HDD – Album Sales Prediction : Mar 19-25 (UPDATED FINAL)

By On 03/27/2012 · 106 Comments · In American Idol, Charts

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With 54.02% of reports in, Adele finds herself convincingly atop the HDD chart yet again. Will the Hunger Games be able to make a late surge and top both the Box Office and the BB200 this week? Adele’s 19 is also at 7th.

Whitney continues to sell relatively well with her “Greatest Hits” at 3rd, the “Bodyguard” at 21st, “I Look to You” at 23rd, “Whitney Houston” at 26th and “Triple Feature” at 42nd.

Now 41 is at 4th, 1D falls to 5th (from 1st last week), Melanie Fiona’s “The MF Life” is currently debuting at 6th, Diggy’s “Unexpected Arrival” is debuting at 6th, Luke Bryan is 9th and Bruce is at 10th.

The top solo Idol this week is season 9′s Casey James currently at 15th. Kelly is at 17th, but also appears on Jason’s album at 12th and the Grammy Nominees album at 32. Scotty is at 33rd and Season 6′s Chris Richardson appears on Tyga’s album at 31st. The Voice’s Blake Shelton is at 35 and also appears on the Grammy Nominees album with Christina and Adam Levine.

FINAL CHART UPDATE:

CHART DATE: 03/26/2012
LAST UPDATE: 03/27/2012 13:47:11
NOW IN: FINAL

LW TW artist / album label power index % change
– 1 HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRIC UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 179,678–
SOUNDTRACK
2 2 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 130,335 -16%
21
– 3 SHINS COLUMBIA 69,801–
PORT OF MORROW
1 4 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 54,679 -69%
UP ALL NIGHT
– 5 ODD FUTURE COLUMBIA/RED 41,005–
OF TAPE, VOL. 2
4 6 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 36,658 -36%
WRECKING BALL
– 7 MELANIE FIONA SRC/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 31,903–
THE MF LIFE
5 8 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 28,463 -41%
WHITNEY – THE GREATEST HITS
6 9 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 41 CAPITOL/EMI 26,035 -19%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
–10 ESPERANZA SPALDING CONCORD 24,111–
RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY

12 14 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 19,855 -7%
19

18 18 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 17,259 +4%
STRONGER

24 23 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 13,876 -4%
MY KINDA PARTY

–24 CASEY JAMES 19/BNA 13,848–
CASEY JAMES

31 25 LANA DEL REY INTERSCOPE 13,668 +24%
BORN TO DIE

15 40 WHITNEY HOUSTON RCA 8,474 -51%
I LOOK TO YOU

46 50 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 7,334 -12%
CEREMONIALS

HDD Sales Chart

 
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  • escape

    I am not the bit surprise at the poor response to Casey’s CD. Casey supposedly is all about southern rock, country blues. This is sound. This is what makes him stand out, etc. But when it came time for the CD, there’s very little of that influence. And he was front and center with producing and writing the album.  I think he will have some initial curiosity with fans that remember him from Idol, but in the long run, I can see where it will be tough for him to be accepted with the more traditional Country crowd like Carrie Underwood, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Bucky Covington have.

  • windmills

    ri2: By the way, numbers aside, for those of you interested, check out any of the several reviews of CaseyJ’s album. The first few i read were pretty outstanding already, but as they continue to come in, they just keep getting better and better.  i don’t believe i have ever seen reviews as good as this for any former Idol that i can recall. 

    Because it isn’t considered a high profile release and the media’s cutting down on the number of reviews they do in any given week, there aren’t many CaseyJ album reviews in major pubs. However, off the top of my head, Kellie (3rd album), Lauren, and Carrie have all gotten overall better reviews than CaseyJ’s debut been getting. There have been a few outstanding blog reviews of CaseyJ’s album, it’s true. But, the mainstream country media reviews put the album firmly in the solid but not outstanding category.

  • Anonymous

    Do the labels also get paid from radio stations when they play the music?  I thought someone told me before that the labels make money from the sale of the CDs and singles, and from radio play (and other various sources that use the music, such as sports teams, etc.)

  • Anonymous

    Do the labels also get paid from radio stations when they play the music?  I thought someone told me before that the labels make money from the sale of the CDs and singles, and from radio play (and other various sources that use the music, such as sports teams, etc.)  

    I don’t think the labels get any profit from radio play.  I think that Congress’s view on that is the same one that they have for artists, the labels will make their money from people hearing the song, and going out and buying the music.   Some artists are lobbying Congress to pass legislation that would require radio stations to pay them a fee for playing their music, and I think that the major labels support that, because it would mean that the stations would have to pay them too.

    Radio stations do have to pay songwriters.  

  • Anonymous

    I’m not sure what you mean when you say radio stations have to pay songwriters.

  • Anonymous

    abbysee…very well said :) As a Lee fan I know he is knee-deep in getting out his 2nd post Idol album. (his 5th album but who’s counting:) Like Casey…and like many Idol contestants…. music is the only avenue many of them want to pursue. Supporting my favorite is what makes me feel good at the end of the day. Kudos to all of them for having the tenacity to deal with this difficult industry and for believing in themselves. 

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