VELVET REVOLVER Enter Billboard Chart At No. 1, GENE SIMMONS Lands At No. 86

VELVET REVOLVER's "Contraband" sold 256,264 copies in the U.S. during its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, the long-awaited sophomore solo effort from KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, "Asshole", registered a first-week tally of 12,913 to land at No. 86.