 In Canada , the album peaked atop the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart and is Shakira 's only album to reach number one in the country . Eventually , Laundry Service was certified quintuple @-@ platinum by Music Canada for shipments of 500 @,@ 000 albums . In the United States , Laundry Service debuted and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 200 @,@ 000 copies in its first week . It stayed on the chart for a total of 61 weeks . The album also debuted and peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart . After around six months since its release , Laundry Service had been certified triple @-@ platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 3 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 units in the United States . It is Shakira 's best @-@ selling album in the country , with sales of 3 @,@ 526 @,@ 000 units as of March 2014 . According to the IFPI , Laundry Service was the seventh best @-@ selling album in the world in 2002 . 
