Swedish metallers OPETH have sold more than 19,000 copies of their new album, „Watershed“, in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 23 on The Billboard 200 chart.
„Watershed“ is the follow-up to the band’s acclaimed „Ghost Reveries“ CD, which debuted at No. 64 on the Billboard chart back in September 2005 with first-week sales of just under 15,000. OPETH’s 2003 album, „Damnation“, opened with a little over 5,000 copies.
„Watershed“ has registered the following first-week chart positions so far:
Australia: #7
Holland: #14
Japan: #15 (Oricon chart)
USA: #23
UK: #34
Italy: #42
Ireland: #59
„Ghost Reveries“ has sold 95,000 copes in the United States since its 2005 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan