Idol Sales News – Week Ending 09/27/09

By On 09/30/2009 · 209 Comments · In American Idol, Charts

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Sales numbers for the Billboard Release Date 10/10/2009 after the jump.

Download Numbers
8 Carrie Underwood “Cowboy Casanova” 110,236 (NEW) Total: 110,236 (NEW)
21 Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone” 47,144 (3%; lw 45,697) Total: 389,872 (27)
44 Jordin Sparks “Battlefield” 30,994 (-8%; lw 33,738) Total: 998,417 (42)
71 Daughtry “No Surprise” 21,400 (-9%; lw 23,636) Total: 818,239
93 Kris Allen “Live Like We’re Dying” 15,755 (NEW) Total: 15,755 (NEW)
160 Kellie Pickler “Best Days of Your Life” 8,949 (-8%; lw 9,690) Total:824,126

Glee
32 Glee Cast “Taking Chances” 37,212 (NEW) Total: 37,212 (NEW)
49 Glee Cast “Somebody to Love” 29,245 (NEW) Total: 29,245 (NEW)
109 Glee Cast “Bust Your Windows” 12,714 (-39%; lw 20,920) Total: 33,634
116 Glee Cast “Take a Bow” 12,128 (-40%; lw 20,340) Total: 85,841

Album Numbers
28 Daughtry “Leave This Town” 15,789 (-13%; lw 18,062) Total: 661,038 (24)
79 Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted” 5,656 (-5%; lw 5,985) Total: 711,25 (87)
125 Jordin Sparks “Battlefield” 3,732 (-9%; lw 4,082) Total: 116,964 (119)
177 Kellie Pickler “Kellie Pickler” 2,764 (-4%; lw 2,893) Total: 314,212 (155)

Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!

 
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  • karend

    BB=Baby=Adam (sorry, I also follow another board that calls him that) ….

  • jpfan

    Huh? The actual Billboard chart is usually quite different from Amazon.
    What’s #1 there isn’t usually #1 on the BB chart. So predicting numbers is pretty tough.

    I know 200K seems like alot but it wouldn’t be that great an opening week for Adam. Way under what Cook did last year.

  • Sherena

    I know 200K seems like alot but it wouldn’t be that great an opening week for Adam. Way under what Cook did last year.

    Cook moved 279,000. That’s not very much more than 200,000. Not that the first week sales really count for much except for creating hype. Unless Adam’s song is a bona fide hit by Nov. 24, all it’ll reflect is his AI fanbase. I’m much more interested in seeing Adam maintain his album sales and have successful singles, tbh.

  • Daniel B

    “Cook moved 279,000. That’s not very much more than 200,000.”

    Seems like it’s about 79,000 more than 200,000 to me, but maybe I need to recheck my math ;) I don’t think anyone could argue that a difference of a mere 79,000 albums sold wouldn’t be a massive difference indeed.

    That said, if Adam sells 200k his first week that’s still a very strong debut. I think he may just hit that, though my personal guess is that he’ll be around somewhere around 190k and will not quite crack 200k, but hey I think it will be close and I think that he’ll do just fine with that. I don’t think there’s any way in the world he’ll come close to moving the same number of units as David Cook, but again that’s just my personal opinion.

    First week sales are important, as in most cases the first week is the best-selling week of all and can make up a substantial percentage of how many units the album sells total, but also it will be very important whether the album has ‘legs’ or not and how well it maintains in subsequent weeks.

  • Sherena

    I don’t think anyone could argue that a difference of a mere 79,000 albums sold wouldn’t be a massive difference indeed.

    I’m arguing it. :P

    I’d much rather Adam debut with 200,000 and then stay in the Top 10 albums for a long time than debut 300,000 and then drop like a rock because he has no fans outside of his core fanbase.

    To be less extreme, I guess what I’m saying is that while it’s true that both the opening week and the subsequent weeks are important, I think the subsequent weeks are a LOT more important. One… there’s a lot MORE of them, and him just staying up there for a few more weeks than otherwise could easily generate 80k or more in sales. And two, I really really really want to see him break out of the AI bubble. That’s the key to longevity; to his second and third and fourth albums selling well and him establishing a real, viable career as a pop star. In the long run, it won’t matter if he has 80k more AI fans that’ll probably all forget him in a year anyway, but it will matter if he can get 1) hit singles and 2) infiltrate pop culture (through said hit singles) and 3) keep steady sales throughout many months, indicating that he’s converting new fans (also through said hit singles).

    I’m not worried about Adam’s first week at all. I think he’ll do fine. I think he’ll do great. I’d bet on 200,000 in sales at least. But singles, singles, singles. Without hit singles he’ll never make it in the pop music scene. It’s all about the singles.

  • fluffybunny

    @Daniel B

    What about first week sales of Kris’s album? Will he outsell Adam?

  • leilamaurizia

    More sales numbers:

    61 LEWIS*LEONA HAPPY 24,581 51,905 -53 76,486
    71 DAUGHTRY NO SURPRISE 21,400 23,636 -9 818,239
    160 PICKLER*KELLIE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE 8,949 9,690 -8 824,126

    Glee–
    109 GLEE CAST BUST YOUR WINDOWS 12,714 20,920 -39 33,634
    116 GLEE CAST TAKE A BOW 12,128 20,340 -40 85,841

  • Daniel B

    “What about first week sales of Kris’s album? Will he outsell Adam?”

    I don’t really know :) However my guess is probably not. (I’m not a big Adam fan, and I’m far more of a Kris fan, but if I’m really being honest my two favorite Idols by far are David Cook and Chris Daughtry (so that’s my bias). But as far as this season goes, I do really prefer Kris, followed by Danny (who is not my preferred genre of singer but seemed like such a nice guy who was so unfairly and mercilessly attacked that I want to be in this guy’s corner even if his type of music isn’t my thing)

    I think Kris will sell at a slow burn. He’ll have decent opening week numbers and will be outsold by Adam, but I think his album ultimately will have a chance of outselling Adam overall. If Kris is outsold by Adam on the first week, strangely it’s not that big a deal. Everyone and their brother in the media has already decided this is the foregone conclusion anyway, so I don’t think he’ll get a ton of bad press out of it. I think Adam will sell strongly for the first few weeks (his fans are pretty hardcore) but after the Christmas rush I think unless his album is just superb he will drop off the map. I think Kris and his style (if he’s allowed to showcase it on his album) has a shot at longevity and even if his album opens weaker than Adam’s he could have an album that sticks around for a while. It will all depend on the songs on the album, for both of them.

    But what do I know? I’m just speculating and I could be wildly incorrect. Either of these guys could blow up and be the next superstar, and either could easily go down in flames. I hope Kris does well but I have to admit I’m not a big fan of the first single.

    BTW I’m glad someone posted numbers for Daughtry and Pickler at long last. I was thinking there’s no way they both fell off the chart as both songs are still going strong. I’m interested to see how the new single for Daughtry (Life After You) will do, I think it gets released pretty soon, sometime in October.

  • Hazehel

    Some album numbers from UKMix (just for the sake of keeping track of sales because Idol Chatter doesn’t appear to be doing it) –

    11 RCA 20 24 28 DAUGHTRY LEAVE THIS TOWN 15,789 18,062 -13 661,038
    29 RCA 83 87 79 CLARKSON*KELLY ALL I EVER WANTED 5,656 5,985 -5 711,25
    10 JIVE 105 119 125 SPARKS*JORDIN BATTLEFIELD 3,732 4,082 -9 116,964
    25 BNA 143 155 177 PICKLER*KELLIE KELLIE PICKLER 2,764 2,893 -4 314,212

    David Cook’s album appears to have fallen out of BB200 this week.

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