Commercial Performance
"1 Thing" became Amerie's most commercially successful song. In the United States, it debuted at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100 on February 12, 2005. The song gradually climbed the chart over a ten week period, peaking at number eight, and exited the chart after a total of twenty weeks. It received play from urban contemporary stations and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in late April 2005. "1 Thing" also charted on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Pop 100, reaching numbers thirteen and twenty-eight respectively. The Recording Industry Association of America awarded a gold certification to its digital download in October 2005, and another gold certification to its ringtone release in June 2006. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards but lost to Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together".
The song was successful in the British Isles. On the UK Singles Chart, "1 Thing" debuted at number four in May 2005. It was unable to reach a higher position and spent fourteen weeks on the chart. The song ended the year as the thirty-eighth best-selling single in the UK. In Ireland, the song debuted at number ten on the Irish Singles Chart. It climbed to number six in two weeks, remaining on the chart for another nine weeks. "1 Thing" was successful in continental Europe, where it peaked at number thirteen on the European Hot 100 Singles chart. It reached the top ten in Denmark, Finland, and Norway; the top twenty in Belgium and the Netherlands; and the top forty in France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland.
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