Chart Performance

"Stripped" debuted at number two in the U.S. selling over 330,000 copies but quickly began to slide down the charts. The first single, "Dirrty", had failed to reach the top forty in the U.S., and Aguilera's record label quickly released "Beautiful" as a follow-up single to prevent the descent of the album on the charts. "Beautiful" and as well as the proceeding singles "Fighter", "Can't Hold Us Down" and "The Voice Within helped "Stripped" become one of the steadiest selling albums in 2003, coming in at No. 10 on the Billboard year-end list of the top selling albums of the year. To date, the album has sold over 4.1 million copies in the US. The staying power of the "Stripped" was also shown in the U.K., even though it debuted at a disappointing No. 19 and continued its decline on the charts despite "Dirrty" being a No. 1 hit for two weeks, eventually reached its peak position, No. 2, with the release of "Beautiful" and consistently stayed in the top twenty during 2003 and early 2004. It was certified five times platinum and became the 3rd best-selling album of 2003 there. In December 2004, "Stripped" was certified 3× platinum by the IFPI for shipments of more than 3 million copies inside Europe, of which 2 million were sold in the U.K. alone. It is also quadruple platinum in Australia despite only reaching a peak of number seven. It is 2× platinum in Canada. "Stripped" has sold over 9 million albums worldwide according to Rolling Stone magazine. In March 2008, the track "Walk Away" entered at number 35 on the official Danish Singles Chart, due to massive downloads

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