Adam Lambert Gets a Big Boost from Oprah

By On 01/27/2010 · 104 Comments · In American Idol

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According to Brian Mansfield at Idol Chatter, Adam Lambert’s current single and album showed 60% increases this week over last. (for more, read HERE)

Why the big increase? It’s Oprah, of course. Oprah Winfrey devoted 3/4′s of her talk show on Tuesday to Adam. She interviewed him and he performed his single, “Whataya Want From Me”. Here’s how the numbers shook out:

Whataya Want From Me downloads jumped 59 percent, going from 37,000 to 59,000 (cumulative total: 266,000).

For Your Entertainment replaced Carrie Underwood’s Play On as last week’s top-selling American Idol album, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Weekly sales of For Your Entertainment rose more than 7,000 units (60 percent), from 12,000 to close to 20,000, giving him a release-to-date total approaching 477,000. For Your Entertainment climbed from No. 35 to No. 21 on The Billboard 200 chart.

Percentage-wise digital sales of For Your Entertainment did even better, rising 83 percent, from not quite 2,000 to well over 3,000.

No wonder a spot on Oprah’s show is coveted by many artists, no matter the genre. (Lady Gaga appeared recently).

Susan Boyle, who appeared in the first segment of Adam’s episode, saw a 9K increase in her sales.

 
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  • http://kristentheyellowlab.blogspot.com/ Zsus

    Hee! I know, Pixie. I guess Sherena was right. He is our hope. He’s going to save us all from flu

    Did anyone notice in the behind the scenes WWFM vid how the director got that fantastic expression of Adam at the end? Someone was stroking his cheek.

  • wand3rful

    If Adam’s career is stale, then what is Kris’ career outlook? DOA?
    He might as well move back to Arkansas.

    ummm, who was talking about kris??? not I, not MJ, not anyone else on this thread. whats your point?

    anyhoo, yes adam’s MUSIC career has been stuck at a limbo. much promotion yet until oprah, it didnt materialize in radio play/single sales. (i still believe OTT fans are buying multiple album copies, hence the almost gold certification). the interview and appearance have placed back the focus where it belongs…his voice, the music.

  • nyc

    ummm, who was talking about kris??? not I, not MJ, not anyone else on this thread. whats your point?

    ummm, I was.
    My point is that if 480K + 40K(in Canada) is bad, then the winner of AI needs to pack up and go home because his sales are less than half of that.
    Adam is selling albums at the same pace as those who released around the same time. (No, I’m not counting SuBo or Gaga who are giants) He is in the same range as the Bieber kid, Rihanna and Norah Jones. He is selling more than 50 Cent and Shakira. He has yet to fall out of the Top 50 (and was only out of the Top 40 one week.) I’m sure RCA is happy with him.
    Kirsten has said that OTT fans cannot affect sales to a large extent. I think I will trust what she says since she has watched and reported the numbers for years.
    FYE is gold. KA is nowhere close. WWFM is moving at an impressive rate to have only been out for 8 weeks!

  • skat-girl@allycatlover

    Adam is selling albums at the same pace as those who released around the same time. (No, I’m not counting SuBo or Gaga who are giants) He is in the same range as the Bieber kid, Rihanna and Norah Jones. He is selling more than 50 Cent and Shakira. He has yet to fall out of the Top 50 (and was only out of the Top 40 one week.) I’m sure RCA is happy with him.

    um his sales are acceptable(I think he’s gonna get at least another single and album with 19) but all of those artist you named have sold a respectful amount more then him. From the sale number’s I’ve seen Rihanna is selling 550k, Norah jones has sold 650k, and Justin bieber has sold more them a million. I’m not trying to dimish his sales I just think that the other artist are a little out of his range at the moment( I think Justin will be gone in about a year and I think Adam could have some staying power)

    FYE is gold. KA is nowhere close.

    While I’ll fully admit that Kris allen’s album is flopping I don’t think it’s fair to compare them since Adam’s gotten a huge amount more promotion then Kris has. JMO though.

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