Adele 's album 25 sold over 3 million copies in its first week in the US , becoming the largest one-week sales for an album since Nielsen SoundScan began keeping data on point-of-sale music purchases in 1991 .
It was a massive commercial success , debuting at number one in 32 countries and breaking first-week sales records in multiple countries , including the United Kingdom and United States .
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