Sales and Chart Performance
Upon its release in the US, the album entered the Billboard 200 at # 5, selling 54,000 copies, making it her sixth album to debut in the US Top 10 Albums chart. Twenty-five percent of the first week's sales were digital sales, an increasing figure as per general market trends. The album remained on the Billboard 200 for six weeks with its final position at # 186 for the week of June 23, 2007, before falling off the chart. One year after its release, the album has sold 152,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album's debut at # 5 is the same debut position as The Beekeeper (2005), but with American Doll Posse selling fewer units. This decrease in sales is partially explained by the overall decline of sales in the music industry. At the time of the album's release, overall music sales for 2007 were down over 16% than the previous year's sales.
Limited edition copies of the album were ruled to be ineligible for the UK Top 40 sales chart due to the inclusion of free art cards depicting each of the Posse members. According to an article on Amos' site, Amos chose not to issue a reduced packaging version of the special edition (as had been done with Scarlet's Walk). As a result, the album's UK debut at # 50 is based only upon sales of the single-disc standard version of the album.
The chart below lists the album debut positions (within the top 20) in major markets around the globe.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top 200 Albums (US) | 5 |
| Billboard Top Digital Albums (US) | 2 |
| Billboard Top Internet Albums (US) | 3 |
| European Top 100 Albums | 7 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 20 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 14 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 15 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 5 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 7 |
| German top-100 Albums Chart | 10 |
| Italian Top-100 Albums | 18 |
| Norway Albums Chart | 11 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 15 |
| Top Rock Albums | 2 |
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