"Aladdin Sane" was released on 13 April 1973 by RCA Records. With a purported 100,000 copies ordered in advance, the album debuted at the top of the UK charts, where it remained for five weeks. In the US, where Bowie already had three albums in the charts, "Aladdin Sane" peaked at No. 17, making it Bowie's most successful album commercially in both countries to that date. According to Pegg, this feat was unheard of at the time and guaranteed "Aladdin Sane"s status as Britain's best-selling album since "the days of the Beatles". The album is estimated to have sold 4.6 million copies worldwide, making it one of Bowie's highest-selling LPs. "The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums" notes that Bowie "ruled the [British] album chart, accumulating an unprecedented 182 weeks on the list in 1973 with six different titles." Following Bowie's death in 2016, the album reentered the US charts, peaking at No. 16 on the "Billboard" Top Pop Catalog Albums chart the week of 29 January 2016, where it remained for three weeks. It also peaked at No. 6 on the "Billboard" Vinyl Albums the week of 18 March 2016, remaining on the chart for four weeks.