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===Commercial=== ''Toxicity'' peaked at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78420/chart-update-system-of-a-down-debuts-at-no-1 |title=Chart Update: System Of A Down Debuts At No. 1 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 13, 2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006033304/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78420/chart-update-system-of-a-down-debuts-at-no-1 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=OnlineLeaks>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73120/online-leaks-force-system-of-a-downs-hand |title=Online Leaks Force System Of A Down's Hand |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=December 16, 2002 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223224843/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73120/online-leaks-force-system-of-a-downs-hand |archive-date=February 23, 2016 }}</ref> selling 220,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref name=TenThingsLoudwire>{{cite magazine |date=September 4, 2011 |access-date=February 20, 2018 |url=http://loudwire.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-toxicity/ |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Toxicity' |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |first=Spencer |last=Kaufman |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118130929/http://loudwire.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-toxicity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album also topped the [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref name=CanadianAlbums>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=309 |title=System of a Down β Chart history (Canadian Albums chart) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505064827/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=309 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 }}</ref> ''Toxicity'' sold at least 2,700,000 copies in the United States,<ref name=OnlineLeaks /> and at least 12,000,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/albums-of-the-decade-system-of-a-down-toxicity/ | title=Albums Of The Decade: System Of A Down β 'Toxicity' | work=[[Metal Hammer]] | date=July 28, 2009 | access-date=January 11, 2014 | author=Terrybezer | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112020405/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/albums-of-the-decade-system-of-a-down-toxicity/ | archive-date=January 12, 2014 }}</ref> On July 19, 2022, the album was certified sextuple platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].<ref name="RIAA" /> All of the album's singles reached the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]; "Chop Suey!" peaked at number 76, "[[Toxicity (song)|Toxicity]]" at number 70, and "[[Aerials (song)|Aerials]]" at number 55. "Aerials" would remain the band's biggest domestic hit until "[[B.Y.O.B. (song)|B.Y.O.B.]]" surpassed it, reaching number 27 in 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=379 |title=System of a Down β Chart history (The Hot 100) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208052112/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=379 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }}</ref> "Aerials" peaked at number one on the [[Mainstream Rock Songs]] chart<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=376 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Mainstream Rock Songs) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003142914/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=376 |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> and number one on the [[Modern Rock Tracks|Alternative Songs]] chart.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=377 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Alternative Songs) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003143748/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=377 |archive-date=October 3, 2015 }}</ref> "Chop Suey!" and "Toxicity" were both top ten hits.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, ''Toxicity'' went to number one on the [[Catalog Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=332 |title=System of a Down - Chart history (Catalog Albums) |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726030751/http://www.billboard.com/artist/281380/system-down/chart?f=332 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 }}</ref> Added to the [[2001 Clear Channel memorandum]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.snopes.com/rumors/radio.asp |title=Clear Channel Banned Songs |website=[[Snopes.com]] |date=March 29, 2011 |last=Mikkelson |first=David |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323120751/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/radio-radio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Chop Suey!" was temporarily pulled from playlists of most radio stations after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, as it featured some lyrics that [[IHeartMedia|Clear Channel]] deemed inappropriate following the attacks. The song returned to the airwaves when things settled down.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2425 |title=Chop Suey by System of a Down |publisher=Songfacts |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131190243/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2425 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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