On March 29, Link Music announced on its Twitter account the first-week US sales of Link's third album "The Woman I Love".
1.747 million copies!
Becoming the 15th album in Western music history to surpass one million copies in first-week sales, Link became the twelfth singer in music history to achieve first-week platinum sales.
Billboard also updated its record for the highest first-week sales in history this week.
The first place is held by the super boy band, with their third album "No Strings Attached" released in 2000, boasting first-week sales of 2.41 million copies.
The second place goes to the super boy band with their fourth album "Celebrity", released in 2001, which sold 1.88 million copies in its first week.
Third place is Eminem with his third album "The Marshall Mathers LP" released in 2000, selling 1.76 million copies in the first week.
In fourth place is Link's third album "The Woman I Love" released in March 2010, with first-week sales of 1.74 million copies.