At the 32nd Grammy Awards, Brown won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Every Little Step". "Don't Be Cruel" received extremely positive reviews from music critics"." It was far more successful than Brown's debut album, spending a total of six weeks on top of the "Billboard" 200 and being the best-selling album of 1989 in the United States. On April 28, 1995 it was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album sold over 12 million copies worldwide in total. In 2015, "Billboard" ranked "Don't Be Cruel" at number 82 on its list of the Greatest of All Time "Billboard" 200 Albums.