 In the United States , " The Sweet Escape " debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated December 30 , 2006 . Following Stefani and Akon 's performance of the song on American Idol in late March 2007 , it peaked at number two on the chart dated April 14 behind Akon 's subsequent single " Don 't Matter " , selling 140 @,@ 200 downloads during that week . The song spent 15 consecutive weeks in the top 10 and remained on the chart for over nine months , listed at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 year @-@ end chart . The single was successful in mainstream music , topping the Pop 100 and Pop 100 Airplay charts and reaching number two on the Mainstream Top 40 chart . It had strong airplay on adult contemporary stations and reached the top five of the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks charts . The song was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 2008 Grammy Awards , but lost to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss ' " Gone Gone Gone ( Done Moved On ) " . At over 2 @.@ 1 million downloads , " The Sweet Escape " was the third best @-@ selling digital track of 2007 , and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems listed it as the fifth most played song of the year . The song had equal success on Billboard 's Canadian Hot 100 ; it reached number two on unpublished versions of the chart , and debuted at number 14 when the chart was introduced during the week of June 2 , 2007 , the 10th week that " The Sweet Escape " had been listed . The song remained on the Canadian Hot 100 for over six months after the chart was officially introduced . 
