 Following "WZRD"'s release on February 28, 2012, the album debuted at #3 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 66,000 physical and digital copies in the United States.The album also debuted on the Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums at number one, and at #9 on the Canadian Albums Chart respectively.In April 2012, in Geneseo, New York, Cudi performed before a sold-out crowd and premiered a hip hop song, his first since 2010.