In two weeks it had been certified gold. A week after that, they played Ed Sullivan:
The album spent 11 weeks at #1, only getting bumped off by the Beatles' second album. By the end of the year it had sold 4 Million copies (!). Remember, the population of the United States then was around 160 Million, so an equivalent bombshell album - assuming you could even have one of those today - would sell 8 Million or so.
There's a reason that there's an expression "Bigger than the Beatles". Hat tip to The Queen Of The World, who spotted this anniversary.
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