1 7 , ▁the ▁album ▁ranked ▁at ▁number ▁ 9 7 ▁on ▁the ▁list ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 5 0 ▁greatest ▁female ▁albums ▁of ▁all ▁time ▁by ▁the ▁National ▁Public ▁Radio . ▁ ▁Acc ol ades ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁performance ▁Day d ream ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁with ▁ 2 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁sold , ▁stay ing ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁spot ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁with ▁ 2 1 6 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁sold , ▁for ▁a ▁third ▁consecutive ▁week , ▁it ▁to pped ▁the ▁charts ▁with ▁ 1 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁sold . ▁It ▁gained ▁power ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁up coming ▁weeks ▁of ▁hol iday ▁sales ▁where ▁it ▁pe aked ▁in ▁the ▁year ' s ▁last ▁weeks ▁with ▁ 4 8 6 , 0 0 0 ▁and ▁ 7 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁units ▁sold ▁at ▁the ▁p inn acle . ▁The ▁album ▁moved ▁ 7 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁during ▁the ▁Christmas ▁week ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁the ▁album ' s ▁highest ▁sales ▁week . ▁It ▁also ▁reached ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁Top ▁R & B / H ip - H op ▁Albums ▁chart . ▁Day d ream ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁best - s elling ▁album ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁best - s elling ▁album ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁de cade ▁in ▁the ▁US