--- description: Adele's album 25 is the second album to sell more than 2 million copies in a single week title: Adele's '25' Sells 2.3 Million Copies in 3 Days image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7405d738896bac55/6988725ebc6cfc2b7f3da82b/adele5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adele's _25_ Sells 2.3 Million Copies in 3 Days  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 9:42 PM CUT  Adele performs in New York City on Nov. 20, 2015. Adele performs in New York City on Nov. 20, 2015.Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 23, 2015 9:42 PM CUT American fans are saying “Hello” to Adele, buying up 2.3 million copies of her new album in its first three days on sale. Adele’s album _25_ is the second album to sell more than 2 million copies in a single week since the sales tracking began in 1991, [Billboard reports](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6770443/adeles-25-two-million-first-three-days "undefined"), and it’s on track to beat the record. The single-week sales record is currently held by \*NSYNC for _No Strings Attached_, which sold 2,416,000 copies in the week it came out in 2000\. Industry forecasters say Adele could blow past that with 2.9 million first-week copies. _25_ was released on Nov. 20 and is Adele’s third studio album. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4125035/adele-25-opening-sales/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4125035/adele-25-opening-sales/"},"headline":"Adele's 25 Sells 2.3 Million Copies in 3 Days","datePublished":"2015-11-23T21:42:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:51:43.905Z","description":"The previous record is held by *NSYNC","url":"https://time.com/4125035/adele-25-opening-sales/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Adele"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7405d738896bac55/6988725ebc6cfc2b7f3da82b/adele5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7405d738896bac55/6988725ebc6cfc2b7f3da82b/adele5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"iHeartRadio Presents Adele's Album Premiere Live from Joe's Pub","caption":"iHeartRadio Presents Adele's Album Premiere Live from Joe's Pub","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4125035/adele-25-opening-sales/","name":"Adele's 25 Sells 2.3 Million Copies in 3 Days"}}]}] ```