waka waka

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" debuted at number forty-three with the June 26, 2010, issue of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling 57,000 digital downloads.^[16] This start was Shakira's second-highest debut on the Hot 100, after "She Wolf" opened at thirty-four in 2009.^[17] In the following week (issue dated July 3), "Waka Waka" reached number thirty-eight.^[18] Four months after its release, the song was certified gold by RIAA for sales of over 500,000.^[19] "Waka Waka" also debuted at No. 47 on Hot Latin Songs and No. 35 on Latin Pop Songs. On the successive week, dated June 26, 2010, it was named Greatest Gainer on both charts, reaching position 26 on Hot Latin Songs and 11 on Latin Pop Songs. It also debuted on Tropical Songs at 31 that week.^[20] The song has since reached position two on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs, and two on Latin Pop Songs.^[21][22] On the Canadian Hot 100, the song debuted at No. 65 with the May 29, 2010, issue ofBillboard.^[23] It dropped off the chart briefly, then re-entered at 72 on the June 19, 2010, issue, getting noted as Best Comeback.^[24] In the following week, it jumped up almost sixty places to 14.^[25] It then climbed further to 11.^[21] On the European Hot 100, "Waka Waka" debuted at 88 and later reached number one.^[26]

"Waka Waka" debuted at number twenty-three on Australian Physical Singles Chart on June 14, 2010, and then rose to number six.^[27] On June 21, 2010, the song debuted at number thirty-nine on Australian Top 50 Singles Chart^[28] and number thirty-seven on the Top 40 Digital Track Chart.^[29] In its third week "Waka Waka" peaked at number thirty-two.^[30] "Waka Waka" entered the UK Singles Chart on June 13, 2010 at thirty-eight, on July 18, 2010 it climbed to a peak of number twenty-one, therefore marking Shakira's ninth top thirty hit in the UK. It has so far spent 11 weeks inside the UK top 40.^[31] On the June 19, 2010, issue Shakira debuted at number twelve on the Japan Hot 100.^[32]On the Spanish Single Charts for the week ending May 16, 2010, the song debuted at number eighteen as the week's strongest entry.^[33]Three weeks later "Waka Waka" had topped the chart.^[34] On its sixth week on the Spanish Singles Chart, "Waka Waka" was certified Goldfor shipment or sales of at least 20,000 copies, and was certified Platinum the following week.^[35] The single has become Shakira's longest-running number one in Spain, topping the chart for 17 consecutive weeks, from June to September.^[36]

The song debuted on the French Digital Singles Chart at position 31, selling 2,100 downloads.^[37] On its succeeding week, the song was up twenty-nine position and reached number two on sales of 7,900.^[37] On its third week, it topped the chart with sales up 26% to almost 10,000 copies.^[38] On its fourth week, the song was selling more than 10,000 copies.^[39] In its fifth week, sales increased 35% over the preceding week with 13,500 downloads.^[40] In its sixth week, the song sold more than 15,400 downloads, up 14% over the previous week.^[41]

The single became a worldwide hit with No. 1 spots in at least 16 countries including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Finland,France, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and host country South Africa.^[42] According to Columbia Records, the song enjoyed 27,000 legal digital downloads in Mexico alone.^[43] AFStereo's Aircheck said that "Waka Waka" was played 518 times on 30 of the radio stations it monitored, as well as six television channels in May.^[44]

According to FIFA "Waka Waka" has sold four million copies worldwide.^[45] In the history of the World Cup it is the fastest-selling single and the biggest-selling World Cup single of the digital age.^[46] The song was also ranked number eight at Weekly Summer Playlist of Billboard Charts.^[47] In India, 300,000 subscribers of Vodafone Essar bought the Waka Waka anthem on mobile phones. That is more than 10,000 downloads per day and average monthly 200,000 downloads in a month.^[48] On July 12, 2010, Shakira's official website announced that "Waka Waka" was number one in all the countries served by the radio network Los 40 Principales (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina). Shakira becomes the second artist who achieved this, after Alejandro Sanz.^[49]

Selling 600,000 copies and reaching 2× Platinum in Germany, Waka Waka is Shakira's most successful single there