Art Angels debuted at number one on Billboards Top Alternative Albums chart with first-week sales of 11,000 copies, earning Boucher her first number one on the chart. As of February 2016, the album had sold 50,000 copies in the United States. The album also peaked at numbers two and 36 on the Independent Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. The album debuted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 2,964 copies in its first week. Upon the album's release on CD five weeks later, it re-entered the UK chart at number 59 with 4,193 copies sold.
