On the 6 82 weeks charting in the Netherlands, and was certified platinum for sales of 60,000 copies. "On the 6" was moderately successful in Australia, where it debuted (and peaked) at number 11 on July 18, 1999. In 2002 it was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling 70,000 copies. "On the 6" peaked at number 14 in the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 300,000 copies. The album entered the French album chart at number 24 on July 3, 1999, peaking at number 15 two weeks later. It spent
Erdős–Bacon number of 6. Firth's Bacon number of 1 is due to his appearance in "Where the Truth Lies". Kristen Stewart has an Erdős–Bacon number of 7; she is credited as a co-author on an artificial intelligence paper that was written after a technique was used for her short film "Come Swim", giving her an Erdős number of 5, and she co-starred with Michael Sheen in "Twilight", who co-starred with Bacon in "Frost/Nixon", giving her a Bacon number of 2. American scholar and actor Michael M. Chemers has an Erdös-Bacon number of 6. He co-authored a 2018 paper about "Game of Thrones"