In the United Kingdom the album opened at number 24 on September 2, 2006; the next week, it fell to number 29 and left the chart three weeks later. Almost one year later, it re-entered at number 6 during the week of August 11, 2007. The week following Prince's death, the album re-entered on the chart at number 10 and the next week; on May 5, 2016 it reached and peaked at number three. "Ultimate" remained on the UK Albums Chart for twenty seven weeks. It was certified platinum by the BPI on January 24, 2014 denoting shipments of 300,000 units.