Idol Sales News – Week Ending 05/06/12

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Carrie Underwood tops the BB200, Digital and Country album charts!!!! She becomes the first Idol to have 3 number 1 albums.

We know that Carrie Underwood will have the number one album this week…we are just waiting for the official numbers. This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers when you find them. Thanks!

Album Charts (Idol Chatter)
1. Carrie Underwood “Blown Away” 267K (107K Digital) Total: 268K
8 1D “Up All Night” 45K
9. Smash 40K
46 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger 10K (-3%) Total: 776K
70 Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day 6K (+11%) Total: 1.041M
138 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts 3K (+31%) Total: 7.196M
157 Daughtry, Break the Spell 3K (-9%) Total:437K
176 Carrie Underwood, Play On 3K (+25%) Total:2.102M
200 Mandisa, What If We Were Real 3K (+23%)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride 2K +31%) Total: 3.259M
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower 2K +24%) Total: 276K
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof 1K +8%) Total: 70K

Idol-related albums
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 42 (feat. Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)) (95,000, debut, 95,000) (#3 Billboard 200)
Smash Cast, The Music of Smash (39,000, debut, 40,000) (#9 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (16,000, +13%, 2.559 million)
Soundtrack, Think Like a Man (13,000, -22%, 58,000)
Tyga, Careless World (7,200, -5%, 214,000) (#59 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (4,000, +30%) (#102 BB200)
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (4,000, -36%, 323,000) (#130 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (4,000, -5%) (#133 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (4,000, -4%, 304,000) (#134 BB200)
Voice mentor, Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee becomes the best selling album released in 2012.

Download Tracks:
2. Maroon 5 “Payphone” (featuring Wiz Khalifa) 286K (-13%)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 210K (-5%)
6. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful” 151K (-11%)

 
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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=195101108 Stefan Wind

    Just pre-ordered Haley’s fan bundle from her website…I feel like a better person now. =)

  • Anonymous

    There could be a lot of reasons. If you look at amazon.com, you see the following rankings:

    Best Sellers in Music:

    # 15 – Adam Lambert – Trespassing (Deluxe edition) (price $11.99)
    #114 – Kris Allen – Thank You Camellia  (price $8.59)
    #183 – Haley Reinhart – Blown Away (price $8.89)
    #380 – Adam Lambert – Trespassing (Standard edition) ($9.99)

    Neither Kris nor Haley seem to have the deluxe versions of their albums available for purchase through amazon.com (though Kris does have a vinyl LP of TYC available for purchase), while Adam has both his standard and deluxe version on there. As you can see, the prices vary slightly, which also probably comes into play in terms of who is buying what.

    I may be wrong, but it seems like Haley’s album just went up for pre-orders on iTunes the other day (that’s when I saw the snippets, anyway), while Adam and Kris have both had their albums up on there for a little while longer. Also, does Haley have a deluxe version available on iTunes, or just the standard version? Both guys have a deluxe and standard album available for sale on there. As with amazon, I think the prices for these downloads might be slightly different for each artist.

    Also, all 3 of these people have various versions of their upcoming album available for purchase on their own websites. The fan editions with all the various bells & whistles (other than just bonus tracks) are, I believe, only available through their official websites. A lot of the most hardcore fans are likely buying these fancy schmancy pckages, rather than (or perhaps in addition to), simply ordering through amazon or iTunes.

    Not to mention, they all have other places where you can order the album (for example, I know Kris has his album available for pre-order at Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy & Barnes & Noble. I would assume Adam’s and Haley’s albums are also available on at least some of these stores’ sites).

    Anyway, this is just a long winded way of saying that there are so many different places to pre-order an album these days that rankings on any particular site probably don’t mean much in terms of the overall sales for the artists.

  • Anonymous

    It looks like most of the country Idols got a boost in album sales this week. Do you think that is in reaction to Carrie’s album being released — sort of a trickle down effect?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Here are this week’s Billboard Boxscores from Pulse.

    The X Factor Live Motorpoint Arena
    Cardiff, U.K.
    April 3-6, 2012
    $769,160
    16,400 /
    16,600
    4 /
    0
    $52.05, $26.03
    3A Entertainment

     

    The X Factor Live Brighton Centre
    Brighton, U.K.
    March 27-29, 2012
    $451,162
    9,600 /
    9,900
    3 /
    0
    $51.64, $25.82
    3A Entertainment

     

    Kelly Clarkson, Matt Nathanson NOKIA
    Theatre L.A. Live
    Los Angeles, Calif.
    April 3, 2012
    $358,278
    7,000 /
    7,000
    1 /
    1
    $79.50, $39.50
    Goldenvoice/AEG Live

     

    Daughtry, SafetySuit, Mike Sanchez
    Hammerstein Ballroom
    New York, N.Y.
    May 1, 2012
    $160,166
    3,019 /
    3,308
    1 /
    0
    $54.50, $44.50
    AEG Live

     

    Daughtry, SafetySuit, Mike Sanchez
    Memorial Auditorium
    Lowell, Mass.
    April 23, 2012
    $125,578
    2,695 /
    2,695
    1 /
    1
    $52.50, $32.50
    AEG Live

     

    Daughtry, SafetySuit, Mike Sanchez New
    Jersey Performing Arts Center
    Newark, N.J.
    April 25, 2012
    $120,712
    2,316 /
    2,747
    1 /
    0
    $54.50, $34.50
    AEG Live

     

    Daughtry, SafetySuit, Mike Sanchez
    Palace Theatre
    Albany, N.Y.
    April 29, 2012
    $114,423
    2,666 /
    2,666
    1 /
    1
    $50.50, $30.50
    AEG Live

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Here is the one day sales report from Pulse.

     

    TWO DIVAS: ONE THRONE 

    Looks Like It Could Be Carrie vs. Adele for #1 on
    Post-Mother’s Day Chart

     

    Mother’s Day is turning out to be a
    mother of a battle between a pair of pop divas.

    It may be a little too early to say,
    but it’s sure looking like a tussle for #1 next week between 19/Arista
    Nashville country star Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away, this
    week’s chart-topper, and XL/Columbia perennial Adele, set
    to go over 9 million sold in the U.S. for her Grammy-sweeping 21.

    As always, we’ll have a clearer
    picture tomorrow, but none of this week’s debuts will have a shot t the to
    spot.

    Dangerbird L.A. Silver Lake indie rockers Silversun Pickups’
    third studio album, Neck of the Woods, will be the top newcomer, with an
    estimated total of 35-40k, which would compare favorably to the 43k they scored
    in April, ’09 with Swoon, which went on to sell a robust 318k. The band
    performed on the Jimmy Kimmel Live outdoor stage last night. The band received
    a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2009.

    Grammy-nominated Atlantic
    R&B singer-songwriter Tank’s This Is How I Feel, featuring
    collaborations with T.I., Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes, is
    on target for a 25-30k first week. The album, his fifth, is the follow-up to
    his 2010 label debut, Now or Never, which debuted with 44k in Dec. 2010.
    Tank’s collaboration on Chris Brown’s “Take My Time” earned him a nomination at
    last year’s Grammys in the “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with
    Vocals” category, which joined his eight career nominations to date. In
    addition to his own music, Tank has contributed vocals and helped pen hit
    records for the likes of Jamie Foxx, Keri Hilson and Chris Brown.

    Veteran Interscope U.K.
    popmeisters Keane’s fourth studio album, Strangeland, their first
    since 2008’s Perfect Symmetry, looks to be in the 17-20k range, about
    half the total of the previous album’s 43.5k.

    Epic viral sensations and SNL hip-pop duo Karmin’s
    debut, Hello, is also looking at 17-20k in first-week sales on the heels
    of the Top 5 dance hit, “Brokenhearted.”

    Columbia gospel duo Mary Mary’s
    seventh album, Go Get It, looks to be in the 12-15k range, off from last
    year’s Something Big, which debuted with 42k in sales. The two
    introduced the title track on the final episode of their new reality TV series.

    Album sales were up 7% vs. last
    week, down 7% vs. same week last year and down 1% year to date.

    Track sales were flat vs. last week,
    up 6% vs. same week last year and up 7% year to date.

     

    TEA sales were up 4% vs. last week,
    down 4% vs. same week last year and up 1% year to date.

     

     

  • Anonymous

    Yes, Haley only has the deluxe version on iTunes, it’s why is higher there than in Amazon where it’s only the regular. And you mistyped there, its “Listen Up!”.
    And also I hope people here mentioning it are at least checking it out and buying it, after hearing the previews.

  • Chrissie H

    no Scotty sales?

  • Anonymous

    Scotty’s album is listed at the top of the page.  He sold 6,000 albums, and came in at #70 on the Billboard top 200.

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