Commercial Performance
Stadium Arcadium sold 442,000 copies in the United States in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 making it the band's first number one debut in their career. In Canada, the double album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 64,000 copies in its first week.
"Dani California" spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and is one of three songs in the history of the chart to debut at number one.
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