Chart Performance
Exodus is the largest debut selling foreign language album in Japanese history (debut with 523,761 units). It is the 247th best selling album of all time in Japan. It did have success in Japan. On September 8, 2004, Universal Music Japan shipped 1 million copies of the album, breaking a record that was previously held by Mariah Carey (she had sold 500,000).
However, the album did not achieve a lot of success in the US, reaching #160 on the US Billboard 200 chart, and has sold in excess of 55,000 units in the territory according to Nielsen Soundscan. The album did however have success on the US Billboard Heatseekers, peaking at number five on the albums chart, making Utada's first album to debut on both albums chart.
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