Numbers. Numbers. Numbers. Now, with numbers!
Burning questions:
1) Did any Idol get a Grammy bump?
2) Did Grammy bumps for other songs just effect sales ranking or did they also lower actual sales numbers?
3) Why do Kara and Randy get paid so much and do so little? If they were replaced by a Chia pet, would anybody notice?
Okay, that last one isn’t sales related, but I felt I needed three questions. What is not a hotly anticipated question is whether or not Adam’s FYE album will reach 500K in sales this week. It seems clear from HDD estimates that he should easily sail over that amount and we are just waiting for official SoundScan confirmation (and now we have it!).
Congratulations on having the first Gold selling album of Season 8, Adam!
Billboard date 02/20/2010
Please post numbers when you find them. Our usual source for download numbers is traveling this week.
Album Numbers
Carrie Underwood “Play On” 30K (65%) Total: 1.293M
Adam Lambert “For Your Entertainment” 13K (-13%) Total: 505K **NOW GOLD**
Daughtry “Leave This Town” 12K (+26%) Total: 928K
Kris Allen “Kris Allen” 5K (+11%) Total: 255K
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 5K (+32%) Total: 6.933M
Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 4K (+37%) Total: 3.06M
Daughtry “Daughtry” 4K (+14%) Total: 4.63M
Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted” 3K (+12%) Total: 832K
Rounded numbers from Brian at Idol Chatter.
