Commercial Performance
A week after its commercial release, Nina Live! went certified Gold, selling over 15,000 units in the Philippines. It turned Platinum in its third week of release, and double platinum in less than two months. Even before the second commercial single "Through the Fire" was released, the album was already triple platinum, eventually selling more than 90,000 units in the country. Before 2005 ended, the album was certified 6× Platinum by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), with over 180,000 copies sold and becoming one of the fastest-selling Filipino albums in history. In August 2006, it reached 7× Platinum, with sales of 210,000 copies. In November 2007, the album sold over 240,000 units, and was awarded an 8× Platinum certification by the PARI in ASAP '08 on March 9, 2008. Early in 2009, it was reported to have sold more than 260,300 copies in the country.
After four years since its release, the album still managed to sell an additional 40,000 units, which equaled to double platinum (with PARI's April 2009 criterion). The 8× Platinum it has received in 2008 and the 2× Platinum it received with PARI's new guidelines were, then, added. On October 11, 2009, Nina Live! was awarded a Diamond (10× Platinum) certification on ASAP '09 for selling more than 280,000 units in the Philippines, making Nina the first female OPM artist to achieve the feat. She is also the third OPM artist to receive a Diamond award, behind Jose Mari Chan and the Eraserheads.
To date, the album has sold more than 300,000 units, and still makes appearances on various album sales charts. It is currently the fourth biggest-selling album in OPM history, as well as the biggest-selling live OPM album.
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