Commercial Performance
Upon release, JoJo debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number ten on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, selling 95,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 15, 2004 for sales exceeding one million. After the success of the album on the charts, the singles began to sell more copies. By October 25, 2004, "Leave (Get Out)" had been certified gold for saçes of 500,000 copies in the US. Also, the album's second single, "Baby It's You", received a gold certification on May 19, 2005.
The album also performed well internationally. JoJo reached number twenty-three on the Canadian Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, where the album's lead single had a large amount of success, it debuted and peaked at number twenty-three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on November 5, 2004, denoting shipments in excess of 100,000 copies. It debuted at number fifty-two in Germany, eventually receiving a gold certification by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). Despite the success of "Leave (Get Out)" in Australia, the album only managed to chart as high as number eighty-six on the ARIA Albums Chart. Elsewhere, JoJo reached the top thirty in Japan and Portugal, the top forty in New Zealand, the top fifty in Italy, and the top seventy in France and Ireland.
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