the Oricon Albums Chart and had sold an estimated 329,382 units by the year end. At the 1991 Japan Gold Disc Awards, Madonna was honored by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) with Best Album of the Year – Pop Female, Grand Prix Album of the Year, and Grand Prix Artist of the Year; the last two were given for the best-selling international album and the best-selling international artist of the year, respectively. The album also experienced success in European markets. In Germany, I'm Breathless topped the Media Control albums chart and was certified gold by Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipping 250,000 copies. In France, the album peaked at number three, and was certified double-gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In the Netherlands, I'm Breathless entered the MegaCharts at number twelve during the week of June 3, 1990. It eventually peaked at number five, staying a total of nineteen weeks on the chart. The Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers (NVPI) certified the album gold for shipment of 50,000 copies. On the Swiss Albums Chart dated June 3, 1990, I'm Breathless debuted on its peak position of number three. After nineteen weeks, it was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipment of 25,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, during the week dated June 2, 1990. Soon after, I'm Breathless was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments of over 300,000 units. In Spain, the album peaked at number two, and was certified double platinum for shipping 200,000 copies. The album has sold seven million copies worldwide. Impact In The Soundtrack Album: Listening to Media (2020), editors explained that the trend of releasing albums with the concept "Music From and Inspired By" began "in large part due to the success of Prince's Batman album (1989) and Madonna's I'm Breathless album". With this release, Madonna brought back the glamour of the Prohibition era. Joe Blistein of Rolling Stone explained that the album "recalled the Prohibition era more than anything in the contemporary zeitgeist". Contemporary and retrospective assessments specifically praised the results despite her musical reinvention, with Blistein describing "it was a decisively dizzying left turn for an artist who'd already built a solid career out of them". Biographer Marie Cahill in Madonna