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Adele's `25' Sets One-Week Sales Records in U.S. and Canada
Adele in New York on Nov. 24.
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Adele sold at least 2.8 million copies of her new album “25” in the first five days of U.S. release, setting a record for the first week and making it the best-selling album of the year, according to Nielsen Music.
The U.S. results include 1.45 million digital sales at online retailers like Apple Inc.’s iTunes, Nielsen said. “25” has also sold 261,000 units in Canada, the most ever after four days of release in that country.