"D12 World" debuted at the top of the US, UK, Irish, Canadian, Australian and NZ albums charts. It debuted at number 2 in Germany and also in the top 5 in Switzerland and Norway. It debuted in the top 10 in Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It sold about 544,000 records in its first week of release in the United States alone, becoming the best performing sales week for a hip hop release of 2004 until the release of Eminem's Encore. Ultimately the album was certified double platinum, having a twenty-eight week stay on the chart overall.