 The album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart , totaling nine non @-@ consecutive weeks at the top . On December 12 , 1999 , the Canadian Recording Industry Association certified it Diamond , for sales over 1 million units . ... Baby One More Time spent two weeks at number two on the European Top 100 Albums , and sold over four million copies within the continent , being certified quadruple platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . The album reached number two in the United Kingdom , number four in France and was certified triple Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry , double Platinum by the Syndicat National de l 'Édition Phonographique , triple Gold in Germany by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , and ten @-@ times Platinum ( Diamond ) by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . ... Baby One More Time debuted at number nine in May 1999 on the Australian Albums Chart , reaching at number two nine weeks later , placing behind the Dawson 's Creek soundtrack . The album became the seventh highest @-@ selling of 1999 in the country , and was certified four @-@ times Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association the following year after shipping 280 @,@ 000 copies to retailers . The track debuted at number three in the New Zealand , placing behind Shania Twain 's Come on Over and The Corrs ' . The album was later certified triple Platinum in the country by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand . 
