The Maneater felt differently about the song, finding it disappointing and the lyrics. Alex MacGregor of UKMix.org compared the single to Gwen Stefani's "4 in the Morning", stating that they both have a timeless, Cyndi Lauper feel to them; he gave a four-star rating to "Big Girls Don't Cry". James Simon of CHARTattack describes the song as having an "emotive acoustic sentimentalism," while Dan Gennoe compared it and "Voodoo Doll" to Pink's style of music, calling them "pure Pink!". Chart performance On May 5, 2007, "Big Girls Don't Cry" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 41, becoming the week's highest debut, and the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 21. In its sixth week on the chart, it entered the top 10 tier at number eight. The following week it moved up four places to number four. After 12 weeks of fluctuating in the top five, the song reached the summit of the Hot 100 on the week of September 8, 2007, replacing Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls". The song became Fergie's third number one single in the United States as a solo artist as well as the fourth top five single from The Dutchess album. The song earned her the accolade of being the first female artist to attain three number one US singles from an album since 2000, when Christina Aguilera did so with her third single, "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", from her eponymous debut album. The song also charted at number one on the Radio Songs chart, the Pop Songs chart and the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was certified platinum on December 6, 2007, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Its digital download sales stand at 3,549,000, becoming her first single to surpass sales of three million downloads. "Big Girls Don't Cry" is Fergie's most downloaded song, ahead of "Fergalicious", "Glamorous", "Clumsy", and "London Bridge". In Canada, the song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 17 on the issue dated June 2, 2007. "Big Girls Don't Cry" entered the top five in its third week and reached number one in its seventh week on the chart. It logged three consecutive weeks at the summit and a total of 53 weeks on the chart. In Australia, "Big Girls Don't Cry" debuted and peaked at number one on the issue dated July 22, 2007. It ended Rihanna's six-week hold