No Idol Sales numbers yet, but this is the numbers thread and the thread must go on! As requested, I’ve compiled the second week numbers for Coronation songs and Idol Compilation albums where possible.
Post numbers as you find them. Thanks!
Idol albums
56 Scotty McCreery “American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery” 8K (-65%) Total 31K
84 Jennifer Hudson “I Remember Me” 5K (-3%) Total: 343K
188 Carrie Underwood “Play On” 3K (+8%) Total: 2.007M
Mandisa “What If We Were Real” 2K (-15%) Total: 39K
Idol-related
6 Brad Paisley “This Is Country Music” 53K (-65#) Total: 206K (features duet with Carrie)
8 Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party” 33K (+1%) Total: 1.27M (features duet with Kelly)
19 Jennifer Lopez “Love?” 16K (-14%) Total: 172K
79 Big Time Rush “BTR” 5K (-8%) Total: 509K (features duet with Jordin)
85 Civil Wars “Barton Hollow” 5K (-42%) Total: 109K
116 Aerosmith “Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection” 4K (-9%) Total: 283K
Rounded numbers from Brian Mansfield at USA Today’s Idol Chatter
Coronation Songs, Second Weeks:
Disclaimer: I only started collecting stats in Season 5 so stats for S1-S4 are based on digging through old news articles. I’m missing stats for Kelly’s, Ruben’s and Diana’s second week.
1. David Cook “Time of My Life” 163, 287 (-31%; lw 236, 024) Total: 399, 311 (1)
2. Clay Aiken “This is the Night” 144K (-63%; lw 393K) Total: 537K
3. Taylor Hicks “Do I Make You Proud” 117, 414 (-48%; lw 227, 946) Total: 345, 832
4. Carrie Underwood “Inside Your Heaven”: 95, 667 (-43%; lw 170, 528) Total: 266, 195
5. Kris Allen “No Boundaries” 86, 081 (-36%; lw 134, 458) Total: 220, 539
6. Fantasia “I Believe” 81K (-43%; lw 142, 141) Total: 223K
7. Bo Bice: “Inside Your Heaven” 71, 869 (-40%: lw 121, 423) Total: 193, 292
8. Blake Lewis “You Give Love a Bad Name” 60, 340 (-14%) Total: 130, 473
9. Jordin Sparks “This is My Now” 53, 619 (-28%) Total: 127, 922
10. Katharine McPhee “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”: 48, 610 (-35%; lw 74, 965) Total: 124, 173
11. Lee DeWyze “Beautiful Day” 37K (-61%; lw 95K) Total: 133K
12. Adam Lambert “No Boundaries” 23, 708 (-34%; lw 35, 984) Total: 59, 692
13. Crystal Bowersox “Up to the Mountain” 15K (-70%; lw 49K) Total: 63K
Justin and Archie did not have coronation singles. Some do not consider YGLaBN to be Blake’s coronation single (his version of TiMN was not released).
Compilation Album, Second Weeks
Idol Contestant Compilation Albums were only offered in Seasons 6, 8, 9 and 10. In Seasons 8-10, they were only offered for the winner and the runner-up. In Season 6, a selection of about 5 singles were offered as a package. For the first couple of weeks, only the winner and runner-up versions were available, but then EPs were offered for all the contestants. Because the Season 6 EPs were offered exclusively via iTunes, they were not eligible to chart on the BB200.
1. Jordin Sparks “Jordin Sparks – EP” 12, 683 (-52%) Total: 39, 298
2. Blake Lewis “Blake Lewis – EP” 12, 297 (-41%) Total: 33, 093
3. Adam Lambert, Season 8 Favorite Performances 10K (-39%) Total: 25K (BB200: 52)
4. Scotty McCreery “American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery” 8K (-65%) Total 31K (BB200: 56)
4. Kris Allen, Season 8 Favorite Performances 4K (-62%) Total: 14K (BB200: 125)
5. Lee DeWyze “Season 9 Favorite Performances” 2K (-22%; lw 2K) Total: 4K (Heatseeker: 13)
6. Crystal Bowersox “Season 9 Favorite Performances” 2K (-24%; lw 2K) Total: 4K (Heatseeker: 14)
