Evanescence: New Album Expected To Push 110-120K In Debut Week

If there was ever a question about the loyalty of Evanescence fans, that’s gone, as the Arkansas-based, goth-inspired rockers’ self-titled third studio album is projected to sell between 110,000 and 120,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release.

The numbers are predicted by several industry forecasters and are based on one-day sales reports generated after the album was released on October 11 via Wind-up Records.

Evanescence’s new release, if it reaches #1, will denote frontwoman Amy Lee and the collective’s second #1 album, succeeding The Open Door in 2006. The Open Door debuted with 447,000 copies sold. The band’s debut, 2003’s Fallen, pushed a sky-scraping 7.6 million copies total in the U.S.

Heavy hit-makers Five Finger Death Punch are also projected to rake in a high total, as they’re projected to move 85,000 to 90,000 copies of their new album, American Capitalist, this week in the U.S. The group’s previous release, 2009’s War Is The Answer, enjoyed a 44,000 launch week.

That’s two rock outfits – Evanescence and Five Finger Death Punch – gunning for six-digit album release figures this week. Does this mean rock is on its way to a resurrection? Let’s hope!

Thanks for the report to Anne Erickson, Gibson.com.

Comments

[travislausch]

I wonder if this album is any good.

[Blucore]

Actually its not that bad. I've listened to it a couple of times and its a pretty solid album. Needs to have more solos like in Fallen, but you can defiantly feel the whole "band collaboration" which the last album I felt lacked.

[Ita3rd]

It is lacking in the solo department, unfortunately, but the songs are much more well constructed as a whole than on The Open Door.

[SIEGE312]

It's more light-hearted than Fallen or the Open Door, but still a solid record. Then again I had sorta low expectations...