Debut album from ‘American Idol’ runner-up Lauren Alaina enters chart at #5. By Gil Kaufman Evanescence Photo: Wind-up Records Amy Lee and Evanescence will be back in a familiar place next week with their first album in five years. Evanescence’s self-titled effort will hit #1 on the Billboard 200 on sales of 127,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. While impressive, the sales were less than half of what the band’s 2006 sophomore album, The Open Door, sold (447,000) in its first week in 2006. Hard rockers Five Finger Death Punch lock down the #3 slot with American Capitalist (91,000), easily besting “American Idol” runner-up Lauren Alaina, whose Wildflower hits the chart at #5 on sales of 69,000. Also debuting in the top 10 are Ryan Adams ‘ 13th effort, Ashes & Fire, which sold 49,000 copies, and country star Martina McBride , whose Eleven sneaks in at #10 (40,000). Rounding out the top 10: Adele , 21 (#2, 111,000); “Idol” champ Scotty McCreery ‘s debut, Clear as Day (down 55 percent in its second week to #4 on 88,000); Tony Bennett , Duets II (#6, 55,000); Lady Antebellum , Own the Night (#8, 47,000); and Lil Wayne , Tha Carter IV (#9, 45,000). In a week when most of the hold-over in the top 15 lost ground, the only gainer is Foster the People ‘s five-month-old debut, Torches, which is up 19 percent to #12 (27,000). Joe Jonas ‘ debut solo album, Fastlife, pops in at #15 (18,000) and the soundtrack to the shoots up 120 spots to #16 as sales soared by more than 400 percent to 18,000. Further down the line, Icelandic conundrum Bj
