In the United Kingdom, it was the group's biggest hit up to that point. It peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and sold over 190,000 copies. The song was Destiny's Child first number one in Asia. This single enabled the group to break into the Asian market, when R&B music was just beginning to receive strong airplay. In the Philippines, it was the longest number one single by an R&B girl group, topping the charts for seven weeks. In Australia, it was the second recording ever by an R&B girl group to reach number one on the ARIA Singles chart after TLC's "No Scrubs" and helped to propel "The Writing's on the Wall" to multi-platinum success.