 In Australia, the album debuted at number four, where it stayed consecutively for two weeks before falling to the number five position. On the countries 2010 year end chart the album ranked at position eleven. The album has since been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for sales of 140,000 copies. Animal was released on January 11, 2010 in New Zealand and debuted and peaked at number six. The album was listed at position thirty on New Zealand's 2010, year end chart. It has since been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for sales of 7,500 units. As of September 2014, the album has sold over 4,500,000 copies worldwide.
