with over 40,000 downloads sold. The song eventually reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, becoming her fourth top-three single and third number-one. The song also debuted at number 18 on the International Gaon Chart in South Korea and at number 64 in Canada. "Stronger" proved to be successful internationally, charting in the UK, Poland, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Russia, and Australia. The song has received a Gold certification in New Zealand and The United Kingdom and a Platinum certification in Australia. "Dark Side" was released as the album's third single. Prior to the announcement, the song debuted at number 48 on the International Gaon Chart. It officially impacted Top 40/Mainstream radio in the US on December 26, 2011. Following its release as a single, the song debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked there at number 42. Tours Clarkson also stated in interviews that she was developing touring plans to support Stronger, which would begin in North America in January, during which she stated she might release a live album. On November 15, 2011, RCA announced the North American tour dates, which began on January 13, 2012 at the MGM Grand Theatre in Mashantucket, Connecticut and ended on April 14, 2012 at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington. Folk rock musician Matt Nathanson and rock band Carolina Liar became the opening acts for the tour. Australian dates began on September 25, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia and ended October 5, 2012 in Perth, Australia. UK and Ireland dates for the tour began on October 10, 2012 in Dublin at The O2 and ended October 20, 2012 at London's Wembley Arena. On April 16, 2012, Clarkson and The Fray announced that they would be co-headlining a summer concert tour promoting Stronger and The Fray's third studio album, Scars and Stories. The tour began on July 21, 2012 in Ridgefield, Washington and ended on September 15, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Critical reception Stronger received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 11 reviews. Mikael Wood of Spin wrote that, although "Stronger isn't Clarkson's long-promised Nashville album", she "delivers tunes like 'Einstein' and the disco-glam title track with a country singer's earthy conviction." Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly