Touch My Body - Chart Performance

Chart Performance

After only a few hours worth of airplay, "Touch My Body" entered the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart at number seventy-eight the chart week of February 23, 2008. In its second week within the chart, it leaped to number twenty, before reaching its peak of number two. In its first complete week of radio airplay, the song garnered 46 million audience impressions, making its debut at number twenty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. The song made its debut at number fifty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 as the "Hot Shot" of the week. The following week, "Touch My Body" jumped twenty-three spots to number thirty-four, making it Carey's 31st top-ten hit on the chart. It placed Carey as the woman with the fifth most top-ten entries on the Hot 100 in Billboard history."Touch My Body" reached the top position on the Hot 100 in its fourth week, and became Carey's eighteenth chart topper, selling 286,000 digital downloads. The song's opening week broke several records, first making Carey the solo artist with the most number one singles in United States history, surpassing the record held by Elvis Presley. Additionally, it gave Carey her 79th week atop the Hot 100, tying her with Presley as the artist with the most weeks at number one in the Billboard chart history." The song also sold the highest amount of digital records in one week, surpassing Rihanna's "Umbrella" (2007), which sold 277,000 units. The following week, the song stayed at number one, and according to Mediabase, received over 400,000 spins in the United States within its second week at number one. By the song's sixth week of digital availability, "Touch My Body" had sold 879,000 units, and was eventually certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of over one million units throughout the United States. According to Nielsen SoundScan, "Touch My Body" has sold over 1,459,000 copies in the United States as of August 15, 2010. It entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number ninety-seven, based on airplay alone, and peaked at number two. The song also peaked at number two on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart, and spent a total of thirteen weeks within the singles chart. In an interview Fox News, Carey described her feelings regarding surpassing Presley's record, as well as her general sentiments following her success:

For me, in my mind the accomplishment is just that much sweeter. In terms of my ethnicity, always feeling like an outsider, always feeling different ... for me it's about saying, 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the faith to believe in myself when other people had written me off.' I've gone through enough of my life worrying about that kind if thing. I want to encourage anyone else out there who feels like maybe they can't overcome an obstacle, I feel like I'm living proof ... never lose your faith. I'm seriously a grateful individual right now.

Throughout Australasia and Europe, the song managed to peak within the top five in several countries. In Australia, "Touch My Body" debuted at number twenty on the singles chart, during the week of April 4, 2008. The following week, the song reached its peak of number seventeen, where it spent two weeks, and had a total chart trajectory of ten weeks. On April 11, 2008, "Touch My Body" debuted at number forty-five on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart. The song peaked at number ten, and fell out of the chart in its tenth week, while it was at fifty-seven. The song achieved moderate success in both the Flemish and Wallonian territories in Belgium, peaking at numbers fourteen and thirty-three, respectively. Making its debut at its peak position of number sixteen, "Touch My Body" charted for a total of nineteen weeks in France, before falling out on October 4, 2008. "Touch My Body" became one of Carey's strongest charting singles in Germany, debuting at number ten on the Media Control Charts. The following week, the song moved up three places to number seven, before completing its ten week run on the singles chart. On the Dutch Top 40chart, the song made its debut at number twenty-seven. Seven weeks later, the song peaked at number fourteen, before dropping outside the top 40 three weeks later, ending its eleven week trajectory. "Touch My Body" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number eleven, during the week dated March 31, 2008. In total, the song spent two weeks at its peak position of number three, and a total of ten weeks on the chart. In both Norway and Sweden, the song saw moderate success, peaking at numbers ten and fourteen, and lasting on the chart for five and six weeks, respectively. On April 20, 2008, "Touch My Body" debuted and peaked at number three on the Swiss Music Charts, spending a total of twelve weeks on the chart. On the Japan Hot 100, the song peaked at number two, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), denoting shipments of over 150,000 units. On the UK Singles Chart, "Touch My Body" debuted at number ninety-nine, from just one day of release. The following week, the song leapt to number six on the chart, before peaking at number five in its third week. In total, "Touch My Body" spent thirteen weeks within the UK charts, and has estimated sales of over 120,000 units.