 Upon its release, "Tamia" debuted and peaked at sixty-seven on the US "Billboard" 200 and reached the eighteenth spot on "Billboard"s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.In total, the album sold 416,000 copies in the United States, and finished sixty-second on "Billboard"s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums year-end chart in 1998.In Japan, "Tamia" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) in June 1998 for more than 100,000 copies shipped to stores.