Abrahadabra“, the ninth album from Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR, sold 9,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous CD, „In Sorte Diaboli“, opened with 14,000 units back in May 2007 to debut at No. 43. This was more than double the 6,400 first-week tally achieved by its predecessor, „Death Cult Armageddon“, which came out in September 2003 and landed at position No. 169 on The Billboard 200 chart.
„Abrahadabra“ first-week chart positions:
Norway: #2
Germany: #15
Sweden: #17
Ireland: #19
Austria: #20
Switzerland: #24
Canada: #30
USA: #42
France: #43
Finland: #48
Belgium: #52
„For We Are Many“, the new album from Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS, sold 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band’s previous CD, „Overcome“, opened with just under 29,000 units in September 2008 to enter the chart at No. 16.
„Empire“, the new album from MADBALL, sold around 1,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 15 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.