Day by Day is Adams' highest-charting album, debuting at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first week sales of 29,316;[6] besting her previous peaks of number 24 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Mountain High...Valley Low (1999).[7][8] Furthermore, Day by Day is her fourth consecutive number-one album on the US Top Gospel Albums chart, where it spent 3 weeks at number-one.[9] In its second week, the album sold 23,820 units, a 19% dip from its first week.[10] It went on to spend a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard 200 and 56 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it ranked at number 86 on the 2006 year-end chart.[11] On Top Gospel Albums, the album accumulated a total of 100 weeks[9] and ranked at number 5 on the 2006 year-end chart.[12]
^37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine on About.com; Jones, Kim
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^ a b"Yolanda Adams Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
^ a b"Yolanda Adams Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
^ a b c"Yolanda Adams Chart History (Top Gospel Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
^"HITS TOP 50 ALBUMS: THE INDUSTRY'S NO, I RETAIL CHART September 16, 2005" (PDF). Radio & Records. September 16, 2005. p. 26. Retrieved January 14, 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.
^ a b"Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^ a b"Top Gospel Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^"Billboard The Year in Music & Touring 2005: Top Gospel Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 24, 2005. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via World Radio History.
^"The Year in Music & Touring 2006: Top Gospel Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 23, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2024 – via World Radio History.