August Burns Up the Charts
AUGUST BURNS RED’s Constellations Debuts at #24 on Billboard Top 200
HIGHEST CHART DEBUT OF YOUNG BAND’S CAREER
ALBUM #8 TOP CURRENT ROCK ALBUMS, #2 TOP HARD MUSIC ALBUMS
HITS #1 NEW MUSIC RELEASE ON ITUNES
July 22, 2009 - The long-awaited third full-length album from AUGUST BURNS RED,
Constellations, has debuted at an impressive #24 on the Billboard Top 200. Released
last Tuesday, July 14, the album has also landed at #8 on Current Rock Albums, #2
Top Hard Music Albums (less than 300 units behind NICKLEBACK!) and #2 on the
Christian Market chart.
With sales of 20,401 copies in its first week, Constellations more than doubled the
first-week numbers of its predecessor, 2007’s Messengers, which debuted in the
Billboard Top 200 at #81 and went on to sell well over 80,000 copies.
Constellations also hit the #1 New Music Release spot iTunes the day it was
released, and entered the Top 100 at #6, nestled between a Michael Jackson best-of
album and the movie soundtrack for a certain wizard named Harry. “We thought we set
the bar pretty high for this release, but we never envisioned Constellations coming
out of the gates the way it has,” says guitarist JB Brubaker. “It’s so awesome to
have such supportive and enthusiastic listeners!”
The album has received high praise from the likes of Alternative Press,
AOL/Noisecreep, Decibel, Revolver and HM, which features the Lancaster, PA-based
metal adventurers on the cover of its July/August issue. AUGUST BURNS RED was also
the Artist of the Week at antiMUSIC and the featured artist on MySpace Music, where
fans have streamed songs from Constellations multiple millions of times.
AUGUST BURNS RED is currently on a U.S. headlining tour with support acts
BLESSTHEFALL, ENTER SHIKARI (July 10-27), ALL SHALL PERISH (July 28-August 8) and IWRESTLEDABEARONCE.
