In the UK, the album was a huge success, eclipsing sales of "Faith". "Listen Without Prejudice" debuted there at number one, where it remained for a week. It stayed at number two for the following two weeks. It spent 34 consecutive weeks in the top 20, and jumped from number 13 to number three in its 24th week. It spent a total of 88 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified platinum four times by the BPI on 2 January 1992. The 2017 re-released edition peaked at No. 1 in the UK charts, and sold 56,088 copies in its first week there.