Idol Sales News – Week Ending 03/31/13 (UPDATED)

Justin Timberlake has the number 1 album for a second week. Colton Dixon sees a large surge while Phil continues to sell very well indeed.

This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!

Idol numbers via Idol Chatter

  • C0lton  Dixon’s album, A Messenger, nearly tripled in sales after his Idol appearance last week. His single “You Are” doubled in downloads (Even though he sang “Love Has Come For Me”
  • OneRepublic,  sales of the track, “I Lose MySelf”  they sang on Idol with Katharine McPhee last week, nearly tripled.

Idol albums

Phillip Phillips, The World From the Side of the Moon (21,000, +1%, 813,000)
Colton Dixon, A Messenger (14,000, +291%, 76,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Greatest Hits-Chapter 1 (14,000, +47%, 355,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (11,000, +22%, 1.377 million)
Crystal Bowersox, All That for This (8,000, debut, 8,000)
David Archuleta, No Matter How Far (5,000, debut, 5,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, +22%, 2.192 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, +19%, 7.31 million)
Jason Castro, Only a Mountain (2,000, +48%, 18,000)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (1,000, +33%, 1.164 million)

Idol-related albums

OneRepublic, Native (60,000, debut, 60,000)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music! 45 (40,000, +61%, 334,000)
One Direction, Up All Night (12,000, +60%, 1.742 milliion)
Various, 2013 Grammy Nominees (12,000, +35%, 284,000)
Various, WOW Hits 2013 (7,000, +26%, 261,000)
Soundtrack, Rock of Ages (6,000, +115%, 300,000)
Various, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part II (4,000, -14%, 298,000)
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday…Roman Reloaded (3,000, +6%, 833,000)
Smash Cast, Bombshell (2,000, +30%, 35,000)
Keith Urban, Greatest Hits (2,000, +32%, 1.018 million)

Idol tracks

Phillip Phillips, Gone, Gone, Gone (47,000, -17%, 379,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Catch My Breath (41,000, -1%, 1.255 million)
Phillip Phillips, Home (40,000, +2%, 4.288 million)
OneRepublic, If I Lose Myself (34,000, +255%, 175,000)
Carrie Underwood, Two Black Cadillacs (31,000, +6%, 629,000)
Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj, Beauty and a Beat (24,000, +1%, 2.126 million)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (23,000, +42%, 2.045 million)
Smash Cast feat. Katharine McPhee, I Heard Your Voice in a Dream (10,000, debut, 10,000)
Kelly Clarkson feat. Vince Gill, Don’t Rush (9,000, +1%, 234,000)
Colton Dixon, You Are (9,000, +135%, 49,000)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (9,000, +30%, 1.667 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (5,000, +22%, 3.736 million)

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