It was released by Atlantic Records on August 30, 2005 in the United States.

[4] It also earned two Grammy Award nominations for Best Gospel Performance and Best Gospel Song, with "Be Blessed" winning the former category at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards.

[5] Day by Day is Adams' highest-charting album, debuting at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, with first week sales of 29,316;[6] besting her previous peaks of number 24 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Mountain High...Valley Low (1999).

[7][8] Furthermore, Day by Day is her fourth consecutive number-one album on the US Top Gospel Albums chart, where it spent 3 weeks at number-one.

[10] It went on to spend a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard 200 and 56 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it ranked at number 86 on the 2006 year-end chart.