▁copies ▁sold . ▁In ▁its ▁fif teenth ▁week ▁after ▁release , ▁the ▁album ▁to pped ▁the ▁chart ▁and ▁enjoyed ▁its ▁highest ▁sales ▁week ▁in ▁December , ▁s elling ▁ 2 9 5 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁week ▁at op , ▁ 3 9 5 , 0 0 0 ▁the ▁following ▁week ▁and ▁pe aking ▁with ▁ 5 0 5 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁sold ▁in ▁year ' s ▁final ▁week . ▁It ▁stayed ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁for ▁eight ▁non - con sec utive ▁weeks . ▁It ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁for ▁thirty - one ▁weeks ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁for ▁ 1 2 8 ▁weeks ▁( more ▁than ▁two ▁years , ▁longer ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁of ▁her ▁albums ), ▁re - ent ering ▁the ▁chart ▁three ▁times . ▁The ▁album ▁also ▁reached ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁Top ▁R & B / H ip - H op ▁Albums . ▁Music ▁Box ▁was ▁the ▁second - best ▁s elling ▁album ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁only ▁behind ▁A ce ▁of ▁Base ' s ▁The ▁Sign . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Music ▁Box ▁became ▁Care y ' s ▁best - s elling ▁album ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁being ▁cert ified ▁Diam ond ▁by ▁the ▁R I AA , ▁den oting ▁ship ments ▁of ▁ten ▁million ▁copies . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁became ▁a ▁success ▁in ▁Canada , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁number ▁two ▁on ▁the ▁charts ▁and ▁being ▁cert ified ▁seven -