Editing Pin Ups (section)

===Commercial performance===
In the UK, ''Pin Ups'' came at the height of Bowie's popularity there. The album had advance copies of 150,000, which was 50,000 more than ''Aladdin Sane''.{{sfn|Buckley|2005|pp=165–171}} Upon release, it spent 39 weeks on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and peaked at number one, remaining there for five weeks,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pin Ups – full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/pin-ups/ |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=22 August 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928000111/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/pin-ups/ |url-status=live }}</ref> matching the performance of ''Aladdin Sane''.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}} It brought the total number of Bowie albums concurrently on the UK chart to six.{{sfn|Sandford|1997|pp=114–116}} In the US, the album peaked at number 23 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape]] chart and remained on the chart for 21 weeks.<ref name="Billboard200 1973" /> O'Leary writes that ''Pin Ups'' was essentially a "new Bowie album" in America since only three of the original tracks that were released as singles had reached the top 40.{{sfn|O'Leary|2015|loc=chap. 7}} 

''Pin Ups'' was also a commercial success elsewhere. It topped the [[Sverigetopplistan]] chart in Sweden,<ref name="swechart" /> and reached number three in Spain,<ref name="Spanchart" /> four in Australia and Finland,<ref name="auchart" /><ref name="Finchart" /> six in Brazil and the Netherlands,<ref name="Brazilchar" /><ref name="NETHchart" /> seven in Italy,<ref name="Italychart" /> and eight in Norway and Yugoslavia.<ref name="NORchart" /><ref name="Yugochart" /> Sandford writes that by Christmas 1973, the album was selling 30,000 copies a week.{{sfn|Sandford|1997|pp=114–116}} Upon release of the massive commercially successful ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' (1983), ''Pin Ups'' returned to the UK chart again,{{sfn|Buckley|2005|p=345}} peaking at number 57.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=364–367}}