Editing Sound Loaded (section)

==Commercial performance==
''Sound Loaded'' debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 318,000 copies, according to data compiled by [[Nielsen SoundScan]] for the chart dated December 2, 2000, becoming Martin's second top-five album on the list.<ref name="Billboard Sound"/><ref name="Billboard 200"/> It also debuted at number four on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Billboard charts#Discontinued charts|Top Internet Album Sales]] chart in the same week.<ref name="Top Internet Album Sales">{{cite magazine|year=2000|title=Top Internet Album Sales|magazine=Billboard|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86-IA14|volume=112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510092046/https://books.google.com/books?id=rRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86-IA14|archive-date=May 10, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the album was released in November, it was ranked among the best-selling albums of 2000 in the United States, selling over 1.1 million copies in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine|year=2001|title=Best-Selling Records of 2000|magazine=Billboard|page=64|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64|volume=96|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510094738/https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA64&sa=X|archive-date=May 10, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2000, it was certified double platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), denoting shipments of over two million copies in the US.<ref name="RIAA"/> As of January 2011, it has sold over 1,679,000 copies in the country, according to Nielsen SoundScan, making it Martin's second best-selling album in the US, only behind ''Ricky Martin'' (1999).<ref name="Nielsen Sales">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/473334/ask-billboard-what-the-forget-is-going-on?page=0%2C1|title=Ask Billboard: Viva la 'Vida' Singer|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 28, 2011|access-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531144752/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/473334/ask-billboard-what-the-forget-is-going-on?page=0%2C1|archive-date=May 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Sound Loaded'' debuted at number three in Australia, on the chart issue dated November 19, 2000.<ref name="aus"/> It was later certified double platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA), denoting shipments of over 140,000 copies in the country.<ref name="Australia Certification"/> In Canada, it peaked at number three on the ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Canadian Albums Chart]] and was certified triple platinum by the [[Music Canada|Canadian Recording Industry Association]] (CRIA), denoting shipments of over 300,000 units in the region.<ref name="can"/><ref name="cert canada"/> The album also reached number three in Spain,<ref name="spa"/> where it was certified double platinum by the [[Productores de Música de España]] (Promusicae), denoting shipments of over 200,000 copies.<ref name="spain ce"/> Additionally, ''Sound Loaded'' reached the top-10 in Argentina,<ref name="arg"/> Italy,<ref name="ita"/> Japan,<ref name="jap"/> New Zealand,<ref name="nz"/> Sweden,<ref name="swe"/> and Switzerland.<ref name="swi"/> In the United Kingdom, the album was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI), denoting shipments of over 300,000 copies in the country.<ref name="UK Certification"/> As of November 2006, the album has sold over seven million copies worldwide.<ref name="worldwidesales">{{cite news|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2006/11/10/235610/ricky-martin-ultima-estrella-del-festival-de-vina-2007.html|title=Ricky Martin, última estrella del Festival de Viña 2007|work=[[El Mercurio]]|access-date=December 9, 2021|date=November 10, 2006|language=Spanish|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209141907/https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2006/11/10/235610/ricky-martin-ultima-estrella-del-festival-de-vina-2007.html|url-status=live}}</ref>