Now with numbers! Lauren opens with 69K. Scotty’s second week is 88K.
Just like last week, we are waiting for numbers. I think they are just toying with us now. Idol fans are eagerly anticipating Lauren’s debut album’s first week’s numbers. This will give us official confirmation that she has had the best first week of any female Country artist this year. HDD predictions give us a wide enough margin that both she and Scotty will be in the top 5 albums this week. It will be interesting to see what his first-to-second week drop is.
Please post numbers when you find them. Thanks!
Idol albums (Idol Chatter)
4 Scotty McCreery “Clear as Day” 88K (-55%; lw 196, 739) Total: 285K (1)
5 Lauren Alaina “Wildflower” 69K (NEW) Total: 69K
Mandisa “What If We Were Real” 2K (-30%; lw 2K) Total: 75K
Idol-related
6 Tony Bennett “Duets II” 55K (-23%; lw 70, 776) Total: 396K (3)
14 Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party” 19K (-5%; 20, 194) Total: 1.923M (15)
39 Various “WOW Hits 2012 (feat. Mandisa’s Stronger)” 10K (+1%) Total: 32K
73 David Guetta “Nothing but the Beat” 6K (+1%) Total: 113K
75 Brad Paisley “This Is Country Music” 6K (-7%) Total: 506K
118 Aerosmith “Best of Aerosmith: Millennium Collection” 4K (+4%; lw 4K) Total: 349K (124)
121 Various “ZZ Top: A Tribute From Friends (feat. Daughtry’s Waitin’ for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago)” 4K (NEW)) Total: 4K
Billboard Stats:
Albums Sales This week: 5.21M
Last Week : 5.13M (+1%)
Same Week Last Year: 5.01M (+4%)
YTD Albums: 238.84M
YTD Same Points Last Year: 230.97M (+3%)
It is the 21st week in a row where year-to-date album volume is greater than the same time in the prior year.
Digital Downloads This Week: 21.34M
Last Week: 20.59 (+4%)
Same Week Last Year: 19.71M (+8%)
YTD Track Sales: 993.66M
YTD Same Point Last Year: 899.68M (+10%)
Will cross the billion download mark this week.
