Guess what everyone the BSB beat N Sync!!!!!
<br><br><br>"BLACK AND BLUE" SET A NEW INTERNATIONAL RECORD, SELLING
FIVE MILLION COPIES<br>WORLDWIDE IN THE FIRST
WEEK!!!<br><br>IN THE U.S. ALONE:<br>THE BACKSTREET BOYS ARE NOW
THE FIRST ACT EVER TO SELL MORE THAN A
MILLION<br>ALBUMS IN THE FIRST WEEK WITH BACK-TO-BACK
ALBUMS!!!<br>"Black and Blue" sold 1,591,191 albums in the first week
according to<br>Soundscan!!!<br>It is easily the number 1
album in the U.S. ahead of the Beatles' album<br>which
sold 662,077 copies.<br>"Black and Blue" OUTSOLD BSB's
last album "Millenium" in the U.S. which sold<br>1.13
million in the first week!!!<br>And it is the third most
selling album in the first week of ALL
TIME!!!<br><br>"BLACK AND BLUE" IS ALREADY MULTI-PLATINUM IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:<br>Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico and
Venezuela.<br><br>"BLACK AND BLUE" IS ALREADY PLATINUM IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTRIES:<br>Arabia (Gulf), Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Denmark,
Germany, India,<br>Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Phillipines, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand<br>and the United
States<br><br>"BLACK AND BLUE" IS ALREADY GOLD IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTRIES:<br>Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal,<br>Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K.