Chart Performance
Despite being released in the wake of several commercially prosperous singles from 50 Cent's preceding studio album, The Massacre (2005), including "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil Bit", "Hustler's Ambition" did not match the chart success of previous 50 Cent singles. In the United States, the song first appeared at number 4 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart for the week ending October 22, 2005, and debuted at number 22 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart the following week. It debuted at number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated November 5, 2005, and went on to peak at number 65, making it 50 Cent's second lowest peaking song at the time, behind only the 2004 single "If I Can't", which reached number 76. It also reached a peak of number 64 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number 49 on the now-defunct US Pop 100 chart.
Outside the United States, "Hustler's Ambition" was also modestly commercially successful, although it achieved little longetivity on the charts. It debuted and peaked at number 23 in Australia for the week dated March 5, 2006, charting for a total of seven weeks, and appeared at number 17 in New Zealand on March 20 in its first of five chart appearances. The song made appearances on several singles charts in mainland Europe, peaking at number 41 in Austria, number 22 in Germany and number 40 in The Netherlands. The song's highest peak position was achieved in Switzerland, where it debuted and reached its peak of number 10, and charted at number 39 in the Flanders region of Belgium and number 25 in the Wallonia region. In the British Isles, "Hustler's Ambition" reached number 11 on Ireland and peaked at number 13 in the United Kingdom.
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