Editing GHV2 (section)

== Commercial performance ==
[[File:Madonna platinum record 2.png|thumb|upright|left|''GHV2'' platinum record from the RIAA on display at the [[Julien's Auctions]] (2011)]]
In the United States, the compilation entered at number seven on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart on the week dated December 1, 2001, with first week sales of 150,000 copies. It was an improvement from the 113,000 copies sold by her 1995 ballad compilation album, ''Something to Remember''.<ref name=usdebut>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77645/garths-scarecrow-shoots-straight-to-no-1|title=Garth's 'Scarecrow' Shoots Straight To No. 1|last=Bronson|first=Fred|author-link=Fred Bronson|date=November 22, 2001|access-date=February 16, 2016|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=July 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731141002/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77645/garths-scarecrow-shoots-straight-to-no-1|url-status=live}}</ref> However, ''GHV2'' also became her lowest debut on the chart since ''The Immaculate Collection'' (1990), which debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 32. Every Madonna album had debuted in the top six until ''GHV2''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRIEAAAAMBAJ|title=Chart Beat|last=Bronson|first=Fred|date=November 22, 2001|access-date=February 16, 2016|magazine=Billboard|page=4|volume=113|issue=48|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906163813/https://books.google.com/books?id=JRIEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> It was present for a total of 18 weeks on the chart and ranked at number 58 on the ''Billboard'' 200 year end chart for 2002.<ref name="bb200" /><ref name="usyear" /> As of October 2016, the album has sold 1,397,000 copies in the region according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], with an additional 90,000 sold at BMG Music Clubs.<ref name="ussales" /><ref name="BMG" /> [[Nielsen SoundScan]] does not count albums sold through clubs like the [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Music Service]].<ref name="Ask Billboard">{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Ask Billboard: One More for 'One More Time'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046724/ask-billboard|magazine=Billboard|date=January 25, 2008|access-date=July 18, 2009|archive-date=January 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129181247/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/index.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref> It received a platinum certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for shipping over a million copies.<ref name="riaa" /> In Canada, the album debuted at number 11 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], being present in the top 100 for a total of 16 weeks.<ref name="can">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_112901_ALBUMS.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20041213021407/http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_112901_ALBUMS.html|archive-date=December 13, 2004|title=Canadian Albums Chart: November 15, 2001|work=[[Jam!]]|url-status=usurped|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_030702_ALBUMS.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20041213020624/http://jam.canoe.ca/JamMusicCharts/prev_030702_ALBUMS.html|archive-date=December 13, 2004|title=Canadian Albums Chart: March 7, 2002|work=Jam!|url-status=usurped|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> It was certified platinum by [[Music Canada]] (MC) for selling over 100,000 copies.<ref name="mc" />

Even before its release in the United Kingdom, the compilation had broken a record as the album with most shipments before release, with 750,000 copies shipped, overtaking the previous pre-release high of 650,000 copies achieved by [[Simply Red]]'s compilation album, ''[[Greatest Hits (Simply Red album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-80114754/madonna-set-prerelease-shipment-record|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309023150/https://business.highbeam.com/411456/article-1G1-80114754/madonna-set-prerelease-shipment-record|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2016|title=Madonna to set pre-release shipment record|last=Jones|first=Alan|work=Music Week|date=November 3, 2001|access-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> ''GHV2'' debuted at number two on the [[UK Albums Chart]] with 88,500 copies,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/2003/Music-Week-2003-05-03-IDX-14.pdf|title=Albums Factfile|date=May 3, 2003|access-date=May 10, 2022|work=Music Week|page=14|archive-date=May 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510190033/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/2003/Music-Week-2003-05-03-IDX-14.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> after competing for the top spot with [[Westlife]]'s third studio album, ''[[World of Our Own]]'', with the latter outselling Madonna by two to one in the midweek chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1655514.stm|title=Westlife album set for number one|date=November 14, 2001|access-date=February 16, 2016|publisher=BBC|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110055433/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1655514.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was present for a total of 33 weeks inside the chart, and was certified double platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).<ref name="uk" /><ref name="bpi" /> As of June 2019, the compilation has sold 868,500 copies according to the [[Official Charts Company]].<ref name="GH2-Music-UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonnas-official-biggest-selling-albums__26462/|title=Madonna's Official biggest selling albums|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=June 9, 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=June 9, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607101707/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/madonnas-official-biggest-selling-albums__26462/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''GHV2'' also debuted at number two, behind Westlife's album in Ireland and Scotland.<ref name="ire" /><ref name="sco" /> Across Europe, the compilation reached the top of the chart in Austria, and reaching the top-ten in Belgium ([[Flanders]] and [[Wallonia]]), France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Spain and Switzerland.<ref name="aus" /> On the combined [[European Top 100 Albums]], ''GHV2'' peaked at number three.<ref name="euro" />

''GHV2'' debuted at number three on the Australia [[ARIA Charts]], and was present for a total of 13 weeks within the top 50. The [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) certified it double platinum for shipment of 140,000 copies.<ref name="aus" /><ref name="aria">{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue650.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20021001140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20021002-0000/Issue650.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-10-01|title=ARIA Report: Issue No 650|access-date=May 18, 2018|publisher=ARIA Charts. Australian Web Archive}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It had moderate performance in New Zealand where it debuted at number eight on the [[Recorded Music NZ]]'s album chart, and received a gold certification for shipment of 7,500 copies.<ref name="rianz" /> The album was successful in Japan, where it received a platinum certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) for selling over 200,000 copies.<ref name="riaj" /> ''GHV2'' was the 14th best-selling album of 2001, selling 4.9 million copies worldwide in that year according to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|title=Dido, Linkin Park Lead the Global 20 of 2001|last=White|first=Adam|date=February 16, 2002|access-date=February 16, 2016|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|page=42|volume=114|issue=7|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222204240/https://books.google.com/books?id=FBAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}</ref> In total ''GHV2'' has sold over seven million copies as of October 2007.<ref name="wwsales">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/2007-10-27-Music-Week.pdf#page=3|last=Cardew|first=Ben|date=October 27, 2007|title=Warner finds solace in farewell CD|magazine=Music Week|access-date=August 29, 2022|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231060008/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2007/2007-10-27-Music-Week.pdf#page=3|url-status=live}}</ref>