It reached the top of the Netherlands charts in September 2009, making it Anouk's first number one in the country.

In June of the same year, one of the songs recorded for the album, "Today", was released as promo material.

It was so successful that, despite never being released as an official single, the song reached number 50 in the Dutch chart.

For Bitter or Worse debuted at number one on the Dutch Hot 100 after only two days of release and was certified platinum with sales of over 60,000 copies.

On November 17, 2009, it was announced that For Bitter or Worse had reached double Platinum status in the Netherlands with sales of over 120,000.