 ... Baby One More Time debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 selling 121 @,@ 000 units , replacing DMX 's Flesh of My Flesh , Blood of My Blood ( 1998 ) . Spears broke several records by doing so . The singer became the first new female artist to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one album on the Billboard 200 at the same time ; the first new artist ( male or female ) to have a single go to the number one spot the same week that the album debuted at number one ; and the first new female artist to have the first single and first album at number one the same week . Spears is also the youngest female in Billboard history to have a simultaneous single and album at number one in the same week . After four weeks since its release , the album had sold more than 500 @,@ 000 copies , according to Nielsen SoundScan sales data . After dropping to the top five , the album went back to number one in its fourth week , with a total of 804 @,@ 200 units sold . On its fifth week it reached its highest sales week with 229 @,@ 000 copies sold . ... Baby One More Time spent a total of six non @-@ consecutive weeks at number one , and sold more than 1 @.@ 8 million copies in its first two months of release in the country . In its 47th week on the Billboard 200 , the album held strong at number three , and with sales of over of 10 million copies in the United States alone . The album was later certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America , making Spears the youngest artist to receive that award , breaking Alanis Morissette 's record , who was 21 when she released Jagged Little Pill ( 1995 ) . The album was the fourteenth album since 1991 to sell over 10 million copies in the United States , and Spears became the best @-@ selling female artist of 1999 . ... Baby One More Time spent a total of fifty @-@ one weeks in the top ten of the Billboard 200 . The album spent a total of 103 weeks on the chart . ... Baby One More Time landed at number three on BMG Music Club all @-@ time best @-@ sellers list , selling 1 @.@ 6 million units , behind Shania Twain 's Come on Over ( 1997 ) . 
