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===Commercial performance=== ''No Code'' sold 366,500<nowiki> </nowiki>copies in its first week of release, topping the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], but falling short of analysts' predictions of at least 535,000 copies. This was significantly less than what the band's previous two albums sold in their respective first weeks of release. It was, however, the seventh biggest-selling debut of what was a slow year for the industry.<ref name="wayout"/><ref>Mayfield, Josh. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA103 "Between the Bullets: Big But Not Huge"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. September 14, 1996.</ref> It stayed at number one for two weeks, and was Pearl Jam's last album to debut at number one on the album chart until ''[[Backspacer]]'' was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/267218/chart-beat-thursday-black-eyed-peas-pearl-jam-frank-sinatra|title=Chart Beat Thursday: Black Eyed Peas, Pearl Jam, Frank Sinatra| last=Trust |first=Gary | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=October 1, 2009| access-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref> By its sixth week, the album had sold 790,000 copies.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsN/nirvana.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991109094228/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicArtistsN/nirvana.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 1999|title=Death can't stop Nirvana|last=Sakamoto|first=John|date=October 9, 1996|access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> ''No Code'' was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]],<ref name=RIAA>[http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=No+Code&artist=Pearl+Jam&perPage=25&go=Search Gold and Platinum Database Search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |date=June 26, 2007 }}. [[RIAA]]. Retrieved on May 28, 2008.</ref> but was the band's first album to not reach multi-platinum status. As of 2013, the album has sold 1.7 million<nowiki> </nowiki>copies in the United States according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72091/10ask| title=Ask Billboard: Ready for a Riot| last=Caulfield | first=Keith| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=March 2003| access-date=July 25, 2007}}</ref> Three singles were released from ''No Code''. The lead single "[[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]" peaked at number 31 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and reached number one on the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock]] charts and number five on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] charts. Neither of the album's other singles, "[[Hail, Hail]]" and "[[Off He Goes]]", charted on the Hot 100, but both placed on the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, as did album track "Red Mosquito".<ref>{{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=no-code-r239233/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} | title=Pearl Jam β ''No Code'' β Billboard Singles | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=June 11, 2007}}</ref> "Present Tense" reached No. 1 on [[iTunes]]' Top 40 US Rock Songs chart on May 18, 2020, after being featured in the ending of the [[ESPN]] documentary series ''[[The Last Dance (miniseries)|The Last Dance]]''.
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