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==Commercial performance== ''Vulgar Display of Power'' debuted at number 44 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pantera|chart=all}}|title=Chart History: Pantera |magazine=Billboard.com|access-date=October 24, 2008}}</ref> It was the longest-charting album in the band's discography, charting for 78 consecutive weeks at that time.<ref name="billboard"/> On February 9, 1993, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), then platinum on November 7, 1997. It then reached double platinum sales on July 7, 2004, denoting 2,000,000 units sold.<ref name="RIAA"/> It has sold 1,770,521 copies in the US in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pantera: Soundscan Sales Revealed |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/pantera-soundscan-sales-revealed |website=Blabbermouth |access-date=May 23, 2025 |date=February 24, 2002}}</ref> In the beginning of June 2012, the reissue re-entered the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 88, selling over 9,000 copies, which it has brought to over 2,177,000 copies sold in the US. It also charted for two weeks, bringing its total to 80 weeks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard 200 - For Week of June 2, 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2012-06-02/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 23, 2025 |date=June 2, 2012}}</ref> According to [[Luminate (company)|Luminate]] (formerly SoundScan), it has sold 2,350,000 copies domestically as of the end of 2024.<ref name="USSales">{{cite web |last1=Carroll |first1=Rob |title=The Highest Selling Album by 16 Big Metal Bands |url=https://loudwire.com/highest-selling-album-metal-bands/ |website=[[Loudwire]] |access-date=May 22, 2025 |date=January 16, 2025}}</ref> Internationally, the album charted in four countries in its original release, including number 64 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]],<ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pantera/|title=Pantera|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref> number 69 on the [[Media Control Charts|Germany]]<ref name="germanchart">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Pantera/longplay|title=Chartverfolgung / Pantera / Longplay|publisher=Musicline.de|language=de|access-date=October 24, 2008}}</ref> and number 56 in [[ARIA Charts|Australia]].<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=212}}</ref> It has charted an additional two countries in the later years, where it peaked at number 54 in [[Oricon|Japan]]<ref name="oricon">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/131346/ranking/cd_album/|title=Pantera|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=May 24, 2012}}</ref> and number 196 in [[Ultratop|Belgium]].<ref name="Wallonia"/> It was certified platinum in Australia by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA"/> and Japan by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ).<ref name="AWARDSIRE"/> The album received gold certifications in Canada,<ref name="MC"/> Argentina,<ref name="CAPIF"/> New Zealand<ref name="RMNZ"/> and the United Kingdom.<ref name="BPI"/> ===Singles=== The album has spawned two singles. Its [[lead single]], "Mouth for War", became the band's first song to ever chart, debuted on 10 October 1992 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and managed to peak at number 73.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart on October 10, 1992 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19921004/7501/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=May 23, 2025 |date=October 10, 1992}}</ref> The album's second single, "Walk", marked their first top 40 UK hit when it debuted at number 35 for a period of two weeks in the chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart on February 21, 1992 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19930221/7501/ |website=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=May 23, 2025 |date=February 21, 1992}}</ref>
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