 In the United States , The Singles Collection debuted at number twenty @-@ two in the Billboard 200 , selling 26 @,@ 800 copies in its first week . The album has sold over 250 @,@ 000 copies in the United States . In Canada , the album was certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association ( CRIA ) for sales over 40 @,@ 000 copies . The album debuted at number fifteen in Mexico and was certified gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas ( AMPROFON ) for shipments over 30 @,@ 000 units . On November 23 , 2009 , the album debuted in the Australian Albums Chart at number twenty @-@ three . The same week , it debuted at number twenty @-@ two in New Zealand . The album reached the top forty in Belgium ( Wallonia ) , Denmark , Greece , New Zealand and Norway , and also charted in Belgium ( Flanders ) , Finland , Spain and the Netherlands . In January 2011 , The Singles Collection re @-@ entered the charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom , at number fifty @-@ one and forty @-@ seven , respectively . 
