 After debuting at number three on the Italian Albums Chart , Laundry Service ascended to number two the following week but was kept from attaining the top position by Alanis Morissette 's 2002 album Under Rug Swept . In Spain , Servicio de Lavanderia reached number two on the PROMUSICAE albums chart . It also charted in 2005 in the country along with Shakira 's fifth and sixth studio albums Fijación Oral , Vol . 1 and Oral Fixation , Vol . 2 , respectively . The album has been certified quintuple @-@ platinum by PROMUSICAE for shipments of 500 @,@ 000 units . In Sweden , Laundry Service debuted atop the Sverigetopplistan chart and stayed on the top position for three weeks . It was certified double platinum by IFPI Sweden in 2003 . In Switzerland , the album entered the Schweizer Hitparade chart at number 81 and peaked at number one , spending a total of 84 weeks on the chart . Laundry Service was later certified quintuple @-@ platinum by the IFPI for selling 200 @,@ 000 units in Switzerland . In the United Kingdom , Laundry Service debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart . It later peaked at number two . The album was certified double @-@ platinum by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) for shipments of 600 @,@ 000 copies . By 2002 , Laundry Service had sold more than four million copies in Europe alone and thus was certified quadruple @-@ platinum by IFPI Europe . 
