Commercial Performance
Released on June 22, 1993, by Wing Records and Mercury Records, Sons of Soul attained strong sales and became Tony! Toni! Toné!'s highest-charting album in the United States. It was heavily promoted by Mercury, which sought to capitalize on the success of the group's previous album. The album debuted at number 38 on the Billboard 200 chart in the week of July 10. On July 24, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Top R&B Albums, on which it charted for 56 weeks. In its first eight weeks of release, Sons of Soul sold 281,961 copies in the US. It charted for 43 weeks on the Billboard 200, and on September 18, it reached its peak position at number 24. By November, the album had sold almost one million copies in the US.
In the United Kingdom, Sons of Soul became the group's only album to chart on the UK Albums Chart; it entered at number 66 in the week of October 2, its only week on the chart. In Canada, it debuted at number 75 on the RPM Top 100 Albums in the week of July 24. It ultimately peaked at number 70, and spent nine weeks on the chart.
Sons of Soul produced five singles, including the Billboard Hot 100 hits "If I Had No Loot" and "Anniversary". On November 14, 1995, the album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of two million copies in the US. By 1997, it had sold 1.2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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