 Stone Temple Pilots peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 61 @,@ 933 copies its first week . The album was prevented from reaching number one by the television soundtrack Glee : The Music , Volume 3 Showstoppers . The album dropped to number 16 in its second week and to number 45 in its third week . The album also peaked at number one on Billboard 's Hard Rock and Rock Albums charts , as well as number one on the Alternative Songs chart . The album reached the top 10 in two countries , Canada ( number two ) and New Zealand ( number 6 ) ; the top 40 in three countries , Australia ( number 21 ) , Finland ( number 35 ) and Switzerland ( number 36 ) ; and the top 100 for two countries , Austria ( number 54 ) and Germany ( number 52 ) . Sales for the album dropped 70 % in its second week , selling 18 @,@ 601 copies , and continued to drop another 44 % in its third week , selling 10 @,@ 473 copies . The fourth week saw sales drop 18 % , with 8 @,@ 538 copies sold . 
