the album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours after it was released. in slightly under a day it sold 430,000 copies. in its first three days the album sold 828,773 copies. it sold over a million copies in less than a week. the album sold more quickly than any other album on itunes ever. it went straight to number one in the "billboard" 200. this made it her fifth number one album. it also entered the canadian albums chart at number one. and the uk albums chart at number five