 Overall, the album is his most successful album to date, which has been certified 9× Multi-Platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at number one on the "Billboard" 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era.It is the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at number one and is also the top-ranking debut album by a country artist.It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, "Ropin' the Wind" by Garth Brooks.