Idol Sales News – Week Ending 04/29/12

This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers when they become available. Thanks!

Carrie Underwood’s poised for a #1 debut. Her new 19/RCA Nashville album, Blown Away, will top next week’s chart with estimates of between 275-295k… (Hits Daily Double< /a>)

1. Jack White “Blunderbuss” 138K
2. Adele “21” 84K
3. Lionel Richie “Tuskegee” 78K
4. One Direction “Up All Night” 50K

22. “The Think Like A Man” Soundtrack featuring title track by Jennifer Hudson
23. Maroon 5 “Hands All Over”

BB Predicts that Carrie will open number 1 next week. I think most of us did too.

Idol albums (Idol Chatter)

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (10,000, -9%, 766,000) (#41 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (6,000, -8%, 1.035 million) (#78 BB200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (3,000, +1%, 434,000) (#124 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (3,000, +25%, 7.193 million) (#175 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, -25%, 171,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, 0 change)

Idol-related albums

Soundtrack, Think Like a Man (17,000, +7%, 45,000) (#22 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (14,000, -7%, 2.543 million) (#29 BB200)
Queen, Greatest Hits (6,000, +255%, 6.962 million) (#73 BB200)
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (6,000, +60%, 320,000) (#76 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (4,000, +6%, 267,000)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (4,000, -2%, 300,000) (#112 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (3,000, -7%, 96,000)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (3,000, -2%, 454,000) (#166 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 40 (3,000, -11%, 703,000) (#169 BB200)

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