The album debuted at Number 1 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on 25 August 1997, knocking "Middle of Nowhere" by Hanson off the top spot, making it Arena's second Number 1 album. During its fourth week in the charts, the album regained the top spot for two consecutive weeks. "In Deep" spent a total of three weeks at Number 1 and went on to spend a total of 60 weeks in the Top 100, re-entering once, and being certified triple platinum by ARIA. It was the eighth highest selling album in Australia for 1997 and the eighty-fifth for 1998. It was also nominated for three ARIA Awards in 1998 for Highest Selling Album, Best Female Artist and Highest Selling Single for "Burn".