Idol Sales News – Week Ending 05/27/12

By On 05/30/2012 · 121 Comments · In American Idol, Charts

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This is the weekly sales thread. Still waiting for the numbers. We should see the debut numbers for Phillip, Haley and Kris. Carrie should remain in the top 10. Kelly, Adam and Scotty will be on the BB200. Carley Rae from CI was in a battle last week with Phillip for the top of the digital single charts. Who came out on top?

Here are the album sales from Idol Chatter:

EDITING CHART TO ADD PHILLIP PHILLIPS AND JESSICA SANCHEZ NUMBERS

Idol albums

Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (45,000, -17%, 486,000) (#3 Billboard 200)
Phillip Phillips Journey to the Idol Finale – 24,000 – #11 BB 200
Adam Lambert, Trespassing (22,000, -71%, 100,000) (#12 BB200)
Haley Reinhart, Listen Up! (20,000, debut, 20,000) (#17 BB200)
The American Idol Season 11 – Top 2 Season Finale – 18,000 – #21 BB200
Kris Allen, Thank You Camellia (16,000, debut, 16,000) (#26 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (11,000, +33%, 806,000) (#37 BB200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (6,000, +36%, 1.059 million) (#73 BB200)
Jessica Sanchez, Journey to the Finale – 4,000 – #126 BB200
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2,000, +2%, 7.204 million)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, -13%, 183,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, -6%, 2.109 million)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride (1,000, -7%, 3.263 million)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (1,000, -4%, 281,000)
Casey James, Casey James (1,000, -4%, 38,000)
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof (less than 1,000, -21%, 73,000)Idol-related albums
One Direction, Up All Night (37,000, +8%, 698,000) (#5 Billboard 200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 42 (31,000, -27%, 232,000) (#9 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (14,000, -2%, 2.602 million) (#29 BB200)Smash Cast, The Music of Smash (11,000, -58%, 95,000) (#37 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (6,000, +51%, 318,000) (#81 BB200)
Tyga, Careless World (6,000, -20%, 233,000) (#82 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (3,000, -8%, 111,000) (#170 BB200)
Various WOW Hits 2012 (3,000, -9%, 281,000) (#185 BB200)

Finale-related albums
Rihanna, Talk That Talk (11,000, +4%, 889,000) (#35 BB200)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Vol. 1 – Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits (5,000, +41%, 6.149 million) (#92 BB200)
Neil Diamond, Very Best of Neil Diamond (3,000, +13%, 171,000) (#139 BB200)

Digital Downloads (Idol Chatter)
1 Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 301,000 (up 3%)
2. Phillip Phillips, Home (278,000, debut, 278,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) (72,000, +15%, 3.249 million)
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull, Dance Again (69,000, -35%, 708,000)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (53,000, -1%, 932,000)
41 Phillip Phillips, We’ve Got Tonight (43,000 debut, 43,000)
54 Phillip Phillips, Volcano (35,000, debut, 35,000)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (27,000, +31%, 155,000)
Phillip Phillips, Stand by Me (24,000, debut, 24,000)
Phillip Phillips, Beggin’ (20,000, debut, 20,000)
Scotty McCreery, Please Remember Me (16,000, +302%, 58,000)
Phillip Phillips, Movin’ Out (15,000, debut, 15,000)
Phillip Phillips, U Got It Bad (15,000, debut, 15,000)
Phillip Phillips, Have You Ever Seen the Rain (12,000, debut, 12,000)
Phillip Phillips, Disease (11,000, debut, 11,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (10,000, +11%, 1.493 million)
Haley Reinhart, Undone (8,000, debut, 8,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Dark Side (8,000, +250%, 36,000)
Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (8,000, +27%, 1.845 million)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay (6,000, +4%, 2.075 million)
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (6,000, +1%, 1.54 million)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (5,000, +6%, 3.479 million)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (5,000, +37%, 693,000)
Mandisa, Good Morning (5,000, -12%, 111,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (4,000, +98%, 330,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (1,000, 0 change, 187,000)

Finale-related tracks
Rihanna, Where Have You Been (135,000, +47%, 545,000)
Wisin & Yandel feat. Jennifer Lopez, Follow the Leader (13,000, +203%, 41,000)
Aerosmith, Legendary Child (10,000, debut, 10,000)

 
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  • Anonymous

    I doubt Steven cares. Aerosmith sells albums more than they do singles. And if they go on tour, they will be playing to far bigger crowds then Philip.

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

    From Billboard:

    Bee Gees’ Album Sales Jump 339% After Robin Gibb’s Death

    Following the death of Bee Gees member Robin Gibb on May 20, his band’s catalog of albums and songs saw great sales gains in the week ending May 27.

    According to Nielsen SoundScan, the group sold 27,000 albums this past week — up 339% from 6,000 in the week of May 20. (That includes the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack.) The pop trio’s best-selling album last week was “The Ultimate Bee Gees” greatest hits, which reenters the Billboard 200 chart at No. 49 with 9,000 sold (up 291%).
     
    The act also returns to the Billboard 200 with “Number Ones” (No. 70 with 7,000; up 695%) and the “Saturday Night Fever” album (No. 168 with 3,000; up 133%). On the Catalog Albums chart, “Ultimate Bee Gees” returns at No. 4, while “Number Ones” jumps back in at No. 8. (The Catalog chart ranks
    the best-selling older albums of the week — those that are generally at least 18 months old.)
     
    On the digital song side of things, Bee Gees moved 102,000 song downloads
    last week — up from 21,000 the week previous (a gain of 379%).
     
    The group’s two biggest songs last week were “Stayin’ Alive,” which sold 14,000 (up 198%), and “How Deep Is Your Love” (11,000; up 362%). Neither tune sold enough to rank on the 75-position Digital Songs chart.

  • Anonymous

    Next Week’s Billboard 200: John Mayer’s ‘Born and Raised’ Set For Second Week at No. 1
    http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/next-week-s-billboard-200-john-mayer-s-born-1007190752.story 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

    Giving Phillip props for putting up some good numbers.  Were there numbers for Cook’s, Adam’s or Kris’s singles?  Phillips success is kinda overshadowing everything now, and rightly so. Never thought he would have sold that many, so I tip my hat to him for getting it done.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PSHFTD4YV3QOE3INABJUXZSWMU hillstreetblooz

     I think it’s a matter of time before he joins Cook in the “parting ways with the label” revolving door. There’s just no way to look at it otherwise. Unless he managed to negotiate one of those special singles only or EP deals after this CD there’s no way I see RCA sheathing their hatchet.

  • Susan

    Oh I like “We Are Young,” the #1 in the UK.  Heard it a lot on Capital FM, driving around England the previous two weeks.  It’s cool and different.  Not that impressed with The Wanted’s new UK single.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wui-Zhuan-Lim/777616348 Wui Zhuan Lim

    Maria Brockway, have you seen this…?
    hehe

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    I’m still confused on the numbers and rounding on Kris and Haley.

    According to HDD final numbers:
    –16HALEY REINHART 19/INTERSCOPE 19,100–
    Listen Up!
    –23KRIS ALLEN 19/RCA 16,918–
    Thank You Camellia

    So Haley’s is being rounded up to 20,000 and Kris rounds down to 16,000?
     Yes I do understand the concept of rounding and it should be 19,000 and 17,000 respectively.
    For that matter, Adam’s numbers are off also. 

    Billboard still has last week’s chart up. Where, besides Brian, are these numbers coming from? Where did those sales go and come from?

  • http://twitter.com/EitWat MADEitTO20nowWAT

    HDD are only predictions, not official numbers.

    Brian has official numbers from soundscan (but he can only post them rounded), so Haley just sold a little more than her final prediction and Kris sold little less hence the difference in rounded numbers.

    BB will update their BB200 on thursday just like they normally do every week.

  • Anonymous

    Miz, for practical purposes, Soundscan numbers are the only ones that matter, not HDD.  HDD projects based on the reports they can get; they cover most of the same retailers, but Soundscan gets more data.  So the numbers in the SS report that end up in the BB 200 are the “real” sales numbers.  (RIAA certifies on shipments, which include shipping albums to more retailers than Soundscan tracks, but those shipments don’t actually have to sell to be counted.  We’ve seen some certifications that vastly overstated scanned sales before, so I rely on SS numbers.)

    As for Billboard:  They have to get the reports from Soundscan the same as everyone else.  SS updates its database and sends out press releases to subscribers who then have the incentive to post immediately.  Billboard needs to reconfigure the website with new data each time a sales week report comes through.

  • Anonymous

    Brian Mansfield rounds up or down based on 500 increments.  In other words, Haley sold somewhere between 19,500 and 20,499 to be listed as 20,000.  Kris sold anywhere between 15,500 and 16,499 to be listed as 16,000.

    Edit: I’m sorry Miz – I see this isn’t what you were confused about – you wondered why the difference in figures from yesterday to today. Nevermind, but I’ll leave my post here just in case anyone else is confused about the rounding off part.

  • Anonymous

    Kris, Adam and Cook’s singles didn’t sell enough to make the digital 200 chart. If the sales are not high enough for that then Brian does not have access to them. Sometimes he can put in a special request but those are rare.

  • http://twitter.com/graffeodl Dana Graffeo

    No, you are looking at HDD numbers and comparing them to Soundscan rounded numbers.  That doesn’t work because they are two completely different animals.  HDD numbers are “Predictions”, even the final numbers because they don’t get complete industry figures.  What they do is get actual figures from most of the “big” retailers comprising about 85% of total sales then they come up with a “total” by estimating the remaining sales.  The soundscan numbers are the “official” numbers that Billboard uses for the actual chart.  Soundscan reports the actual numbers to Billboard but usually only rounded numbers are officially released and published.  When we get exact numbers they are from “leaks” of the official Soundscan reports.

    Basically HDD numbers are not to be compared to Soundscan numbers.  So the rounded numbers published by Billboard are not determined by rounding from HDD figures but by rounding from official Soundscan figures that we may or may not ever see.

  • alterego

    Not at all surprised that Jessica Sanchez’s songs have not done well. There are already SO MANY versions of out there of I Have Nothing, I Will Always Love You, Proud Mary, You Are So Beautiful, I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing, And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going, etc. These songs have been covered by every wanna be singer and played at endless weddings, graduations, local talent shows, on You Tube, etc.

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    I don’t exactly trust Soundscan numbers either and that is born out of experience.

    I used to buy CDs or books as gifts for family and friends for Christmas – I have a lot of both and my budget was around $1,000. A few years ago I was buying a large number of different albums in a record store and they pulled 2 CDs from behind the counter to scan instead of what I was buying.

    I was concerned and questioned it. The guy processing my purchase told me that they were paid more to scan those and I shouldn’t worry about it since it wouldn’t affect me if I needed to make a return.

    That was the first time I had ever heard about Soundscan and I researched it when I got home. It made me feel dirty and more than a little upset that the artists I bought were being ripped off. As a creative myself, I wondered how many ‘little’ ways I was being ripped off as well.

  • V Jemmy

     

    A few years ago I was buying a large number of different albums in a
    record store and they pulled 2 CDs from behind the counter to scan
    instead of what I was buying.

    Yeah, that’s definitely something that I would have found a place to report that sort of business practice to.  Their corporate office, Soundscan, whatever.  The record industry doesn’t want to get ripped off anymore than the artists do.

    Sometimes it only takes one whistleblower to stop corruption.

  • Anonymous

    Miz, in this billboard article they have Kris listed as 17,000.

    http://www.billboard.com/news/john-mayer-earns-third-no-1-album-on-billboard-1007183752...

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    Followed your link and page was blank. In another browser it said ‘not found’. I can’t find any recent articles at BB with Kris in them.

  • http://twitter.com/Miztig Miz

    I doubt the record industry felt they were getting ripped off, they were getting what they paid for. The albums I bought were from the same 2 labels being scanned – just not the same artist or title as I was actually buying. That tells me the labels were paying to have particular records chart higher than they actually should have.

  • Anonymous

    Hmm, sounds like the store was the one doing shady dealings.  Labels give perks to stores to get top display locations for particular artists for example.  Sounds like this store found a way to increase their revenue without having to sell the actual artist.

  • Anonymous

    Miz, Here’s another link to the Billboard article, but it also gives rounded figures.  
    http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/john-mayer-earns-third-no-1-album-on-billboard-1007183752.story

    You should be able to find the exact numbers on this site, http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=91008&start=0

    Here it is, they were on the 2nd page of the thread.

    REINHART*HALEY LISTEN UP! 19879 999 35 19978

    ALLEN*KRIS THANK YOU CAMELLIA 15610 999 20 15622

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