biggest album shipment in the company, with three million copies worldwide in the first-week. Music debuted at number-one in 23 countries. Overall, Music was the 19th best-selling album of 2001 worldwide, selling 4.1 million copies. As of 2010, it has sold more than 11 million copies around the world, and is one of the best-selling albums by women. It debuted at the top of the US Billboard 200 with over 420,000 copies sold and became the first Madonna album to reach the top of the charts in eleven years in the region, since Like a Prayer (1989). The album was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 21, 2005. As of August 2016, Music has sold 2,934,000 copies there according to Nielsen SoundScan. It sold additional 97,000 units at the BMG Music Club, which are not counted by the Nielsen SoundScan. In Canada, the album debuted at the top of the Canadian RPM Albums Chart with first week sales of 50,300 copies and was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for shipments of 300,000 copies. The album experienced success in Latin America, obtaining certifications in Argentina (2× Platinum), Brazil (Gold), Chile (Gold) and Mexico (Gold). Throughout Europe, the album also did well on its charts topping the European Albums Charts and selling two million in the first-ten days, for which she broke records according Paul Sexton from Billboard. It ended as one of the highest certified albums in Europe by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) with five times platinum, equivalent of five million copies. Music debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 152,000 copies. The album was certified five times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. As of January 2020, the album has sold 1,640,000 copies in the UK. On October 1, 2000, Music debuted at number one on the Austrian Albums Chart, spending a total of forty weeks in the chart. The album achieved relatively good charting in both the Flemish and Wallonian territories in Belgium, peaking at numbers two respectively. Music was fifth best selling album in Denmark with 66,996 copies sold in 2000. On the French Albums Chart, the album debuted at number one, staying 67 weeks on the chart, before falling out on June 29, 2002. The album was certified twice platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).