<P> A fast - selling album is defined as one with high sales in its first chart week following release . The highest sales achieved in any country in an album's debut week are 3.38 million for 25 by Adele in the United States in the week ending 26 November 2015 . This passed the previous record of 3.00 million set by the album Distance by Hikaru Utada in Japan in 2001 . </P> <P> This is a list of the fastest - selling albums in Canada since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began in 1995 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Sales </Th> <Th> Reference </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Adele </Td> <Td> 305,928 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Let's Talk About Love </Td> <Td> Céline Dion </Td> <Td> 230,212 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Millennium </Td> <Td> Backstreet Boys </Td> <Td> 191,791 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Star Académie </Td> <Td> Star Académie </Td> <Td> 173,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Black & Blue </Td> <Td> Backstreet Boys </Td> <Td> 156,307 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> A New Day Has Come </Td> <Td> Céline Dion </Td> <Td> 151,600 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Up! </Td> <Td> Shania Twain </Td> <Td> 150,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Black Ice </Td> <Td> AC / DC </Td> <Td> 119,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> I Think of You </Td> <Td> Gregory Charles </Td> <Td> 109,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Td> Taylor Swift </Td> <Td> 107,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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