Guy Levy BBC PA Wire Adele

His bandmate Lance Bass added, "We officially say Bye Bye Bye as @Adele says Hello to the World Record of Most Albums Sold In a Single Week".

After processing the first sales reports through November 25, Nielsen Music reports the set has sold just over 3 million copies in the US 25 was released on November 20 through XL/Columbia Records.

Adele's album has been out for less than a week but it has already sold nearly three million copies and smashed American sales records.

Fans applauded the tour, Adele's first in four years, on Twitter while media sites noted that the 27-year-old singer appeared to have overcome her self-professed fear of performing before large crowds.

More than 300,000 people bought 25 on its first day of release.

Her last album, 21, sold 30 million copies; 25 looks set to erase that record, and with some ease.

"Adele's a big Tottenham fan and, with Spurs well-represented in the England squad at the moment, there's a chance she could agree to record the Three Lions' Euro 2016 song".

Heidi Gutman NBC via AP Adele performs on the"Today show

NSYNC have congratulated Adele on breaking their album sales record.

"Hello" was released on October 23 as a single-song teaser for the album which has 10 other songs.

The sales streak comes at a time when the music industry is fragmented, streaming music services are catching on, and album sales have been slowing down. That track alone has sold 2.5 million copies in the four weeks it has been on the market. Adele's 25 has sold 800,307.

Adele ended up getting him into the studio, and "Send My Love" was the result.

Her singles "Hello" and "When We Were Young" have racked up a mammoth number of views on YouTube with more than half 1 billion and 28 million views respectively.

Several of the band's members gave Adele their stamp of approval, including Joey Fatone, 38, and JC Chasez, 39.