Blake Lewis’s debut album Audio Day Dream debuts at #10 this week on the Billboard 200. His first week sales come in at 98K.
For some compare and contrast, check out the first week debuts of former Idol second place finishers:
1. Clay – …Measure of a Man(Oct 14, 2003) – 612, 859 (# 1)
2. Bo – …The Real Thing (December 13, 2005) – 226, 976 (# 4)
3. Katharine – …Katharine McPhee (January 30, 2007) – 115, 761 (# 2)
4. Justin – …Justin Guarini (June 10, 2003) – 57, 000 (# 20)
5. Diana – …Blue Skies (December 7, 2004) – 47, 000 ( # 52)
And just for fun, here’s a chart of all the Idol’s first week album debut stats.
Thanks to Nevada and Kirsten for compiling the numbers…
