Caleb Johnson Album Sales Predictions
The Hits Daily Double album sales predictions are in.
The industry mag predicts, based on sales information from retailers, that American Idol winner, Caleb Johnson sold 10,315 copies of his debut album Testify during its first week. The album landed at #30 on the magazine’s Top 50 chart.
The final prediction stayed in line with the one day forecast, calculated last week, which predicted sales between 9-11K for Testify.
Also releasing a record last week, was American Idol season 8 winner, Kris Allen. His 3rd studio album, Horizons, did not crack the Top 50. The album landing in the #50 spot, Don’t Kill the Magic, by Magic! sold 5,547 copies. Presumably, Kris’s Horizon sales fall somewhere below that number.
American Idol Winner Caleb Johnson “Testify” Predicted to Sell 9-11K
Nielsen Soundscan Numbers are released on Wednesday. We’ll have official totals for Caleb–and hopefully for Kris–tomorrow.
Caleb is still on track to have the lowest first week sales of a post-Idol debut album.
American Idol Winner Debuts – 1st week sales
Kelly Clarkson – Thankful – April 15 2003 – #1 – 297K
Ruben Studdard – Soulful – December 3 2003 – #1 – 417K
Fantasia Barrino – Free Yourself – November 23 2004 – #8 – 240K
Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts – November 15 2005 – #2 – 315K
Taylor Hicks – Taylor Hicks – December 12 2006 – #2 – 298K
Jordin Sparks – Jordin Sparks – November 20 2007 – #10 – 119K
David Cook – David Cook – November 18 2008 – #3 – 280K
Kris Allen – Kris Allen – November 17 2009 – #11 – 80K
Lee DeWyze – Live it Up – November 16 2010 – #19 – 39K
Scotty McCreery – Clear as Day – October 4 2011 – #1 – 197K
Phillip Phillips – TWFTSOTM – November 19 2012- #4 – 169K
Candice Glover – Music Speaks – February 18 2014 – #14 – 19K
