Idol Sales News – Week Ending 12/4/12

Scotty crosses the 600K mark. Daughtry and Durbin have drops consistent with typical drops for second week albums (60-70%). Five Idols in the top 100 (Lauren and Kelly round out the list). David Archuleta’s Christmas album returns to the BB200. This is the daily numbers thread, post on!

Idol albums (Idol Chatter)

Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (42,000 weekly, -52%, 630,000 total) (#11 Billboard 200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (39,000, -69%, 168,000) (#14 BB200)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (22,000, -47%, 336,000) (#35 BB200)
James Durbin, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster (11,000, -61%, 39,000) (#87 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (10,000, -43%, 172,000) (#96 BB200)
David Archuleta & Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Glad Christmas Tidings (5,000, +10%, 22,000) (#179 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (5,000, -33%, 108,000) (#193 BB200)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, +2%, 2.053 million)
Daughtry, Daughtry (2,000, -65%)

Idol-related albums

Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 40 (48,000, -27%, 305,000) (#9 Billboard 200)
Tony Bennett, Duets II (26,000, +6%, 581,000) (#24 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (25,000, -8%, 2.077 million) (#28 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Christmas 4 (24,000, +23%, 321,000) (#31 BB200)
Various, WOW Christmas (15,000, +12%, 61,000) (#61 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (15,000, -19%, 116,000) (#62 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 39 (12,000, -22%, 478,000) (#77 BB200)
Various, Essential Now That’s What I Call Christmas (8,000, -26%, 410,000) (#113 BB200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (8,000, -13%, 561,000) (#116 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Country Christmas (6,000, -39%, 208,000) (#140 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Country, Vol. 4 (5,000, -8%, 210,000) (#180 BB200)
Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley Christmas Duets (5,000, -3%, 471,000) (#183 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (3,000, -64%, 290,000)

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