The Notorious K.I.M. debuted atop the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[REF] and at number four on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 229,000 copies-almost triple the sales of Lil' Kim's debut album, Hard Core (1996), which sold 78,000 copies [REF].
Elsewhere, the album opened at number 67 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 11 weeks on the charts.