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After making history by becoming the fastest-selling album in
a single week with 3.48 million copies, "25" sold another 1.16
million units in the United States in its second week on sale,
according to figures from Nielsen Music.
That made "25" the only album since Nielsen began tracking sales
in 1991 to sell at least 1 million copies in two separate weeks,
Nielsen said.
Adele also reigned on the Digital Songs chart, which measures
online download sales. Her single "Hello" sold another 232,000
in downloads.
Justin Bieber's album "Purpose" kept its second place Billboard
200 slot, with 211,000 copies sold in the week, while his
singles "Sorry" and "Love Yourself" were the 2nd and 3rd biggest
sellers.
A cappella group Pentatonix moved into 3rd place on the
Billboard 200 with "That's Christmas To Me." British boy band
One Direction slipped to No. 4 with "Made in the A.M." and
Taylor Swift's 2014 best-seller "1989" re-entered the Top 10 at
No. 5 with another 60,000 copies sold over the week.
The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song
sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500
streams equal one album).
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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