Editing Version 2.0 (section)

==Commercial performance==
''Version 2.0'' debuted at number 13 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 88,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051228 |title=Garth Stays On Top |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=May 22, 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216114310/http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12051228 |archive-date=December 16, 2006 |access-date=August 16, 2007}}</ref> As of August 2008, the album had sold 1.7 million copies in the United States.<ref name="US sales">{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044600/ask-billboard-robin-sparkles-garbage-alkaline-trio-bayside |title=Ask Billboard: Robin Sparkles, Garbage, Alkaline Trio, Bayside |magazine=Billboard |date=August 1, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]], with first-week sales of 31,476 copies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/christie-leads-chart-into-new-era/033874 |title=Christie leads chart into new era |work=[[Music Week]] |date=April 17, 2005 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826103851/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/christie-leads-chart-into-new-era/033874 |archive-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> It had sold 579,912 copies in the UK by May 2012.<ref name="UK sales">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Alan |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-uk-suffers-lowest-album-sales-week-since-1996/048945 |title=Official Charts Analysis: UK suffers lowest album sales week since 1996 |work=Music Week |date=May 21, 2012 |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723062133/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-charts-analysis-uk-suffers-lowest-album-sales-week-since-1996/048945 |archive-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> Elsewhere, ''Version 2.0'' topped the charts in France and New Zealand, while reaching the top five in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Portugal.<ref name="ultratop"/><ref name="can"/><ref name="ire"/><ref name="BB-1998-05-30"/>

The album received its first gold discs on May 22, 1998, in the UK,<ref name="BPI"/> Belgium, France and New Zealand,<ref name="fastfacts"/> and by early October, it was certified platinum in New Zealand, Canada, and the UK,<ref name="BPI"/> and certified gold in the United States, Australia, and seven European countries.<ref name="fastfacts"/> It was eventually certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) on February 24, 1999.<ref name="RIAA"/> During the week of March 8, 1999, ''Version 2.0'' was officially awarded the European Platinum Award by the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] (IFPI) for sales of one million copies across Europe.<ref name="IFPI-Europe"/>

On June 3, 1999, ''Version 2.0'' was certified platinum in Spain,<ref name="fastfacts"/> and claimed the fifth-longest chart run on the [[Spanish Albums Chart]] on June 20, while an airplay-only single, "Temptation Waits", was released to Spanish radio.<ref>"Temptation Waits" press release (Retrieved - November 7, 2007)</ref> The album's sales continued into 2000; it was certified platinum in the UK for the second time on February 11, 2000,<ref name="BPI"/> before re-charting in the UK for the final time on July 15, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=24 |title=Studio Diary #12: A day in the life of a studio rat |publisher=Garbage.com |date=June 19, 2000 |access-date=May 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019224258/http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=24 |archive-date=October 19, 2006}}</ref> As of May 2018, ''Version 2.0'' had sold four million copies worldwide.<ref name="WW sales">{{cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Robbie |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8458149/shirley-manson-interview-20-years-of-garbage-version-2-0 |title=Shirley Manson Looks Back On 20 Years of Garbage's 'Sci-Fi Pop' Odyssey, 'Version 2.0' |magazine=Billboard |date=May 29, 2019 |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>