Critical reception

Upon its release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72/100 from Metacritic

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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 editor from Allmusic rated it four-and-a-half-stars out of five, prasing Twain for: "been writting well crafted songs as universal anthems, so listeners can hear themselves within these tales." Erlewine further commented that: "The album had big, polished, multipurpose hooks and big, sweeping emotions. This is Super-Size pop, as outsized and grandiose as good pop should be", he conclued. Matthew Bjorke from About.com

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 rated it four-stars out of five and said that: "This 19 track opus is sure to please most fans of both pop and modern country." The Blender

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 review was also positive, saying that: "Twain's songs are never deep, but they have hooks tattooed on their skin and harmonies that glow like bar lights." Also with a positive review, Billboard said that: "[It's] quintessential Shania, light as vapor, sweet as sugar, rendered with personality and undeniable charisma." Expect precious metal." Andrew Lynch from Entertainment.ie

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 rated it three-stars out of five and said that: "The songs, themselves, meanwhile, are as bland and one-dimensional as they were on the smash hit Come On Over

Come on Over (Shania Twain album)

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, sassily upbeat stuff with a dash of girl power thrown in for good measure. A high proportion of them, however, are also infuriatingly catchy - suggesting that Twain may well have another global success on her hands." Chris Willman from Entertainment Weekly

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 was largely positive with the album, gaving a "A" grade for the album, comparing the album to "ABBA

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's Gold

ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits

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without all the melancholy." He also complimmeting "the sheer exuberance and joy of craftsmanship in this double-Up!-manship don't feel like mercenary insincerity. They resemble something like actual generosity... not to put too fine a point on it." The PopMatters

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 review was somewhat favorable, saying that the album "got everything from dance numbers to ballads, and it's vintage Shania". The review further said that: "Up! is a sense of Twain trying -- desperately trying at all levels -- to touch everyone, to express universal truths by artificial means: beats, tempos, instruments, etc." The review conclued that: "Up! is too generic and emotionless for that level of diversity, but in a very real sense, Twain has taken country music to its next level of popularity where country and pop are virtually indistinguishable." Robert Christgau

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 on his Consumer Guide Review praised the tracks "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!

I'm Gonna Getcha Good!

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 " and "Ka-Ching!

Ka-Ching!

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". The Rolling Stone

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 review was positive, rating it four-stars out of five and saying that: "Up! would be a knockout even if it were limited to its one disc of country music.... But the second, relentlessly kinetic pop disc is a revelation." Jennifer Nine from Yahoo! Music

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 rated it six-stars out of ten, saying that: "'Up!' is not without its little oddities and delights." And conclued that: "'Up!' takes on its all-things-to-all-wallets mission with real appetite." Alanna Nash from Amazon

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 was largely positive and conclued that: "There's something oddly hypnotic about much of this project, and it may be simply hearing what Shania can do when she abandons the pretense of being a country singer and concentrates on music. Call this a guilty pleasure

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--pop

Pop music

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, country

Country music

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, or somewhere in between."

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australian Albums Chart	1	2× platinum	160,000
Austrian Albums Chart	2	Platinum	40,000
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart	4	Gold	25,000
Belgian Wallonia Albums Chart	9
Brazilian Albums Chart		Platinum	250,000
Canadian Albums Chart	1	2× Diamond	2,000,000
Danish Albums Chart	5	Platinum	50,000
Dutch Albums Chart	8	Gold	60,000
European Albums Chart	2	3× platinum	3,000,000
Finnish Albums Chart	20
French Albums Chart	5	Platinum	360,000
German Albums Chart	1	2× platinum	600,000
Hungarian Albums Chart	13
Irish Albums Chart	3		60,000
Italian Albums Chart	45
Japanese Albums Chart	14	Gold	115,000
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	3× platinum	45,000
Norwegian Albums Chart	2	3× platinum	150,000
Polish Albums Chart - OLIS	8	Gold	10,000
Portuguese Albums Chart	8	Platinum	40,000
Spanish Albums Chart	25	Gold	50,000
Swedish Albums Chart	8	Platinum	60,000
Swiss Albums Chart	2	3× platinum	120,000
UK Albums Chart	4	3× platinum	900,000
U.S. Billboard 200	1	11× Platinum (Diamond)	5,800,000
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1