List of biggest single album sales in one week in the United States. | Rank | Artist | Album | Sales week | Sales | Certification | Source | | 1 | 'N Sync | No Strings Attached | March 21-27, 2000 | 2,415,859 | 11x platinum | [1] | | 2 | 'N Sync | Celebrity | July 24-30, 2001 | 1,879,955 | 5x platinum | [2] | | 3 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP | May 23-29, 2000 | 1,760,049 | 9x platinum | [3] | | 4 | Backstreet Boys | Black & Blue | November 21-27, 2000 | 1,591,191 | 8x platinum | [4] | | 5 | Eminem | The Eminem Show | May 26-June 1, 2002 | 1,321,799 | 8x platinum | [5] | | 6 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did It Again | May 16-22, 2000 | 1,319,193 | 10x platinum | [6] | | 7 | The Beatles | 1 | December 19-25, 2000 | 1,258,667 | 10x platinum | [7] | | 8 | 50 Cent | The Massacre | March 3-7, 2005 | 1,140,638 | 5x platinum | [8] | | 9 | Backstreet Boys | Millennium | May 18-24, 1999 | 1,133,505 | 13x platinum | [9] | | 10 | Usher | Confessions | March 23-29, 2004 | 1,096,213 | 10x platinum | [10] | | 11 | Garth Brooks | Double Live | November 17-23, 1998 | 1,085,373 | 21x platinum | [11] | | 12 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard | December 22-28, 1992 | 1,060,000 | 17x platinum | [12] | | 13 | Limp Bizkit | Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water | October 17-23, 2000 | 1,054,511 | 6x platinum | [13] | | 14 | Norah Jones | Feels Like Home | February 10-16, 2004 | 1,022,149 | 4x platinum | [14] | | 15 | Lil' Wayne | Tha Carter III | June 10-16, 2008 | 1,005,545 | 3x platinum | [15] | | 16 | Kanye West | Graduation | September 11-17, 2007 | 956,936 | 2x platinum | [16] | | 17 | Pearl Jam | Vs. | October 19-25, 1993 | 950,378 | 7x platinum | [17] | [edit] References Nielsen SoundScan |