The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus come in at 14 on Billboard charts

Although platinum-plus Florida modern rock quartet THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS chose the title of their second Virgin Records album, LONELY ROAD, with family and friends at home in mind, the band has gathered a loyal worldwide group of fellow travelers in the last two years. Those fans’ enthusiasm in the album’s week of release has resulted in a No. 14 debut in national Billboard Top 200 album sales and a No. 1 Alternative digital album, making this their highest sales chart position ever.

Prior to the February 3rd release of LONELY ROAD, the lead-off single “You Better Pray” had proven itself a national hit in both the Alternative and Active Rock radio formats, with wide video exposure through FUSE, Music Choice, MTVu and MTV2, which premiered their video all day long on “Unleashed.” This week, RJA will appear on ABC’s late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live on Feb. 11th, performing a new single, “Pen & Paper,” which was originally given away as an MP3 at Christmas to fans on the bands MySpace page. The singles overwhelming demand turned into a sales phenomenon and has since added to their over 41 million plays on Myspace (Face Down over 20 million & Your Guardian Angel reaching over 18 million). Historically, RJA’s known for their dedicated and fanatical followers, which resulted in selling more than 2.1 million singles from their debut album DON’T YOU FAKE IT.