Editing ...Baby One More Time (album) (section)

==Commercial performance==
[[File:Femme Fatale Vancouver 13.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Spears and some of her dancers performing lead single "[[...Baby One More Time]]" during her 2011 [[Femme Fatale Tour]]]]

In the United States, ''...Baby One More Time'' debuted atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 121,000 copies in its first week, beating [[DMX]]'s ''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]''.<ref name="britneyfirstweekstats">{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Rosen|title=Britney Spears Debuts On Top; 'N Sync At No. 2|date=January 20, 1999|website=Yahoo! Music News|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12040569|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312102050/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12040569|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> Spears broke several records by doing so.<ref name="records" /> The singer became the first new female artist to have a number-one single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one album on the ''Billboard'' 200 at the same time;<ref name="records" /> the first new artist (male or female) to have a single go to the number one spot the same week that the album debuted at number one;<ref name="records" /> and the first new female artist to have the first single and first album at number one the same week.<ref name="records" /> Spears is also the youngest female in ''Billboard'' history to have a simultaneous single and album at number one in the same week,<ref name="records">{{cite web|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12050537|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116011649/http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12050537|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 16, 2013|title='99 REWIND: The Year Of Britney Spears|website=Yahoo! Music News|last=Rosen|first=Craig|date=December 30, 1999|access-date=December 28, 2012}}</ref> and became the fifth artist under the age of 18 to top the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/number-1-album-under-18-solo-artists/|title=Solo Artists Who Scored a No. 1 Album Before Turning 18|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 23, 2021|first=Joe|last=Lynch|date=April 29, 2015|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201023104/https://www.billboard.com/photos/number-1-album-under-18-solo-artists/|url-status=live}}</ref> After fluctuating within the top five, the album went back to the summit in its fourth week.<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Rosen|title=Britney Still On Top, Offspring Up To No. 2, Cher In Top 10|date=February 17, 1999|website=Yahoo! Music|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12058414|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115194514/http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12058414|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> It sold over 500,000 copies within its first month, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Rosen|title=Britney Spears Back On Top|date=February 10, 1999|website=Yahoo! Music News|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12063283|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115144904/http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12063283|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref> Its fifth week became the album's highest-selling week with 229,000 copies sold, bringing the total to 804,000 copies. ''...Baby One More Time'' spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks at number one,<ref name="britneyfirsttour" /> and sold over 1.8&nbsp;million copies in the US within its first two months.<ref name="britneyfifthweek">{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Rosen|title=Britney Spears 'One More Time' Again|date=March 31, 1999|website=Yahoo! Music News|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12039233|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312102050/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12039233|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> In its 47th week on the ''Billboard'' 200, the album held strong at number three, reaching the ten-million sales mark in the country.<ref name="diamond">{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Rosen|title=Britney Spears Backstage At The 'Billboard Awards'|date=December 10, 1999|website=Yahoo! Music News|url=http://www.music.yahoo.ca/read/news/12046646|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312102050/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12046646|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> The album was certified [[RIAA certification|diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on December 9, 1999,<ref name="riaadiamond" /> making then-18-year-old Spears the youngest artist to receive that certification, breaking the record held by [[Alanis Morissette]], who was 21 when her album ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' (1995) was certified diamond.<ref name="riaadiamond">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?content_selector=newsandviews&news_month_filter=12&news_year_filter=1999&id=C29FB2E9-763C-3D37-9153-6E3E41FA6DD1&searchterms=britney%20diamond&terminclude=&termexact=|title=Recording Industry Announces 1999 Gold and Platinum Awards|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|date=December 21, 1999|access-date=October 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112234/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?content_selector=newsandviews&news_month_filter=12&news_year_filter=1999&id=C29FB2E9-763C-3D37-9153-6E3E41FA6DD1&searchterms=britney%20diamond&terminclude=&termexact=|archive-date=April 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It became the 14th album since 1991 to sell over ten million copies in the US,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=Usher's 'Confessions' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ushers-confessions-album-hits-10-million-in-us-sales-1084806/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=July 5, 2012|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905220338/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/482065/ushers-confessions-album-hits-10-million-in-us-sales|archive-date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> and Spears became the best-selling female artist of 1999.<ref name="riaadiamond" /> ''...Baby One More Time'' spent a total of 51 weeks within the top ten on the ''Billboard'' 200. It was the second best-selling album of 1999 in the US, only behind ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]'' by the [[Backstreet Boys]].<ref name="britneynewalbum">{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Hermanson|title=Britney Spears Readies A Funky New Album|date=January 7, 2000|website=Yahoo! Music|url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12045573|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312102050/http://ca.music.yahoo.com/read/news/12045573|archive-date=March 12, 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=July 23, 2009}}</ref> The album has spent a total of 103 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="bb200"/> ''...Baby One More Time'' landed at number three on [[BMG Music Club]]'s all-time best-sellers list, selling 1.6&nbsp;million units through the club.<ref name="BMG">{{cite web|first=Barry|last=David|title=Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Eminem and Janet Top All-Time Sellers|website=Music Industry News Network|date=February 18, 2003|url=http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|access-date=May 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817152522/http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|archive-date=August 17, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of May 2020, it has sold 10.7 million copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan,<ref name=billboard2015>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-ask-billboard-mailbag/|title=Britney Spears' Career Sales & Streams, In Honor of 20 Years of 'Oops!...I Did It Again': Ask Billboard Mailbag|last=Trust|first=Gary|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516032445/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9378793/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-ask-billboard-mailbag|url-status=live}}</ref> with the BMG Music Club sales bringing its total to 12.3 million units.

''...Baby One More Time'' debuted atop the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], spending nine non-consecutive weeks at the summit.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Canadian Albums Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1999-01-30/canadian-albums|date=January 30, 1999|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223101134/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Canadian Albums Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1999-03-27/canadian-albums|date=March 27, 1999|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223101145/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Canadian Albums Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1999-04-17/canadian-albums|date=April 17, 1999|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223101146/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 12, 1999, the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] (CRIA) certified it diamond, for sales of over one million units.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Canada|title=Baby One More Time|artist=Britney Spears|type=album|certyear=1999|access-date=September 28, 2011}} The album spent two weeks at number two on the [[European Top 100 Albums]],<ref name="1990sbb" /> and sold over four million copies across Europe, being certified quadruple platinum by the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI).<ref name="EuropeCertification"/> It peaked at number two on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/|title=The Official Charts Company – Britney Spears – Baby One More Time|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|date=February 5, 2000|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026144532/https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been certified quadruple platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).<ref name=BPI/> It peaked at number four in France,<ref name="French charts">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=...Baby+One+More+Time&cat=a|title=French Albums Chart|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|date=January 1, 2000|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211001001/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=%2E%2E%2EBaby+One+More+Time&cat=a|archive-date=December 11, 2011}}</ref> being certified double platinum by the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] (SNEP).<ref name="FranceCertification"/> In addition, it has been certified triple [[Gold certification|gold]] in Germany,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Germany|title=Baby One More Time|artist=Britney Spears|type=album}} and platinum by the [[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]] (ZPAV).{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Poland|title=Baby One More Time|artist=BritneySpears|type=album|award=Platinum|number=1|certyear=1999}} In Australia, it debuted at number nine on the [[ARIA Albums Chart]], reaching number two nine weeks later.<ref name="ARIA charts">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=...Baby+One+More+Time&cat=a|title=Australian Albums Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=July 18, 1999|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042955/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=...Baby+One+More+Time&cat=a|archive-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref> The album became the seventh highest-selling album of 1999 in the country, and was certified quadruple platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) the following year after shipping 280,000 copies to retailers.<ref name="AustraliaCertification"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1999.htm|title=Australian Annual Chart|author=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=1999|access-date=July 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912162022/http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-1999.htm|archive-date=September 12, 2009}}</ref> The album debuted at number three in New Zealand,<ref name="RIANZ">{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|title=New Zealand Music Charts|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]]|date=May 30, 1999|access-date=July 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625161959/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|archive-date=June 25, 2007|url-status=dead}} Album Chart#1161</ref> later being certified triple platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] (RIANZ).<ref name=NZBabyTableEntry/>