1 9 9 1 . ▁The ▁following ▁week , ▁the ▁album ▁once ▁again ▁set ▁a ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁albums ▁sold ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁week , ▁since ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁Sound Scan ▁introduced ▁a ▁computer ized ▁sales ▁monitoring ▁system ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 1 ; ▁when ▁it ▁sold ▁ 1 , 0 6 1 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁first ▁album ▁to ▁sell ▁over ▁ 1 ▁million ▁copies ▁in ▁one ▁week ▁since ▁tracking ▁began . ▁The ▁sound track ▁stayed ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁non - con sec utive ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁chart , ▁and ▁spent ▁eight ▁consecutive ▁weeks ▁at op ▁the ▁Top ▁R & B ▁Albums ▁chart , ▁remaining ▁on ▁the ▁charts ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 4 1 ▁weeks ▁and ▁ 1 2 2 ▁weeks , ▁respectively . ▁The ▁album ▁held ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁weeks ▁at ▁number ▁one , ▁and ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁non - con sec utive ▁chart - to pping ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁chart ▁in ▁the ▁N iel sen ▁Sound Scan ▁era ▁until ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁over t aken ▁by ▁A de le ' s ▁ 2 1 ▁which ▁spent ▁ 2 4 ▁non - con sec utive ▁weeks ▁at ▁the ▁sum mit . The ▁Body guard ▁sound track ▁was ▁ranked ▁# 1 ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁Billboard ▁year - end ▁charts , ▁on ▁the ▁Top ▁Billboard