Love in This Club - Chart Performance

Chart Performance

"Love in This Club" debuted at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100, on the issue dated March 1, 2008. The next week it moved to number fifty-one, due to high airplay. The song continued to receive many spins, and in its third week it reached the top of the Hot 100, gaining the 'Airplay Gainer' honor the same week. Replacing "Low" by Flo Rida and T-Pain, "Love in This Club" also sold 198,000 downloads in that week. On April 5, 2008, the song was again named the 'Airplay Gainer', however it was shifted from the number-one spot by Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love", having spent three weeks atop the chart. It fell off on June 7, having spent twelve weeks on the chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the song first appeared on February 23, 2008 at number fifty-one making it the highest debut of the week. On April 12 it replaced Keyshia Cole's "I Remember" at number one. After four weeks "Love in This Club" was moved from the top spot by Lil Wayne's "Lollipop". The song also reached number four on the Pop 100, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). On the year-end charts for 2008, it was ranked number eight on the Hot 100, number fifteen on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number thirteen on the Pop 100. It was also ranked number eighty-five on the 2000s' Hot 100 list, and number ninety-nine on the decade-end Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. As of August 1, 2010, "Love in This Club" has sold 2,453,000 units, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

Internationally, the song reached the top ten of numerous singles charts. It reached number six on the Canadian Hot 100, number four on the UK Singles Chart, number eight on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, number three on the Irish Singles Chart, and number five on the Japan Hot 100, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, it also topped the New Zealand Singles Chart, replacing "No Air" by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown on May 5, 2008. After one week it was removed by Brown's "Forever", and was certified platinum on June 1, 2008. The single also found chart success in Europe, reaching number three on the European Hot 100 Singles. In individual countries, "Love in This Club" attained top-ten places in Flanders, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. It also appeared on the singles charts of Austria, Wallonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, and the Netherlands.

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