Comments on: Idol Sales News – Week Ending 03/22/09

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:26:11 +0000

1 CLARKSON*KELLY ALL I EVER WANTED 90,393 254,671 -65 345,624
15 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 19,165 12,051 59 2,702,984
54 COOK*DAVID DAVID COOK 8,553 9,839 -13 1,035,604
56 HUDSON*JENNIFER JENNIFER HUDSON 8,211 10,949 -25 676,041
87 HICKS*TAYLOR DISTANCE 5,972 8,990 -34 14,963
125 ARCHULETA*DAVID DAVID ARCHULETA 4,311 4,796 -10 668,901
144 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 3,712 4,049 -8 4,404,546

By: temkanoe

temkanoe — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:35:39 +0000

snuffles, i dug around and couldn’t find the article but found this in archives though

http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-sales-news-week-ending-052508.htm

By: hoodathunk

hoodathunk — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:55:29 +0000

A question for the statisticians out there–How does the sales trajectory of Kelly’s All I Ever Wanted compare to My December in the first two weeks?

By: jpfan

jpfan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:48:36 +0000

I sort of doubt that Adam Lambert sold more dls than Carrie Underwood last week. It’s just as likely that his fans were more prone to rate the song than Carrie’s. I can’t imagine too many of her fans even bothering. Although it is a way to compare the size/devotion of the fan bases.

By: snuffles

snuffles — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:26:02 +0000

I’ve come up with my own theory on how to estimate the I Tunes sales of this year’s contestants. I posted it here:

http://idolforums.com/index.php?showtopic=599467

By: obrienboy2652

obrienboy2652 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:23:40 +0000

SO SMALL.. It had to have gotten a boost it was the best performance of the night.. WE ALL WANT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS!!!!!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:59:10 +0000

Yeah. lol What the hell ever happened to Josiah?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:49:04 +0000

Brian Mansfield has the numbers posted already! HERE

Bringing album numbers over from Idol Chatter (he has single numbers too):

Kelly’s All I Ever Wanted remains the best-selling album, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Despite a second-week 65 percent drop, its 90,000 sales keep Kelly ahead of U2′s No Line on the Horizon and a surging Twilight soundtrack…

Carrie’s return to Idol benefited her Carnival Ride album, which saw a 59 percent increase to 19,000 sales, a 42-15 leap on the chart (5-2 on the country chart) that lets the album’s total top 2.7 million. …

Other albums of note:

David Cook, David Cook (#54/#87 digital): 9,000 sales, off 13 percent, 1 million total (it sold fewer than a thousand digital albums last week but has a new digital total of 116,000).

Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson (#56/#166 digital): 8,000, off 25 percent, 676,000 total (46,000 digital total).

Taylor Hicks, The Distance (#87): 6,000, off 34 percent, 15,000 total.

Various, Hit Man: David Foster & Friends (#96): 6,000, off 7 percent, 172,000 total.

David Archuleta, David Archuleta (#125/#183 digital): 4,000, off 10 percent, 669,000 total (58,000 digital total).

Daughtry, Daughtry (#144): 4,000, off 8 percent, 4.4 million total.

Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler (#36 country): 2,000, up 2 percent, 183,000 total.

By: snuffles

snuffles — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:03:49 +0000

Does anyone have a link to the USAToday article that gave the ITunes sales totals for the Season 7 contestants and their Idol songs? I swear I remember them being released last summer.

By: hypertwink

hypertwink — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:42:57 +0000

Just curious – does anybody know the numbers for Josiah LemingÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s EP? Or donÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t EPs get counted too?

Wow, I forgot about him. I’m curious too at how his numbers turned out and will/has it affected his coming out with an album.

By: SashaB

SashaB — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:33:46 +0000

MJ, I see you have a NOW30 ad banner. How funny that the Davids have songs on that compilation: Light On and Crush? Are we going to track sales of that, too. Very eclectic mix: All American Rejects, Lady Gaga, Nickleback, Taylor Swift and the Davids are just a sampling. Interesting.

By: arca

arca — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:11:54 +0000

Just curious – does anybody know the numbers for Josiah Leming’s EP? Or don’t EPs get counted too?

By: sma11ie

sma11ie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:20:27 +0000

Why is Already Gone charting before Kelly’s second single, I Do Not Hook Up? Interesting.

And WOW, Opry week was more like goose Carrie’s sales week! Nice numbers. Even Before He Cheats got a boost– just from Kara mentioning it as a better song choice for Alexis perhaps?

ETA: Oprah’s having a country special and Carrie’s of course included. Is 3X platinum imminent for the country it-girl?

By: psnax

psnax — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:09:46 +0000

Brian Mansfield has the numbers posted already! HERE

By: amiroamor

amiroamor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:03:40 +0000

Ãƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ 85 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE JESUS, TAKE THE WHEEL 17131 201 5696 1487230

The power of Danny, maybe? Though I’m not a fan of his.