"Because of You" debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200 and &lt;a href="Top%20R%26amp%3BB/Hip-Hop%20Albums"&gt;Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums&lt;/a&gt; charts, selling over 250,000 copies in its first week, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom but was commercially less successful than "In My Own Words" elsewhere. Released to generally positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented the album for the advancement over its predecessor, it won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&amp;B Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2008.