Bionic (Christina Aguilera Album) - Commercial Performance

Commercial Performance

"The way she played the album to me was her original vision. She was on the right track but the record label f**ked up everything, to be honest. All the good stuff got pumped into disc two. I think that if she would have done what she had in mind it would have been better. I also think that with what she had in mind she could have all the kind of potential comparison with Lady GaGa which, you know, at the time it was that nightmare for her. She would have done it in the smart way and she would have been renowned now, but her record label instead wanted to put her against ."

—Ladytron talking about "Bionic" not meeting their expectations.

Unlike Aguilera's previous studio albums, Bionic had trouble maintaining commercial success in the international markets. On the week ending June 26, 2010, the album debuted at number three on the United States Billboard 200 (first-week sales of 110,000 copies). However, those first-week sales were comparatively less than those of Aguilera's previous studio album, Back to Basics (2006), which hit number one with 346,000 copies sold. The following week the album fell to number nine with sales of 36,388 copies. In its third week, Bionic dropped to number 22. Bionic has sold 400,000 units and 1.15 million tracks in United States.

The album ranked as the year's 76th-best-selling album in the United States. On the week ending June 26, 2010, Bionic debuted at its peak position, number three, on the Canadian Albums Chart. In the following week, it charted at number nine. In the United Kingdom, Bionic debuted at number one on the Top 40 Albums Chart, becoming Aguilera's second consecutive studio album to enter at the top of the chart with 24,000 copies sold. It became the lowest-selling UK number-one album in eight years. However, in the album's second week on the UK chart, it made UK chart history when on June 20, it registered the largest drop in chart history for a number one album by falling twenty-eight places to number twenty nine. Bionic fared somewhat better on mainland Europe. On the week commencing June 14, the album entered and peaked at number three on the Australian Albums Chart, by the third week, Bionic descended to number sixteen on the chart. Bionic debuted at number one on the European Top 100 Albums Chart, becoming the singer's second consecutive studio album to top the chart. The album held the top position for one week.

Bionic was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies. It also peaked at number eight on the Italian Albums Chart and number six on the Germany Albums Top 50 Chart. The album charted within the top 20 on charts in Poland, Finland and Norway, peaking at number seven, number ten and number 20. On the 23 week of 2010, the album debuted at the top position of the Greek Top 50 Albums Chart getting a gold certification, and replacing Soulfly's Omen. By its third week, Bionic fell out of the charts top 50 positions, and re-entered the next week at number 27. Another successful charting territory for Bionic was Switzerland, where the album peaked at number two. The album charted within the charts top 25 positions for five consecutive weeks. Bionic charted within the top 25 positions in Belgium Flanders and Belgium Wallonia, peaking at number four and 23 respectively. The album also managed to become a top ten hit in Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Mexico and Sweden. In Denmark, the album peaked at number 12. On the week ending June 12, Bionic debuted on the French Albums Chart at number 23, and fell to number 135 by the fifth week. As of December 2010, it has sold over 10,000 copies there. To date the album has sold almost 3,500,000 million copies worldwide.