"Evolution" sold over 950,000 units in Japan and was certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments off one million units within the country. The song was also certified gold by RIAJ for more than 100,000 legal downloads in July 2014, which equivalently tallies the sales to over one million sales in Japan, as of July 2014. "Evolution" became Hamasaki's best selling single in 2001 onwards until it was surpassed by her 2002 EP "H", which also charted at number one and was the only release in 2002 to sell over one million units. As of today, "Evolution" is Hamasaki's sixth best selling single in her musical career just behind "H" at five, "Boys & Girls" at four, "M" at three, "Seasons" at two and "A" at one.