"victoria beckham" faced a chart battle during the album's release week with kylie minogue's "fever". both singers had previously faced a battle in the singles' chart, when their singles were released on the same day. however, beckham's album debuted at number ten on the uk albums chart on 13 october 2001, whilst minogue's album topped the charts. "victoria beckham" charted for three weeks on the chart. however, the album has only sold 50,000 copies overall in the united kingdom, while costing £5 million to produce. after "being victoria beckham", an official documentary that aired in march 2002, the album re-entered the uk albums chart at number sixty-seven.