Commercial Performance
Accompanied by minimal press coverage, it debuted at number forty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 18,200 copies in its first week of release. As of June 2011, the album has sold approximately 75,000 copies in the United States and 203,000 worldwide.
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