"It Won't Be Soon Before Long" debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 429,000 copies in its first week of release. "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" sold 102,000 copies digitally, breaking a record set last week when Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" (Machine Shop/Warner Bros.) moved 84,000 via that format to debut at No. 1. The latter album slips to No. 2 this week with 198,000, a 68% sales decline. In December 2007, the album ranked number one for iTunes top best selling albums of 2007.