It been reported that N Sync's "No Strings Attached" (2000) sold more than 1 million copies in a single day, surpassing Backstreet's "Millennium" (about 500,000 copies on day one) the previous year.
You might have heard of the much mentioned figure of 20,000,000 records sold in the U.S.A. the day after Elvis died (16th August, 1977).
Some thought it's true but this would not have been possible given the fact that there may have only been 2-3,000,000 Elvis albums on the shelves, including the PICKWICK releases.
What did happen from August 17th is that RCA were inundated with orders from just about every source, to the extent that seven days after his death, RCA had received orders for a little over fourteen million Elvis albums, while PICKWICK RECORDS accumulated orders for another five million albums.
This information came from a U.S. book on the history of the U.S. recording industry and the source quoted was RCA President at that time, Louis Coutolenc. - (See ELVIS RECORD SALES 1977/78 By Brian Quinn).
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