“Sounds Of A Playground Fading”, the tenth album from Swedish metallers IN FLAMES, sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart.

IN FLAMES‘ previous CD, “A Sense of Purpose” (Koch) opened with 20,000 units to land at No. 28. This was slightly less than the opening tally of “Come Clarity” (Ferret), which shifted just under 24,000 copies in February 2006 to enter the chart at position No. 58.

“Sounds Of A Playground Fading” has registered the following first-week chart positions so far:

Germany: #1
Sweden: #2
Austria: #6
Norway: #10
Denmark: #25
USA: #27
France: #34
Belgium: #55

Source: Blabbermouth.net