In North America, even the largest Latin retail chain in the United States refused to sell the album, "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" debuted at number four on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 157,000 copies. It set a record for the highest debut of a full-length Spanish-language album in the country, and topped the "Billboard" Top Latin Albums chart. It sold 77,000 copies in the second week, which is still higher than any other Spanish-language album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold over 1,019,000 copies (as of October 2017) in the US, making it the eight bestselling Latin album in the country. It was later certified platinum times eleven times by Latin standards, with shipments of over 1,100,000 copies. In 2009, "Billboard" named "Fijación Oral, Vol. 1" as the best-selling Latin pop album of the 2000s. In Mexico, the album debuted at number one, and was later certified triple platinum for shipments of 300,000 copies. It was certified gold in Central America.