling album in 2012, behind Adele's "21."
Swift also had the best-selling album in 2009 with "Fearless."
"Shake It Off," Swift's first single from "1989," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the spot for two weeks before losing it to Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass." It returned to the No.1 spot after eight weeks and stayed there for an additional two weeks.
"Hello," Adele's first single off of "25," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has held the spot for four weeks.
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