Idol Sales News – Week Ending 02/12/19

CHR/Pop

8 5 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 10164 8024 2140 67.195

+249 Spins

-130 Bullet

+1.385 AI

HAC

4 2 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 4376 3792 584 27.673

+44 Spins

-70 Bullet

+0.095 AI

11 13 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 2236 2599 -363 14.476

-27 Spins

+45 Bullet

+0.031 AI

12 14 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 2088 2391 -303 10.041

-20 Spins

+55 Bullet

-0.224 AI

31 32 ADAM LAMBERT Better
Than I Know M… 510 501 9 2.156

+7 Spins

+10 Bullet

-0.020 AI

37 39 JAMES DURBIN Love Me
Bad 287 274 13 0.617

+1 Spin

+5 Bullet

+0.008 AI

AC

5 6 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 1583 1581 2 13.528

+17 Spins

+20 Bullet

+0.121 AI

13 13 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 381 311 70 1.833

+9 Spins

+4 Bullet

+0.025 AI

22 19 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger (What
Doesn… 203 129 74 1.471

+12 Spins

+2 Bullet

+0.181 AI

37 32 ELLIOTT YAMIN 3 Words
37 23 14 0.034

0 Spins

-3 Bullet

+0.001 AI

34 34 CLAY AIKEN Bring
Back My Love 31 28 3 0.028

-1 Position

-4 Spins

-7 Bullet

-0.020 AI

Country

18 18 SCOTTY MCCREERY The
Trouble With Gir… 2674 2562 112 17.275

+34 Spins

+40 Bullet

+0.321 AI

29 26 CASEY JAMES Let’s
Don’t Call It … 1376 1220 156 7.621

+20 Spins

+7 Bullet

+0.129 AI

34 34 LAUREN ALAINA Georgia
Peaches 859 824 35 4.596

+18 Spins

+17 Bullet

+0.251 AI

Urban

37 30 JENNIFER HUDSON Think
Like A Man f/N… 768 531 237 3.302

+34 Spins

+10 Bullet

+0.230 AI

Urban AC

13 13 JENNIFER HUDSON I Got
This 660 506 154 3.814

+46 Spins

+79 Bullet

+0.433 AI

25 20 RUBEN STUDDARD June
28th (I’m Singl… 344 205 139 1.989

+5 Spins

+7 Bullet

+0.026 AI

57 31 REBECCA FERGUSON Nothing’s
Real But L… 152 44 108 1.175

+14 Spins

+14 Bullet

+0.084 AI

63 36 JENNIFER HUDSON Think
Like A Man f/N… 110 34 76 1.276

+3 Positions

+21 Spins

+20 Bullet

+0.278 AI

Christian AC

5 5 MANDISA Waiting
For Tomorrow 797 777 20 3.228

+4 Spins

+16 Bullet

0 AI

56 46 MANDISA Good
Morning f/ Toby… 69 60 9 0.326

+3 Positions

+6 Spins

+8 Bullet

-0.02 AI

Smooth Jazz

33 30 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 24 23 1 0.14

0 Spins

-1 Bullet

0 AI

Canada-CHR/Pop

23 13 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 796 582 214 5.584

+1 Position

+26 Spins

-5 Bullet

+0.267 AI

30 23 ONE DIRECTION What
Makes You Beaut… 605 510 95 4.225

-1 Position

+6 Spins

-2 Bullet

+0.027 AI

Canada-HAC

6 2 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 962 799 163 6.804

+1 Position

+28 Spins

+3 Bullet

+0.109 AI

40 32 ONE DIRECTION What
Makes You Beaut… 230 181 49 0.823

+6 Spins

-2 Bullet

-0.013 AI

31 34 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 220 213 7 0.92

-1 Position

0 Spins

0 Bullet

+0.005 AI

37 44 ADAM LAMBERT Better
Than I Know M… 159 188 -29 1.278

-2 Spins

+1 Bullet

+0.002 AI

Canada-Main AC

14 16 KELLY CLARKSON Mr.
Know It All 191 218 -27 1.423

-3 Spins

+8 Bullet

-0.093 AI

24 21 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger
(What Doesn… 163 113 50 1.548

-1 Position

+4 Spins

-4 Bullet

+0.057 AI

20 22 DAUGHTRY Crawling
Back To You 150 146 4 1.415

+1 Spin

+9 Bullet

+0.037 AI

Canada-Country

41 45 SCOTTY MCCREERY The
Trouble With Gir… 115 124 -9 0.498

-1 Position

-2 Bullet

+0.012 AI

I feel like a broken record, but WOW. Did not realize Adele sold a massive amounts of singles well.

The are going to be shipping 21 through this year.

Does someone know if that is one of the biggest Grammy boosts?

Besides being a great singer, and having fantastic material, Adele’s music has really resonated with a lot of people.  A lot of people, myself included, were getting sick of the music scene being so soulless. Adele has put much needed emotion back into popular music!

i-tunes

Singles
3. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson (Deluxe)
5. Set Fire to the Rain – ADELE
11. Rolling in the Deep – ADELE
12. Fly / I Believe I Can Fly (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
14. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) [Glee Cast Version] – Glee Cast
15. Someone Like You – ADELE
19. Cough Syrup (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
20. Here’s to Us (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
25. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
27. Rumour Has It – ADELE
31. Glad You Came (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
48. Moves Like Jagger (Studio Recording from “The Voice” Performance) [feat. Christina Aguilera] – Maroon 5
58. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
61. Folsom Prison Blues (The Voice Performance) – Jamie Lono
65. Stand (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
69. Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) – Gym Class Heroes
76. Drink On It – Blake Shelton
84. God Gave Me You – Blake Shelton
87. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson (Deluxe)
103. Rumour Has It (The Voice Performance) – Mathai
110. The Trouble With Girls – Scotty McCreery
119. I Will Always Love You (Live At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards) – Jennifer Hudson
134. Fly Over States – Jason Aldean
136. Stereo Hearts (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
139. Chasing Pavements – ADELE
143. Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
152. Make You Feel My Love – ADELE
161. I Will Always Love You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
164. Turning Tables – ADELE
169. Don’t You Wanna Stay (with Kelly Clarkson) – Jason Aldean (My Kinda Party)
179. We Are Young (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
184. She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
199. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
200. Smooth Criminal (Glee Cast Version) [feat. 2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser)] – Glee Cast
201. One and Only – ADELE
215. Remind Me (Duet with Carrie Underwood) – Brad Paisley
216. Apologize (The Voice Performance) – Charlotte Sometimes
281. Forget You – Cee Lo Green
295. Say Aah (The Voice Performance) – Lindsey Pavao
300. Love Shack (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
347. Georgia Peaches – Lauren Alaina
348. On The Floor (feat. Pitbull) – Jennifer Lopez
361. Let Me Love You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
369. Lovesong – ADELE
377. The House of the Rising Sun (The Voice Performance) – Pip
378. Hey There Delilah (The Voice Performance) – Erin Martin
384. F**k You – Cee Lo Green
392. Let Me Be Your Star (SMASH Cast Version) [feat. Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty] – SMASH Cast
400. Home (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
409. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (SMASH Cast Version) [feat. Megan Hilty & Will Chase] – SMASH Cast
410. Austin – Blake Shelton
436. Far Away (feat. Chris Richardson) – Tyga
451. Don’t You Remember – ADELE
464. Let’s Don’t Call It a Night – Casey James
486. Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
496. Crazy Dreams (SMASH Cast Version) [feat. Megan Hilty] – SMASH Cast
500. This Love – Maroon 5
512. Think Like a Man (feat. Rick Ross) [from the Motion Picture “Think Like A Man”] – Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo
518. L-O-V-E (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
525. Redneck Woman (feat. Katharine McPhee) – SMASH Cast
561. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
567. Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5
573. Sexy and I Know It (Glee Cast Version feat. Ricky Martin) – Glee Cast
584. Good Morning (feat. TobyMac) – Mandisa & tobyMac
587. Camouflage – Brad Paisley
592. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
594. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
619. Misery – Maroon 5
626. Far Away (feat. Chris Richardson) – Tyga
628. I Love You This Big – Scotty McCreery
634. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
636. You Save Me (The Voice Performance) – Nicolle Galyon
645. He Won’t Go – ADELE
653. Rumour Has It / Someone Like You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
674. Cherish/Cherish (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
688. La Isla Bonita (Glee Cast Version feat. Ricky Martin) – Glee Cast
691. Cowboy Casanova – Carrie Underwood
739. Bad Day – Daniel Powter
757. Fighter – Christina Aguilera
759. Footloose – Blake Shelton
773. Wake Up Call – Maroon 5
780. Mr. Know It All – Kelly Clarkson
782. I Can’t Make You Love Me (Live) – ADELE
799. Better Than I Know Myself – Adam Lambert
807. Won’t Go Home Without You – Maroon 5
821. Jesus, Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
823. Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine) [Karaoke Version] – Gym Class Heroes
826. Undo It – Carrie Underwood
831. Already Gone – Kelly Clarkson
855. Take It All – ADELE
866. Without You (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
893. Call Me (SMASH Cast Version) [feat. Katharine McPhee] – SMASH Cast
899. Because of You – Kelly Clarkson
922. Human Nature (Glee Cast Version) – Glee Cast
934. Grenade (feat. Will Chase) – SMASH Cast
944. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson (Single)
948. Fool for You (feat. Melanie Fiona) – Cee Lo Green
963. Hometown Glory – ADELE
968. Show Me How You Burlesque – Christina Aguilera
970. Crawling Back to You – Daughtry
1000. Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera & Mac Miller) [Remix] – Maroon 5
1008. Stronger – Mandisa

Albums
3. 21 – ADELE
8. 19 – ADELE
24. Stronger (Deluxe Version) – Kelly Clarkson
68. Red River Blue (Deluxe Version) – Blake Shelton
85. Stronger – Kelly Clarkson
106. Sing You Home – EP – Xenia
127. Hands All Over (Deluxe Version) – Maroon 5
132. Songs About Jane – Maroon 5
138. iTunes Festival: London 2011 – EP – ADELE
156. Red – Dia Frampton
160. Clear As Day – Scotty McCreery
166. It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5
176. Hands All Over – Maroon 5
202. iTunes Live from SoHo – ADELE
239. Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton – Blake Shelton
275. Duets II – Tony Bennett
280. What If We Were Real – Mandisa
294. Break the Spell (Deluxe Version) – Daughtry
333. Wildflower – Lauren Alaina
464. Glee: The Music, Vol. 7 – Glee Cast
469. Come Through for You – Javier Colon
524. Break the Spell – Daughtry
555. 100 Proof – Kellie Pickler
567. Big Ones – Aerosmith
575. The Lady Killer (Deluxe Version) – Cee Lo Green
642. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
649. The Essential: Aerosmith – Aerosmith
742. Play On – Carrie Underwood
758. Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers – Glee Cast
774. Stripped – Christina Aguilera
803. Daughtry – Daughtry
805. I Remember Me – Jennifer Hudson
840. Glee: The Music, Vol. 1 – Glee Cast
891. Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood
913. Soul Surfer (Music from the Motion Picture) – Various Artists
940. Spirit (Deluxe Version) – Leona Lewis
970. Memories of a Beautiful Disaster – James Durbin
1013. Glee: The Music, Vol. 6 – Glee Cast

Question: Has Jessie J and Katy Perry ever been seen together in the same room?

Because every time I hear “Domino”, I think it’s Katy. Surely that has to be one of the rejects off of her album or something. They even look kind of alike.

Anyway, I just want to add this one:

45. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen (Canadian Idol – you don’t often see these guys on the US charts).

Here are the album sales from Idol Chatter:

Idol albums
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (29,000 weekly, -7%, 597,000 total) (#13 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (13,000, +7%, 939,000) (#45 BB200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (10,000, +3%, 385,000) (#63 BB200)
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof (6,000, -26%, 52,000) (#118 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (4,000, +3%, 2248,000) (#174 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, +2%, 147,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (2,000, +6%)

Idol-related
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (85,000, +66%, 222,000) (#5 Billboard 200)
The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (36,000, +178%, 333,000) (#10 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (28,000, +8%, 2.387 million) (#15 BB200)
Tony Bennett, Duets II (20,000, +47%, 803,000) 0(#27 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (14,000, +1%, 239,000) (#42 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 40 (11,000, -16%, 656,000) (#54 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (10,000, -11%, 46,000) (#58 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Country Ballads (9,000, -13%, 34,000) (#69 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (6,000, +8%, 227,000) (#113 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 39 (5,000, -1%, 581,000) (#135 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, +3%, 422,000) (#155 BB200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (4,000, +9%, 640,000) (#177 BB200)

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Pam  Just a heads up – you must have a typo error on Lauren’s stats above. And while I’m here, thank you very much for getting all these numbers for us!

From Billboard:

Whitney Houston Has No. 2 Album, Grammys Push Big Gains on Billboard 200

From Billboard:

Whitney Houston Has No. 2 Album, Grammys Push Big Gains on Billboard 200

Which post is it?  I’ll try to correct it.

IMO, Jessie has a slightly huskier tone to her voice, though the song does sound similar to Katy.  It was co-written by Dr. Luke/Claude Kelly/Max Martin, so I assume that’s were the familiarity is.  Since Jessie co-wrote the song, I don’t think it’s a Katy reject.

411k should be good enough to get the n°1 spot on the Hot 100 for KP this week, I wonder wheter IWAL will be on the chart as a new single, if that’s the case it will battle SFTTR for the n°2 spot with Kelly probably n°4.
For next week, Kelly has a good chance to get the n°1 back, the biggest competition is probably SFTTR.

Scotty should sell 1M in the next two months, even sooner if he gets an AI spot.
Kellie needs a single real fast, Lauren sales hopefully will remain steady until an AI appearance.
Daughtry needs a new single fast and hopefully Kelly can get to platinium if the third and fourth singles hit.

Astrovision/Astroplus Top-Selling Albums OPM February 13 – 19, 2012:

Idol alum David Archuleta debuts on the Astro OPM chart with “Forevermore” at number one. http://www.philcharts.com/2012/02/21/astrovisionastroplus-top-selling-albums-opm-february-13-19-2012/

This is for the presale; the album itself is scheduled to be released sometime next month.

While the Phil Charts site doesn’t show the overall sales chart for Astro, Pinoy Magazine posted it here: http://t.co/2TJxtGt0 It shows that David had the #2 album overall (foreign & domestic combined) behind Whitney Houston.

Still waiting for the numbers from Odyssey. I don’t think the Philippines has one central chart like Billboard — if they do, I can’t find it. Maybe someone could post it if such a thing exists.

You have LA with over 2 mill in sales–just an extra number:) 

Yay for the increase for Scotty!  And wow to Kelly’s single sales (nothing about Adele need be said:)…

 Which post is it?  I’ll try to correct it.

It’s the sales figure for Lauren, apparently she sold over 2 million albums now.  The mistake is Idol Chatter’s, not yours (same number given by Kirsten).  The number should be 248K.

I agree,& I believe Scotty is doing the same thing in the country genre..think people are getting sick of all this nonsense that they try to pass off as GREAT…C’mon people…put on your listening ears!!!!

Thank you.  It’s now fixed.  It was an easy simple fix anyway.  I didn’t even notice the error when I first posted those figures.

HDD has updated their Upcoming Releases through March 1st.

Adam has been removed & Carrie has been added. 

03.13.12 RUBEN STUDDARD LETTERS FROM BIRMINGHAM E1
03.20.12 CASEY JAMES CASEY JAMES 19/BNA
03.20.12 ONE DIRECTION UP ALL NIGHT COLUMBIA
03.26.12 CLAY AIKEN STEADFAST DECCA
05.01.12 CARRIE UNDERWOOD TBD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/sales_ur.cgi 

Looks like Scotty’s album will go past 1 million in sales sometime in next 5-7 weeks if it stays more or less on its current pace

Adele’s numbers are just ridiculous. And not just for her current album — her 1st album is reaping a lot of the benefits. Yay for that, because it is a really strong album

I’m very happy to see the increases for Lauren, Scotty, Mandisa, and Daughtry.  Adele is a sales beast! 

This one Pam :)

Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (4,000, +3%, 2248,000) (#174 BB200)

Since when idol chatter don’t have James sales figure? They have Mandisa and Daughtry, their album aren’t charting in few weeks . Is it possible to say that James album sold below 2,000? wew!

I still see 2248,000 for Alaina.

Happy to see David A. with a #1. I hope the OPM album will be his biggest seller yet. The songs I’ve heard so far are so  beautiful, I want it.

Who runs the world? Adele. It’s just fun to see her numbers continuing to explode and with them, a lot of excuses by record label execs.

Reporting from Billboard Country Update and Country Aircheck:

Scotty’s TTWG held at #19 on Billboard with a meh (for that part of the chart) audience gain of 405k. Tim McGraw passed as expected, Brad Paisley’s Camouflage dropped below TTWG and went recurrent. Zac Brown Band is fixing to pass at Billboard and another week like this one would put TTWG at risk of getting passed by Jason Aldean too. However the Mediabase updates this week make it look like TTWG is going to put up a  fight because it’s gaining strong. There is 1 definite recurrent next week at Billboard in Toby Keith’s Red Solo Cup and IF Luke Bryan’s I Don’t Want This Night To End starts dropping faster or The Band Perry’s All Your Life really crashes, there could be 1 more. 

CaseyJ’s LDCIAN had a good, countdown boosted week with a gain of 781k AIs. The bad news is it got outgained by the songs immediately ahead of it (Chris Cagle gained almost 700k more). But, it moved up to #26 with Camouflage going recurrent. Eric Church’s Springsteen is gaining fast enough that it should pass LDCIAN next week at Billboard. Right now it looks like Josh Turner might take a little longer to pass there. LDCIAN outgained Gloriana and Rodney Atkins’s songs which over 1.5 million AIs behind it at Billboard, so that’s good. So, LDCIAN has a good chance at holding onto #26 at Billboard this week depending on how much airplay Good Girl gets in 4 days of airplay. 

Lauren’s GP had a bad week at Billboard, losings its bullet and losing 133k AIs. It held at #33 but leads Jana Kramer’s Why Ya Wanna by only about 30k AIs (I’m expecting Jana’s song to pass this week). Alan Jackson and Dustin Lynch are also likely to pass this week with The Farm also threatening unless GP puts up a fight. Judging from GP’s Mediabase AI gains this week, it might be putting up that fight but I don’t think it’ll hold off all those songs for too much longer. There’s also Good Girl coming so like I said on Monday these next couple weeks may be a little rough for GP. But, I expect it to hang in there and make t30.

Kelly’s MKIA jumped 7 spots to #52 with a strong AI gains of 556k. This is still test mode for the song.

On the Country Indicator chart Kellie’s 100 Proof held at #33 with 548 plays (+22). I don’t know when the label will start promoting it to the main chart. Maybe in mid March after Kenny’s single is done. I know Sara Evans’s next single (Anywhere) is supposed to hit radio in April but I’m thinking 100 Proof will get started before then. Kellie’s supposed to be performing at the Sony boat show tomorrow so maybe there’s some groundwork that’s being laid this week at CRS (Country Radio Seminar, when lots of radio people descend on Nashville to be wined & dined while labels showcase their artists).

Idol related ads: None

Speaking of CRS I’m interested to see what’s sung at the different showcases this week if our Idols sing 2 songs. I expect Kellie to perform 100 Proof and maybe Tough. Carrie’s supposed to perform so tomorrow’s Sony boat show could be her debut live performance of Good Girl. CaseyJ will do LDCIAN if he performs (I think he will) and if he gets another song, it’ll be interesting seeing what it is. He already played Drive at the boat show last year. Scotty and Lauren will probably play 2 songs apiece at the UMG luncheon today, and that could give an indication of what the label has in mind for their next singles (Lauren’s is a long way away though because GP still has work to do).

My post is fixed for the Idol Chatter albums.  Kirsten posted the stats at the very top of this thread with the error just like I did and like me probably didn’t even notice the 2 mil figure.  lol  She is the one who will have to correct it.   My post is corrected though.

Thanks for the thread Kirsten.  :)

As has been mentioned in the past, Brian has access to the numbers for the albums on the BB200 chart, but he also has access to numbers for the country and Christian charts, which is why he will post those numbers when he doesn’t have the sales info to post the pop or rock albums. 

Daughtry’s current album IS in the BB200. The 2,000 sales figures is for an older album — Brian likely has access to the catalog album sales charts (which is for older albums)

James’ album sold less than whatever the total was this week for the #200 album on the BB chart. That’s all we would know for sure

I thought Scotty already had over a million in sales.  Am i missing something here? Everyone seems to have different comments about this…. :-/

Looks like Scotty’s album will go past 1 million in sales sometime in
next 5-7 weeks if it stays more or less on its current pace.

Idol will have its 400th show in 2 weeks (Mar 7).  If they do something special, I’m thinking Scotty may perform.  Should it happen, enough bump from that would likely get him over the 1M mark even sooner.

Scotty has already been certified platinum. That means he’s shipped 1 million albums not sold. Scotty’s sold 939,000 albums currently. This is how the music industry has always certified albums. Daughtry has already been certified gold & they’ve sold 385,000 albums so far. Lady A was certified platinum about 4 months before they actually sold a million copies. As long as the demand for the album is there, they think the artist will reach gold/platinum & will certify the album.

Since when idol chatter don’t have James sales figure? They have Mandisa & Daughtry and their album aren’t charting in this weeks . Is it possible to say that James album sold below 2,000? wew!  

I see that Girlygirl already answered, but I’ll leave in the info. about Daughtry.

Not necessarily.  We know that Brian has easy access to both the Christian and Country charts, because he is located in Nashville.  That’s nothing new.  Sometime last year he connected with someone who has access to Daughtry’s numbers.  It’s been months since that happened.  While that person will give Brian Mansfield the weekly numbers for Daughtry’s first album, he won’t give him the grand total.  As usual, Brian doesn’t have easy access to the albums that are out of the BB 200, but sometimes he has someone who can give him those numbers.

Thanks for that info…. it’s so confusing when you read so many different comments from people. I’ve read that shipped means SOLD (just not scanned) because these shipped albums are paid for in advance….and that’s how they determine their decision for Platinum certification…Well, either way, Scotty’s sales look pretty steady. 

Whatever the numbers are, what’s obvious to me is that LMB isn’t selling the album in any significant way. I wonder what Wind Up’s strategy is. Have they given up on MOABD and are concentrating on touring? If that’s the case, it’s a shame because there are great tracks on the album that could help boost the sales. Not sure I get what they’re up to, if anything.

With all the latest gigs and nominations lined up, I get that Wind Up and James both agreed on going the heavy metal direction now. That’s really awesome for James since that’s what he always wanted to do, and he’s getting outstanding support from rock media and metal legends.  But then shouldn’t the label get rid of LMB and release Outcast to rock radio like Mick Mars said they were going to? Wouldn’t it help James’ metal career more than a moribund poppish single nobody cares for? Vegetating in the 30s on HAC with no new sales is nothing to be excited about either, but maybe that’s just me. [/soapbox]

Windmills do you think Lauren’s label had her sing the NA to open CRS to help out with the radio industry and any bad feeling her Thanksgiving day flub might have left.  Glad she nailed it  shows guts to have sung it infront of that group. I will be interested to see if it helps with Adds next week.  I have to say that Jana’s song is not really any good not clear to me why she is moving up the chart.

“Who runs the world? Adele. It’s just fun to see her numbers continuing
to explode and with them, a lot of excuses by record label execs.”

Windmills, could you point me at some of those excuses? I would find them interesting to read, not because I think Adele is going to change the quality of music that is accepted on Pop, or the singles that get selected – although I wish that were true – I would just get a kick out of these execs rationalizing why they didn’t see this coming. Schadenfreude, I suppose.

Here are the track sales from Idol Chatter.

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) (250,000,-4%, 1.493 million)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay (30,000, +47%, 1.955 million)
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (25,000, -12%, 1.3 million)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (22,000, +6%, 550,000)
Jennifer Hudson, I Will Always Love You (Live at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards) (15,000, debut, 15,000)
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (13,000, -9%, 1.435 million)
Lauren Alaina, Georgia Peaches (8,000, +18%, 74,000)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (7,000, +24%, 3.399 million)
Scotty McCreery, I Love You This Big (5,000, +4%, 787,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (3,000, +6%, 161,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +11%, 299,000)
Mandisa, Good Morning (2,000, -12%, 58,000)
Mandisa, Waiting for Tomorrow (1,000, +27%, 19,000)

If Adele’s 21 keeps selling at its current rate of about 140K per week, it should go Diamond (10M) around mid year.  The latest album to do that was Usher’s Confessions released in 2004.  It was certified Diamond in November 2008.

From UKMix:

Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Set Fire To The Rain” Adele
Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 21 “Part Of Me” Katy Perry
Debut No. 28 “Feel So Close” Calvin Harris
Debut No. 31 “Starships” Nicki Minaj
Debut No. 33 “Wild Ones” Flo Rida Featuring Sia
Debut No. 39 “Breathing” Jason Derulo

Adult Contemporary
*** No. 1 *** “Just A Kiss” Lady Antebellum
Greatest Gainer No. 6 “Set Fire To The Rain” Adele
Debut No. 28 “Scene In San Francisco” Ed Hale
Debut No. 29 “3 Words” Elliott Yamin

Adult Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Set Fire To The Rain” Adele
Greatest Gainer No. 2 “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” Kelly Clarkson
Debut No. 28 “Part Of Me” Katy Perry
Debut No. 39 “Blackout” Breathe Carolina
Debut No. 40 “If You Ever Come Back” The Script

Dance/Club Play Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” Kelly Clarkson
Hot Shot Debut No. 24 “Give Me All Your Luvin’ ” Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Debut No. 31 “Respect” Melanie Amaro
Debut No. 44 “Love On Top” Beyonce
Debut No. 45 “Changed The Way You Kiss Me” Example
Debut No. 46 “Raise Your Hands” C-Rod Featuring Jason Walker
Debut No. 47 “Glow In The Dark” Carishma
Debut No. 48 “Pop It” Jason Dottley

Rap Songs
*** No. 1 *** “The Motto” Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
Debut No. 24 “Crew Love” Drake Featuring The Weekend
Debut No. 25 “No Church In The Wild” Jay Z Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean
Greatest Gainer “Starships” Nicki Minaj

Rock Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Lonely Boy” The Black Keys
Greatest Gainer No. 7 “We Are Young” fun.
Hot Shot Debut No. 43 “This Means War” Nickelback
Debut No. 45 “Hurricane” Theory Of A Deadman

Alternative Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Somebody That I Used To Know” Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Greatest Gainer No. 4 “We Are Young” fun.
Debut No. 39 “Surrender” Angels & Airwaves
Debut No. 40 “Shuffle” Bombay Bicycle Club

Country Songs
*** No. 1 *** “You Gonna Fly” Keith Urban
Greatest Gainer No. 22 “Fly Over States” Jason Aldean
Hot Shot Debut No. 58 “Between Sundays” DJ Miller
Debut No. 59 “Lovin’ You Is Fun” Easton Corbin
Debut No. 60 “The Star Spangled Banner” The Band Perry

Latin Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer “Mi Santa” Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Hot Shot Debut No. 45 “El Reto” Luis Enrique
Debut No. 46 “Me Voy De La Casa” Tito “El Bambino”
Debut No. 47 “Marchate” Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda
Debut No. 49 “Perdoname” La Republika

Regional Mexican Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Llamada De Mi Ex” La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho
Greatest Gainer No. 10 “Amor Confuso” Gerardo Ortiz
Debut No. 33 “Delirando” Los Rieleros del Norte
Debut No. 35 “6 Impactos” Regido
Debut No. 36 “Que Wey Soy” La Numero 1 Banda Jerez
Debut No. 37 “Y Te Amo Tanto” Conjunto Atardecer Featuring Calibre 50
Debut No. 38 “Que Diosito Te Perdone” El Poder del Norte

Latin Pop Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer “Mi Santa” Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Debut No. 33 “Give Me All Your Luvin’” Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Debut No. 37 “El Reto” Luis Enrique
Debut No. 39 “Sorry For Party Rocking” LMFAO

Tropical Songs
Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** “Mi Santa” Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Debut No. 18 “Si Yo Fuera El” MAFFiO Featuring Joey Montana
Debut No. 22 “Te Amo” Alex Wayne
Debut No. 37 “Eres Tu” Frankie Ruiz Jr.

Christian Songs
*** No. 1 *** “My Hope Is In You” Aaron Shust
Greatest Gainer “Times” Tenth Avenue North
Hot Shot Debut No. 44 “He Said” Group 1 Crew Featuring Chris August
Debut No. 48 “The Hurt & The Healer” MercyMe
Debut No. 49 “On My Own” Ashes Remain

Gospel Songs
*** No. 1 *** “Still Able” James Fortune & FIYA
Greatest Gainer No. 5 “One More Time” Zacardi Cortez Featuring John P. Kee
Debut No. 30 “It’s Gonna Be Alright” Le’Andria Johnson

DB987: Windmills do you think Lauren’s label had her sing the NA to open CRS to help out with the radio industry and any bad feeling her Thanksgiving day flub might have left.  Glad she nailed it  shows guts to have sung it infront of that group. I will be interested to see if it helps with Adds next week.  I have to say that Jana’s song is not really any good not clear to me why she is moving up the chart.

I do think Lauren was probably booked for the NA gig for radio as a sort of comeback statement. I don’t think the performance will help or hurt adds but it never hurts to foster a little more good will and remind people of your talent. 

As far as Jana Kramer’s song, I wouldn’t have picked it out as a hit but it’s performing very well so far. I can’t say I prefer Georgia Peaches (if anything I really prefer the production of Jana’s song) but obviously I’d like to see GP do well to set up other singles for Lauren.

Incipit: Windmills, could you point me at some of those excuses? I would find them interesting to read, not because I think Adele is going to change the quality of music that is accepted on Pop, or the singles that get selected – although I wish that were true – I would just get a kick out of these execs rationalizing why they didn’t see this coming. Schadenfreude, I suppose.

I think that was bad writing on my part. I was talking about the excuses exploding along with Adele’s numbers but maybe I should’ve said the excuses were imploding. The point I was trying to make is that as much as execs have blamed downloading and fragmentation on the entertainment scene for lower record sales, and as much as radio execs have decided centralized playlists and familiarity is the best way to keep their ratings up, the way Adele’s motivated people to buy her music says they’re not getting the whole picture. Because, it is still possible to get people to buy in. And, you don’t even need to be everywhere in the regular and social media to do it! 

I agree Adele’s success is probably not going to change the way any of these people do business but she should make them reevaluate their assessment of what makes people buy into somebody’s music. 

Thanks for input I should say I like Jana’s song well enough but not really her voice or how she sings it if that makes sense.  GP has grown on me would not have picked it though for her single.

This’ll make Kirsten happy. Scotty just performed You Make That Look Good at the UMG luncheon. And, it looks like it’s just 1 song apiece from most Universal acts. King George was an exception, obviously.

I’m lovin’ the increases in sales, even for the artists who didn’t have Grammy performances.  I would say it’s radio support, but I don’t see Casey James on there and Lauren is…so maybe touring is mattering more? 

Congrats to all with increases!

MusicRow Magazine
@MusicRow
Getting our Idol fix on at Ryman with Scotty McCreery, and “You Make That Look Good.” #CRS2012

So…is this our next single?:))

Hi windmills. I just want to ask if “You Make That Look Good” is the next single do you think it’s a good choice? 

I like the song & think it’s radio-friendly. It’s upbeat & different from his first 2 singles. I think it has a good chance of doing really well & charting in the top 10 & could be Scotty’s breakout hit.

From HDD:

One Day Sales:

ADELE WILL RULE AGAIN

Tyga, fun., Chiddy Bang, Sleigh Bells, Chieftains Top New Release Slate

Adele’s 21 will easily score another week at #1, her 22nd, with an estimated total now close to 300k.
That
would send the album up to 7.6 million over the course of its year in
the marketplace, and makes it the favorite to finish as the top-sellng
album for two years in a row, a first for the Soundscan era.

Of course, we’ll have a better idea tomorrow for the midweeks, as well as a read on Whitney Houston titles now that physical retail has received stock. Here are this week’s key debuts, based on one-day sales reports from those online and offline retailers who haven’t closed up shop and set up Rick Santorum campaign headquarters:

Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic rapper Tyga’s sophomore album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King, should do 70-80k, which is all digital sales, since the physical copy of the album was pulled due to an uncleared sample from Martin Luther King’s
“I Have a Dream” speech. Tyga is an acronym which stands for “Thank You
God Always” for the prolific mixtape artist of Vietnamese-Jamaican
origin, whose real name is Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson and whose previous album, 2008′s No Introduction, was on the Decaydance label.
 
Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic N.Y.-based indie pop-rockers fun.’s sophomore album, Some Nights, is set for 50-60k in first-week sales, thanks to the smash single, “We Are Young” featuring Janelle Monae, which gained momentum from its use in a widely seen Chevy Sonic “Stunt Anthem” Super Bowl spot. The song was also covered in a Glee episode last December.
Virgin/EMI Philly alterna-hip-hop band Chiddy Bang’s debut, Breakfast, featuring samples from the likes of Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Passion Pit and MGMT, is on target for between 30-35k in sales.
Mom + Pop/RED noise-pop trio Sleigh Bells’ Reign of Terror, their sophomore effort, is slated for 25-30k, no doubt boosted by last weekend’s Saturday Night Live performance.
Hear Music/Concord’s traditional Irish band and six-time Grammy winners The Chieftains mark their 40th anniversary with Voice of Ages, which is slated for 15-18k. The album features collaborations with new artists like The Civil Wars, Bon Iver, Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Decemberists, Pistol Annies, the Low Anthem, Punch Brothers, Imelda May and Lisa Hannigan.

Album sales were up 13% vs. last week, up 7% vs. the same week last year and up 4% year to date.

Track sales were up 12% vs. last week, up 12% vs. the same week last year and up 7% year to date.TEA (Track Equivalent Album) sales were up 13% vs. last week, up 9% vs. same week last year and up 5% year to date.

ptebwwong: Hi windmills. I just want to ask if “You Make That Look Good” is the next single do you think it’s a good choice? I know you would have liked “Walk in the Country” to be the next single, but I could have seen this YMTLG released as a 4th single anyway.

I like the song & think it’s radio-friendly. It’s upbeat & different from his first 2 singles. I think it has a good chance of doing really well & charting in the top 10 & could be Scotty’s breakout hit.

I’m good with it. I’m on Team Any Uptempo Other Than Water Tower Town and I’m pretty sure I suggested YMTLG as a single when I reviewed the album. I’d rank WITC and Write My Number On Your Hand ahead of it as songs/performances but I really do think YMTLG will make a strong single with a good shot at t10. 

Lauren sang Dirt Road Prayer at the UMG luncheon. I’m actually a little surprised she didn’t sing Georgia Peaches but I think they chose the song that was most likely to impress the crowd there. 

Based on the tweets I’m seeing from the luncheon, they both got good responses. The biggest responses at the luncheon so far seem to have been for George Strait who was the surprise opener (no surprise he got a standing ovation), Kacey Musgraves (who signed with Lost Highway last year, love her – this is the song she performed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW5JRYt5ZGU), and Chris Stapleton (founder and former guitarist of the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers who’s a very successful Nashville songwriter in his own right).

 Speaking of CRS I’m interested to see what’s sung at the different showcases this week if our Idols sing 2 songs. The annual Sony Nashville boat show is tomorrow evening and the UMG luncheon is today. I expect Kellie to perform 100 Proof and maybe Tough. Carrie’s supposed to perform so tomorrow’s Sony boat show could be her debut live performance of Good Girl. CaseyJ will do LDCIAN if he performs (I think he will) and if he gets another song, it’ll be interesting seeing what it is. He already played Drive at the boat show last year. Scotty and Lauren will probably play 2 songs apiece at the UMG luncheon today, and that could give an indication of what the label has in mind for their next singles (Lauren’s is a long way away though because GP still has work to do). 

I think Casey is definitively performing on the boat tomorrow. His whole new band are gearing up for a performance tomorrow it can only be for the boat. (Okay and they are also shooting more music videos today). 
Casey already did a two hour guitar pull yesterday with Wade Bowen and Tyler Farr. But that was obviously just a new artists introduction from BNA/ Columbia.  
It would be interesting to see if he performs Drive again, but it will be a bit funny to perform the same song a year later, it would be interesting to see what reaction he gets for the song this time, Drive has evolved a lot and Casey has developed a lot in a year. There might be some truth in it that a section of people are bit tired over production and autotune. Acoustic Drive already has 82k views, and people seem to like the fact that the song doesn’t have any production. 
I think they performed two songs last year on the boat, I hope it will be two songs again, LDCIAN and Drive together is a good combination.

I think BNA will really be pushing Kenny Chesney’s song this week, judging by the ad he got. The song isn’t that great but if it makes no. 1 this week then BNA can fully concentrate on others like Kellie and Casey, which would be nice, and good timing.

Interesting choice for Scotty to perform at the luncheon.

I’m lovin’ the increases in sales, even for the artists who didn’t have Grammy performances.  I would say it’s radio support, but I don’t see Casey James on there and Lauren is…so maybe touring is mattering more?  

Are you referring to singles or albums?

If you are referring to single sales numbers, then I think Brain could have gotten numbers for Casey. LDCIAN has been higher on itunes then IlYTB, if Brain can get numbers for ILYTB then he should surely be able to get numbers for LDCIAN as well. 
I dont think touring helps that much for single sales. I dont know about Lauren (but I am sure she is doing lots of shows as I am sure Scotty also does a lot of shows) but Casey has practically been doing a show (radio promo) for every single day these past two weeks, often two shows a day, like yesterday, it just doesn’t get reported here.

It is just simple maths in my opinion of course there is always other factors also involved, but basically Scotty has an audience impression of over 17 million, Casey 7 million and Lauren 4 million, the chances of them right now selling on par with Scotty isn’t very likely at all. Other then that both Scotty and Lauren has lots of fans from idol. It has been two years since Casey has been on idol (and on a very unpopular season at that, most people didn’t even think he would crack the top 40 on country radio), he barely has any idol fans, he is much more like a normal new artist, if his radio AI goes up more people will hear the song more, and more people will buy the song (hopefully!!!). 
The same would of course be true for Lauren and Scotty as well, but to a different degree, if Scotty makes the top 10 he would sell a lot more then he is doing right now, and if Lauren reaches the top 30 she would sell a lot more then she is selling right now. 
Of course there are exceptions like Red Solo Cup that just keeps on selling, but that isn’t really the norm. 
 

 Thanks–I enjoy discussions like this.  I certainly understand that Casey is fighting hard…just thought that he would be selling more singles than Lauren given their respective positions on the charts.  I understand his album isn’t out yet (and will check it out when the time comes).   Feel free to post about his shows–I’m interested in most things country…

LVD: I think Casey is definitively performing on the boat tomorrow. His whole new band are gearing up for a performance tomorrow it can only be for the boat. (Okay and they are also shooting more music videos today).

Good to know, thanks! And, CaseyJ was shooting Walmart Soundcheck performances today. I’m hoping he’ll also do like his labelmate Kellie and do some more acoustic performances of album songs that’ll debut online on different sites (like USA Today, Taste Of Country, and so on and so forth).

LVD: Casey already did a two hour guitar pull yesterday with Wade Bowen and Tyler Farr. But that was obviously just a new artists introduction from BNA/ Columbia.  It would be interesting to see if he performs Drive again, but it will be a bit funny to perform the same song a year later, it would be interesting to see what reaction he gets for the song this time, Drive has evolved a lot and Casey has developed a lot in a year.

Oh cool, do we know what he played? I’m with you, I don’t know if he’ll do Drive again but I’d kind of like it if he did with the way the song’s evolved.

LVD:I think they performed two songs last year on the boat, I hope it will be two songs again, LDCIAN and Drive together is a good combination.

I’m almost positive it was just Drive last year on the boat. But, hoping for 2 songs this year now that CaseyJ’s got a t30 song.

Billboard article on the Hot 100 this week:

“Katy Perry’s ‘Part of Me’ Debuts Atop Hot 100”

http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat#/news/katy-perry-s-part-of-me-debuts-atop-hot-1006251352.story

#1 – Part of Me
#2 – Set Fire to the Rain
#3 – I Will Always Love You
#4 – What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)
#5 – Rolling in the Deep
#6 – We Are Young
#7 – Someone Like You
#8 – We Found Love
#9 – Starships
#10 – Turn Up the Music (ugh!)

With the gains, Adele makes history as the first female ever to
place three titles in the Hot 100′s top 10 concurrently as a lead
artist. Only one other woman had ever claimed a 30% share of the top
10: Ashanti, who charted a trio of tracks in the top tier the weeks
of March 30 and April 6 in 2002. She sported featured artist
billing, however, on two of those entries.

Despite falling from No. 1 to No. 4 on the Hot 100 after two weeks
in the driver’s seat (fairly literally, considering the song’s placement
in Toyota’s current Camry advertising campaign), “Stronger (What
Doesn’t Kill You)” nets the Hot 100′s top Airplay Gainer tag,
motoring 7-4 on Radio Songs (91 million, up 19%). The cut
decelerates 2-5 on Digital Songs (252,000, down 3%).

From Billboard:

Adele’s ’21′ Earns Biggest Sales Gain In SoundScan History

Not counting albums that were released on an irregular schedule, or,
arrived early due to street-date violation sales, Adele’s “21″
achieves the largest weekly unit gain for an album since Nielsen
SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. It earned a staggering
493,000 gain last week — moving from 237,000 copies last week to
730,000 this week.

With that 207% increase, it also easily spends a 21st week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
 
Clearly,
Adele’s performance (and six wins) on the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards
spurred “21′s” massive sales increase. The annual broadcast can be
counted on for generating big bumps in sales, but Adele’s is the
biggest.
 
The previous largest SoundScan-era gain
for an album came on March 15, 2003, when Norah Jones’ “Come Away
With Me” jumped from No. 3 to No. 1, selling 621,000 (up from
144,000 the week previous). Coincidentally, Jones’ jump was caused
by the Grammy Awards, too.
 
Jones won three
of the top Grammy categories that year: album (“Come Away With Me”)
and record of the year (“Don’t Know Why”), in addition to best new
artist.

Only three albums have seen a larger unit gain in a week than
“21,” but all were generated by irregular debuts or off-cycle
releases.  
— Eminem’s “The Eminem Show”
jumped from 285,000 to 1,322,000 on June 8, 2002 in its first full
week on the chart — and second week at No. 1 (a gain of 1,037,000).
Its 285,000 debut at No. 1 was engineered by an early release, and,
at most, only three days of sales. After its first full week in
stores, it then incurred the massive jump in sales.
 
— Pearl Jam’s “Vitalogy”
zoomed from 10,000 to 877,000 on the chart dated Dec. 24, 1994 —
its third week on the chart. The album was released on vinyl LP
first (debuting at No. 55 on Dec. 10 with 34,000) before falling to
No. 173 with 10,000 the next week. Once the CD was released, it flew
to No. 1 with 877,000.
 
— The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Life After Death”
went from 6,000 to 690,000 in its second week on the chart — April
12, 1997 (gain of 684,000). However, its bow at No. 176 with
6,000 was owed to early sales, pre-official street date, that forced
the title onto the list prematurely. The next week, after its first
official week in release, it jumped to No. 1.

One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful”  sold 132K in debut week (#12 on Digital Songs Chart and #28 on BB HOT 100).

One Direction Has Highest Hot 100 Debut For New U.K. Act Since 1998

by Keith Caulfield, L.A.  |  

February 22, 2012 5:55 EST

Vocal group One Direction makes waves on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart this week as its “What Makes You Beautiful” debuts at
No. 28. It’s the highest bow for a U.K. act’s debut U.S. single in
nearly 14 years. “Beautiful” sold 132,000
downloads in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, starting
at No. 12 on the Digital Songs chart.
 

 
Formed
on the 2010 edition of the U.K.’s “X Factor” TV program, the male
quintet earns the highest new-Brit Hot 100 launch since the Verve’s
“Bittersweet Symphony” entered at No. 13 on the chart dated March
28, 1998. (While that wasn’t necessarily the Verve’s very first
single, it was their first Hot 100 entry.) To
be more exacting, the last U.K. act (solo or otherwise) to start
higher than One Direction with their true first U.S. single was
singer Jimmy Ray with “Are You Jimmy Ray?” on Feb. 21, 1998 (No. 26).
 
Finally, the last U.K. group to see its first U.S. single start higher was the Spice Girls,
when “Wannabe” landed at No. 11 on Jan. 25, 1997. “Wannabe” vaulted
to No. 1 four weeks later, spending four straight weeks at the
top of the tally. The success of “Beautiful” may
only be just beginning. It makes its retail launch even before One
Direction’s record label — Columbia — officially begins going for
airplay at pop radio next week. One Direction
comprises Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and
Louis Tomlinson. All of the group hails from U.K., save for Horan,
who is from Ireland. The five young gents (ages 18-20) have nabbed
three top three U.K. singles and reached No. 2 with its debut album
“Up All Night” in November 2011. “Night” will be released in the
U.S. on March 13 via SYCO/Columbia. Last
night (Feb. 21), the act won its first Brit Award (essentially the
U.K. equivalent of the U.S.’ Grammy) for best British single for
“What Makes You Beautiful.” (The category is one of three Brit
Awards determined by a public vote.) Next up for the group will be a U.S. tour with Big Time Rush
beginning Feb. 24 in Chicago, with dates lined up through March
9 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. They’ll also play
NBC’s “Today” show on March 12 — the day before “Up All Night” is
released. One Direction follows in the recent
success of fellow U.K. quintet the Wanted, who jump 25-23 on the Hot
100 this week with “Glad You Came.” So far, the single has moved
418,000 downloads. The song also rises 16-13 on the Pop Songs
airplay tally this week.

(Additional reporting by Gary Trust)

http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/one-direction-has-highest-hot-100-debut-1006257752.story

I sure hope country radio thinks it (if it is indeed YMTLG) is radio friendly and actually play it. 

It’s a surprising thing that TTWG got such a bad reception from country radio considerinjg the video now has over 5.5 million views and judging from the comments, the young people (female and male) particularly love it.  I know it has had lots of adds apart from Cumulus stations but have heard many complaints about the song not being played even tho it was added.

Makes you wonder how high it could have gone had it been well received by radio.    IMO, radio lost a good chance at bringing in lots of new (and/or young) listeners. 

I hope you guys are ready for some real numbers because it looks like UK Mix has spared us from having to wait until morning.  Yay!

From UK Mix:

Billboard Top 200

Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Album Title TW % CHG LW Total

52 1 1 1 * ADELE 21 729900 207 237479 7352609

2 6 2 * HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST HITS 175135 174 63853 1979958

2 3 3 VARIOUS NOW 41 94489 -33 141650 236223

59 19 9 4 * ADELE 19 87456 144 35910 1947105

4 4 8 5 * VARIOUS 2012 GRAMMY NOMINEES 84821 66 51064 222088

2 2 6 VAN HALEN DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH 57876 -69 187494 246424

2 5 7 MCCARTNEY*PAUL KISSES ON THE BOTTOM 57856 -22 74102 132408

72 48 30 8 * MARS*BRUNO DOO – WOPS & HOOLIGANS 37931 133 16294 1533245

23 22 17 9 * LADY ANTEBELLUM OWN THE NIGHT 36566 47 24917 1347293

54 121 41 10 * CIVIL WARS BARTON HOLLOW 35663 178 12827 333049

17 28 14 11 * COLDPLAY MYLO XYLOTO 35452 26 28192 1162730

17 13 12 13 CLARKSON*KELLY STRONGER 28882 -7 30995 597296

68 25 16 15 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 27816 8 25722 2386943

71 37 24 19 * BAND PERRY*THE BAND PERRY 23774 22 19531 1168516

45 85 59 21 * FOO FIGHTERS WASTING LIGHT 23116 134 9862 719859

28 15 19 22 BRYAN*LUKE TAILGATES & TANLINES 23068 1 22839 777264

69 49 42 25 * SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW 20464 60 12815 4004597

22 17 37 27 * BENNETT*TONY DUETS II 19689 47 13386 802711

11 87 49 29 * BON IVER BON IVER 19320 61 12021 402542

8 23 32 31 * SKRILLEX BANGARANG 19022 23 15456 139810

2 72 37 * HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHITNEY HOUSTON 17195 113 8084 1113493

2 80 38 * BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK 17025 123 7650 11854610

43 56 43 40 * MAROON 5 HANDS ALL OVER 15710 27 12355 990983

32 72 48 41 * SHELTON*BLAKE RED RIVER BLUE 14616 21 12055 566069

39 45 55 43 * FOSTER THE PEOPLE TORCHES 14045 28 11013 736966

20 35 47 45 MCCREERY*SCOTTY CLEAR AS DAY 12980 7 12106 938693

37 63 70 51 * SKRILLEX SCARY MONSTERS AND NICE SPRITE 11973 39 8603 274761

11 54 74 55 * WINEHOUSE*AMY LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES 10685 34 7992 355150

65 81 69 61 * MINAJ*NICKI PINK FRIDAY 9790 12 8717 1774105

13 47 63 63 DAUGHTRY BREAK THE SPELL 9504 3 9245 385374

2 118 65 * HOUSTON*WHITNEY I LOOK TO YOU 9292 81 5122 992904

108 109 111 81 * LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW 7522 44 5241 3824574

2 122 87 * HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHITNEY 7257 46 4962 1007495

2 183 90 * PREACHER’S WIFE SOUNDTRACK 6992 96 3572 2501133

9 199 97 91 * BEATLES BEATLES 1 6978 18 5892 12015988

66 145 104 93 * RIHANNA LOUD 6854 25 5471 1615605

4 39 83 118 PICKLER*KELLIE 100 PROOF 5511 -26 7446 51623

171 153 159 122 * SWIFT*TAYLOR FEARLESS 5314 35 3933 6503420

1 124 * BON IVER FOR EMMA FOREVER AGO 5215 57 3332 422955

29 183 177 128 * WINEHOUSE*AMY BACK TO BLACK 5146 40 3663 2558164

1 131 * FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 5045 51 3338 551296

9 178 162 147 SHELTON*BLAKE LOADED: THE BEST OF BLAKE SHEL 4397 12 3927 505095

7 115 147 155 AEROSMITH BEST OF AEROSMITH-MILLENNIUM C 4237 3 4125 422029

11 164 * SWIFT*TAYLOR SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR LIVE 4127 47 2814 276166

19 137 169 174 ALAINA*LAUREN WILDFLOWER 3933 3 3812 248281

39 143 180 177 PAISLEY*BRAD THIS IS COUNTRY MUSIC 3909 9 3591 640198

11 159 196 185 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 7 3738 9 3415 168701

4 126 186 JAMES*ETTA AT LAST! 3733 15 3234 570713

1 188 * BEACH BOYS SOUNDS OF SUMMER: VERY BEST OF 3716 58 2349 2961276

1 193 * HOUSTON*WHITNEY MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 3699 96 1884 2801138

1 194 * LADY ANTEBELLUM LADY ANTEBELLUM 3660 34 2723 1979343

3 195 200 * JAMES*ETTA ICON 3568 40 2551 81629

Hot Digital Tracks
Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total
1 1 PERRY*KATY PART OF ME 411429 999 11104 422533
2 3 2 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 359883 89 190503 1445241
62 37 9 3 ADELE ROLLING IN THE DEEP 267474 115 124150 6513665
52 2 4 4 ADELE SET FIRE TO THE RAIN 254357 36 187257 2799452
17 1 2 5 CLARKSON*KELLY STRONGER (WHAT DOESN’T KILL YO 249816 -4 259379 1492768
11 19 1 6 FUN. FEAT. JANELLE MONAE WE ARE YOUNG 244339 -17 296082 887341
1 7 NICKI MINAJ STARSHIPS 184610 0 184610
52 21 8 8 ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU 183480 44 127720 4456208
1 9 BROWN*CHRIS TURN UP THE MUSIC 178021 999 1318 179339
26 8 5 10 LMFAO SEXY AND I KNOW IT 136062 -20 169953 4387223

1 11 ONE DIRECTION WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL 131711 999 1 131865

2 66 21 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (W 88504 194 30090 538016

2 31 23 HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST LOVE OF ALL (JUNIOR V 85982 59 54140 424136

35 23 27 36 MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUIL MOVES LIKE JAGGER 60294 -6 63945 4540986

2 70 43 HOUSTON*WHITNEY THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER 51714 75 29489 188721

2 56 44 HOUSTON*WHITNEY SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 51272 54 33331 255833

37 126 94 47 ADELE RUMOUR HAS IT 49595 118 22723 803666

2 68 49 HOUSTON*WHITNEY ONE MOMENT IN TIME 46591 56 29813 238726

2 57 51 HOUSTON*WHITNEY HOW WILL I KNOW 46103 38 33325 305044

2 79 53 HOUSTON*WHITNEY DIDN’T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL 45875 66 27604 178546

2 82 56 HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO 43083 63 26354 167668

2 40 58 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (W 43020 -2 43954 176138

36 40 42 59 GYM CLASS HEROES FEAT. ADAM LE STEREO HEARTS 42408 -2 43274 3154769

2 133 65 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I LOOK TO YOU 39399 132 16982 220652

1 69 GLEE CAST I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 36484 0 36484

2 108 72 HOUSTON*WHITNEY RUN TO YOU 35464 72 20608 169122

2 143 73 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I HAVE NOTHING 35037 120 15931 199521

1 75 GLEE CAST STEREO HEARTS 34767 0 34767

32 77 49 81 SHELTON*BLAKE GOD GAVE ME YOU 32517 -15 38063 1395981

2 107 83 HOUSTON*WHITNEY YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE 32462 57 20641 167563

4 110 89 ALDEAN*JASON & KELLY CLARKSON DON’T YOU WANNA STAY 30176 47 20557 1954617

2 172 92 ADELE CHASING PAVEMENTS (ALBUM) 29661 122 13356 1320509

2 112 94 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I’M EVERY WOMAN 29228 44 20343 177323

2 142 97 HOUSTON*WHITNEY MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 27371 71 15979 131723

4 105 86 98 SHELTON*BLAKE DRINK ON IT 26943 8 24852 115876

2 95 99 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I HAVE NOTHING 26839 20 22395 149730

24 60 76 102 CLARKSON*KELLY MR. KNOW IT ALL 24998 -12 28541 1299566

1 104 HOUSTON*WHITNEY SO EMOTIONAL 24420 150 9774 95422

2 160 109 ADELE MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE (ALBUM) 23823 67 14267 842071

1 110 GLEE CAST LOVE SHACK 23642 0 23642

23 84 103 117 MCCREERY*SCOTTY THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS 22492 6 21212 549539

2 153 118 HOUSTON*WHITNEY ALL AT ONCE 22286 51 14791 113081

2 157 119 HOUSTON*WHITNEY EXHALE (SHOOP, SHOOP) 22071 53 14426 134095

1 121 GLEE CAST LET ME LOVE YOU 21507 0 21507

47 95 104 123 ALDEAN*JASON DIRT ROAD ANTHEM 21464 2 21090 2322032

1 126 GLEE CAST HOME (GLEE CAST VERSION) 21240 0 21240

2 162 137 HOUSTON*WHITNEY ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED 19946 43 13949 116509

1 138 ADELE TURNING TABLES 19781 101 9857 595750

1 142 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME 19266 70 11310 133362

45 162 131 144 SHELTON*BLAKE HONEY BEE 19158 10 17409 1829061

2 192 146 HOUSTON*WHITNEY IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OKAY ( 19066 55 12278 155823

2 197 151 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I’M YOUR BABY TONIGHT 18383 52 12063 92024

1 156 HOUSTON*WHITNEY HEARTBREAK HOTEL 17376 59 10926 110832

1 160 GLEE CAST L O V E 16970 0 16970

1 170 ADELE ONE AND ONLY 16206 80 9016 270180

3 10 71 173 GLEE CAST FEAT. 2CELLOS (SULIC SMOOTH CRIMINAL 16048 -45 29105 153231

2 174 176 MAROON 5 SHE WILL BE LOVED 15505 17 13301 2246847

1 181 HUDSON*JENNIFER I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (LIVE A 14718 0 14718

2 89 183 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BEAUTIFUL 14577 -37 23299 1059592

1 188 HOUSTON*WHITNEY HOW WILL I KNOW (JUNIOR VASQUE 14126 69 8339 51270

22 147 173 197 ALDEAN*JASON TATTOOS ON THIS TOWN 13790 4 13315 617687

Digital Tracks Catalog
Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total
2 177 51 HOUSTON*WHITNEY JESUS LOVES ME 11878 119 5428 38859

2 84 54 HOUSTON*WHITNEY & MARIAH CAREY WHEN YOU BELIEVE 11588 46 7945 82576

2 171 56 HOUSTON*WHITNEY FEAT. THE GEOR I LOVE THE LORD 11563 108 5563 66737

2 123 57 HOUSTON*WHITNEY QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 11456 71 6706 69801

1 63 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I DIDN’T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH 10352 177 3733 82429

2 146 71 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I’M EVERY WOMAN (CLIVILLES & C 9883 61 6141 39299

2 182 81 HOUSTON*WHITNEY IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OKAY 8996 68 5352 51868

2 189 89 HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 8417 61 5231 38948

111 74 99 92 ALDEAN*JASON SHE’S COUNTRY 8247 13 7273 1802684

1 99 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 8070 29 6252 1270908

2 183 100 HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD 8052 51 5338 46130

2 167 103 HOUSTON*WHITNEY MILLION DOLLAR BILL 7961 41 5641 148722

59 96 136 117 ALDEAN*JASON BIG GREEN TRACTOR 7465 16 6441 1947932

1 119 HOUSTON*WHITNEY & CECE WINANS COUNT ON ME 7391 117 3410 74160

6 119 91 139 PAISLEY*BRAD SHE’S EVERYTHING 6827 -9 7513 1318052

2 105 139 SHELTON*BLAKE AUSTIN 6827 -4 7130 527523

9 143 175 143 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BEFORE HE CHEATS 6759 24 5469 3399210

1 150 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 6584 73 3798 20849

2 153 170 MAROON 5 THIS LOVE 6100 3 5928 1605340

7 90 151 173 AEROSMITH I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING 6039 0 6044 1362281

6 171 140 200 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 5505 -13 6305 1436047

Digital Tracks Catalog
Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total
2 177 51 HOUSTON*WHITNEY JESUS LOVES ME 11878 119 5428 38859

2 84 54 HOUSTON*WHITNEY & MARIAH CAREY WHEN YOU BELIEVE 11588 46 7945 82576

2 171 56 HOUSTON*WHITNEY FEAT. THE GEOR I LOVE THE LORD 11563 108 5563 66737

2 123 57 HOUSTON*WHITNEY QUEEN OF THE NIGHT 11456 71 6706 69801

1 63 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I DIDN’T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH 10352 177 3733 82429

2 146 71 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I’M EVERY WOMAN (CLIVILLES & C 9883 61 6141 39299

2 182 81 HOUSTON*WHITNEY IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OKAY 8996 68 5352 51868

2 189 89 HOUSTON*WHITNEY GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 8417 61 5231 38948

111 74 99 92 ALDEAN*JASON SHE’S COUNTRY 8247 13 7273 1802684

1 99 ALDEAN*JASON MY KINDA PARTY 8070 29 6252 1270908

2 183 100 HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD 8052 51 5338 46130

2 167 103 HOUSTON*WHITNEY MILLION DOLLAR BILL 7961 41 5641 148722

59 96 136 117 ALDEAN*JASON BIG GREEN TRACTOR 7465 16 6441 1947932

1 119 HOUSTON*WHITNEY & CECE WINANS COUNT ON ME 7391 117 3410 74160

6 119 91 139 PAISLEY*BRAD SHE’S EVERYTHING 6827 -9 7513 1318052

2 105 139 SHELTON*BLAKE AUSTIN 6827 -4 7130 527523

9 143 175 143 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE BEFORE HE CHEATS 6759 24 5469 3399210

1 150 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 6584 73 3798 20849

2 153 170 MAROON 5 THIS LOVE 6100 3 5928 1605340

7 90 151 173 AEROSMITH I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING 6039 0 6044 1362281

6 171 140 200 CLARKSON*KELLY BREAKAWAY 5505 -13 6305 1436047

Current R&B Albums Overall

Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total

48 77 67 39 HUDSON*JENNIFER I REMEMBER ME 2531 76 1440 430226

67 57 45 51 GREEN*CEE LO LADY KILLER 1967 -8 2132 467135

1 74 HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHITNEY HOUSTON – TR 1351 514 220 7006

13 103 88 79 COLON*JAVIER COME THROUGH FOR YOU 1302 29 1007 35214

79 142 132 149 FANTASIA BACK TO ME 466 -9 513 472198

Current R&B Albums Overall

Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total

48 77 67 39 HUDSON*JENNIFER I REMEMBER ME 2531 76 1440 430226

67 57 45 51 GREEN*CEE LO LADY KILLER 1967 -8 2132 467135

1 74 HOUSTON*WHITNEY WHITNEY HOUSTON – TR 1351 514 220 7006

13 103 88 79 COLON*JAVIER COME THROUGH FOR YOU 1302 29 1007 35214

79 142 132 149 FANTASIA BACK TO ME 466 -9 513 472198

Top Seasonal Albums
Week Ending February 19, 2012

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Album Title TW % CHG LW Total
2 1 1 HOUSTON*WHITNEY HOLIDAY ALBUM 774 67 463 491456

20 7 13 11 EVANCHO*JACKIE O HOLY NIGHT 104 -2 106 1125237

14 13 16 14 GLEE CAST GLEE: THE MUSIC, THE CHRISTMAS 79 -5 83 307141

20 9 20 19 BOYLE*SUSAN THE GIFT 56 -19 69 2084934

4 97 43 41 MCPHEE*KATHARINE CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO SAY 31 -9 34 26323

20 62 32 48 GLEE CAST MUSIC: XMAS 28 -35 43 1034355

2 115 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA MY KIND OF CHRISTMAS 14 75 8 131655

1 163 PAISLEY*BRAD BRAD PAISLEY CHRISTMAS 10 233 3 320252

Pam, am I reading this right…Javier Colon only sold a total of 35,000 CDs in the 13 weeks it has been out? 

 Yes.

Since we don’t yet have a numbers thread for today I’ll put this here.

Adam’s single is on the move on iTunes again. His song is now at 678. I wonder if the Queen concert talk is doing something? I don’t care why just glad it’s moving. Caveat (always feel like I have to say this so I’m not misconstrued) I’m not saying this is earth shattering just pointing out the numbers. 

Yes

As of yesterday, there’s not only a postage stamp but a banner as well on iTunes for BTIKM. 

Last night, Fox News at 10 PM had a brief segment about Adam’s upcoming performance with Queen at Sonisphere.  They also mentioned that they had performed together on AI and the EMAs.

I believe there were a couple of new spinners yesterday, an HAC in NYC and one in DC. 

I have also seen tweets about a remix in the works.

I guess the point I’m trying to make is that I don’t think RCA is giving up yet on this song.  Sure I wish it was moving faster, but so far it’s hanging in there.