In its first week of release, "Late Registration" debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200 with first week sales of 860,000 copies, selling over 600,000 more copies than Tony Yayo's album "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" at number two. This stood as West's first chart-topping album in the United States and gave him nearly double that of "The College Dropout"s first-week sales. The following week, "Late Registration" remained atop the chart, though the sales decreased by 67% to 283,000 and the album had sold over 1.14 million copies within its first two weeks on the "Billboard" 200. "Late Registration" was certified four-times platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 23, 2020 for sales of four million units. The album had the highest-selling first week sales in the US for two years till West's own "Graduation" sold more in September 2007. As of June 2013, the album has sold 3.1 million copies in the US. The 860,000 copies sold in "Late Registration"s first week of release ranked as the eighth largest first week sales in hip hop history up to January 7, 2019.