List of fastest-selling products
This is a list of the fastest-selling product superlatives. The definition of "fastest-selling" typically refers to sales results in the first week of a product's release,. Sometimes, rather than comparing sales figures relative to time, the target to be reached is fixed, and the comparison is based upon how many weeks it takes to reach it.
Books
- 2007 Book – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling selling approximately 15 million copies worldwide in its first day.
- 2012 Novel – Erotica novel Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James selling more than 100,000 copies in its first week.
Cars
- 2016 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model 3 reservations for over 180,000 units, the record for the highest single-day commitment of cars. 276,000 units pre-sold in the first 3 days, equivalent to.
- 2014 Car – Tesla, Inc. Model X having advanced sales of over $40 million without any advertising.
- 2012 Car – Toyota Prius c was the fastest selling car model of 2012.
- 2012 Hybrid Vehicle – Ford C-Max Hybrid is the fastest selling hybrid vehicle ever made by Ford.
Consumer electronics
- 2017 Game Console – Nintendo Switch selling 1.3 million units in 1 week.
- 2010 Gaming Peripheral – Kinect selling 8 million units in its first 60 days on sale.
- 2010 Operating System – Windows 7 selling over 90 million licenses in around 4 months.
- 2010 Reader Device – Barnes & Noble Product Nook titles were sold and downloaded almost a million times on Christmas Day alone.
Music
Album
- 2015 Album – 25 by Adele selling 800,307 units in its first week.
- 2015 Album – 25 by Adele selling 3,378,000 units in its first week.
- 2015 Album – 25 by Adele selling 3,378,000 units in its first week.
- 2012 Album – Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars, selling 136,000 copies in 1 week.
- 2012 Single – Impossible by James Arthur, selling 490,000 copies on 1 week.
- 2012 Single – Live While We're Young by One Direction, reaching #1 in 40 countries immediately after pre-order release on iTunes.
- 2006 Debut Album – Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by indie rock band Arctic Monkeys selling over 360,000 copies in its first week.
- 2002 Debut single – Anything is Possible/Evergreen by Will Young selling 1.11 million copies in its first week.
- 2001 Album – Distance by Hikaru Utada selling 3,002,720 units in its first week.
- 1997 Single – Candle in the Wind 1997 by Elton John selling 1.5 million copies in its first week.
- 1997 Single – Candle in the Wind 1997 by Elton John selling 3.5 million copies in its first week.
- 1990 Hip hop Album – To the Extreme by Vanilla Ice peaking at #1, staying on the charts for 16 weeks, and selling eleven million copies.
- 1964 Album – John Fitzgerald Kennedy—A Memorial Album, recorded on the day of John F. Kennedy's assassination, sold 4 million copies at 99 cents each within six days of its release.
- 1964 Single – Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles selling 940,225 copies in its first day.
- 2018 Album - Don't Mess Up My Tempo by South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo reached 789,670 preorders in a week.
- 2018 Album – by BTS selling 1,000,000 units in its first week, breaking their own previous record set by, with the highest first week sales in Korean History.
- 2018 Album – by BTS reaching a preorder amount of 1,511,910 units in its first week.
- 2019 Album – by BTS broke their previous record by selling 2,685,030 units in just five days.
Concerts
- 2018 Concert – The South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo's fourth tour Exo Planet 4 – The Elyxion at Gocheok Sky Dome, sold out 66,000 tickets in 0.2 seconds.
- 2015 Concert – The South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo's second tour Exo Planet 2 – The Exo'luxion at Olympic Gymnastic Arena, sold out in 0.4 seconds.
- 2017 Concert – The South Korean girl group Red Velvet's first tour Red Room at Olympic Hall, sold out in 0.8 seconds.
- 2014 Concert – The South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo sold out 42,000 seats on the group's first concert tour: Exo from Exoplanet 1 – The Lost Planet in Seoul within 1.47 seconds through online market, GMarket.
- 2013 Show – The return of Monty Python's Flying Circus at London's O2 Arena, sold out in 43.5 seconds.
- 2019 Tour – The South Korean girl group Twice Sold 210,000 tickets within 1 minute.
- 2018 Concert – Chinese singer Hua Chenyu at Beijing National Stadium sold out in 1 minute 56 seconds.
- 2012 Concert – The Stone Roses at Manchester's Heaton Park, sold out in 68 minutes.
- 2006 Tour – Robbie Williams sold 1.6 million tickets within 24 hours.
Smartphones
- 2014 Samsung Electronics – Galaxy S5 sold 11 million units during the first month of availability.
- 2014 Apple Inc. – iPhone 6s pre-orders exceeded 4 million units in 24 hours.
- 2012 Apple Inc. – iPhone 5 pre-orders exceeded 2 million in 24 hours of its launch.
Video games
- 2020 Nintendo Switch game - sold 13.41 million copies in its first 6 weeks, with 11.77 million selling in the first 11 days.
- 2019 Nintendo Switch game – Pokémon Sword and Shield sold 6 million copies worldwide during their launch weekend, and are among the fastest-selling Nintendo Switch games of all time.
- 2019 video game – Borderlands 3 sold 5 million units within its first five days, making it the most sold game in 2k history.
- 2018 Nintendo Switch game – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 5 million units within its first week, is the fastest-selling Nintendo game of all time and has an all-time high record for launch-month dollars sales for a console exclusive.
- 2018 PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game – Red Dead Redemption 2 Shipped 10 million units within its first two days.
- 2018 PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Game – ' shipped 5 million units in its first three days.
- 2017 Nintendo Switch and Wii U Game – ' is considered Nintendo's fastest selling launch title of all time with 1.3 Million units sold in US alone in its first month.
- 2017 Nintendo Switch Game – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is considered the fastest selling game in Mario Kart's franchise history with over 1.0 million units sold in its first 3 days.
- 2017 Nintendo Switch Game – Super Mario Odyssey shipped 2 million units in three days.
- 2016 PlayStation 4 Game – Final Fantasy XV shipped 5 million units on its first day.
- 2013 video game – Grand Theft Auto V sold 12 million units in its first day making $800 million in sales and 16.5 million units in three days.
- 2013 Nintendo 3DS Game – Pokémon X and Y selling 4 million units in two days.
- 2012 PC Game – Diablo III selling 6.3 million units in its first week.
- 2012 Mobile Game – Angry Birds Space has been downloaded 50 million times in 35 days, making it the fast selling mobile game of all time.
- 2012 Xbox Live Game – Minecraft selling 100,000 units within its first day.
- 2012 PlayStation Network Game – Journey is the fastest-selling game ever released in the SCEA region on the PlayStation Network.
- 2011 Steam Game – sold 10 million units for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms in about a month and 7 million in the first week.
- 2011 IP – L.A. Noire becomes fastest selling IP in the UK.
Miscellaneous
- 2014 Jetliner Family – Airbus A320 sold 250 airplanes in one order with list price of $26.6 billion minus discounts.
- 2012 Perfume – Lady Gaga Fame by Lady Gaga was the fastest selling perfume after Coco Chanel.
- 2011 Jetliner Family – Boeing 737 MAX sold over 900 airplanes from 13 customers during launch with the real market value of the order is estimated at about $10.5 billion.