Idol Sales News – Week Ending 11/14/10

There are no numbers out for the Idols yet this week (watch, they’ll come out as soon as I post), but we’ve got numbers for some Idol related CDs after the jump.

Updated: Now with Idol Album numbers.
Updated: Now with Idol Download numbers

Please post the numbers as you find them. Thanks!

Albums
52 Carrie Underwood “Play On 12K (14%; lw 11K) Total: 1.798M (47)
65 Fantasia “Back to Me” 9K (0%; lw 9K) Total: 309K (52)
140 Daughtry “Leave This Town” 4K (-7%; lw 4K) Total: 1.183M (100)
Jason Castro “Who I Am” 2K (NEW) 2K
Danny Gokey “My Best Days” <1K (-4%; <1K ) Total: 191K
Mandisa “True Beauty: <1K (-27%) Total: 214K
Chris Sligh “The Anatomy of Broken” <1K (-6%) Total: 4K
Mandisa “Freedom” <1K (12%; <1K) Total: 128K
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 3K (+12%) Total: 7.039M
Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 2K (+8%) Total: 3.138M
Adam Lambert “For Your Entertainment” 3K (+4%) Total: 755K
Elvis Presley “Elvis Presley Christmas Duets (feat. Carrie Underwood on I’ll Be Home for Christmas)” 2K (+66%) Total: 420K

Rounded numbers from Brian at Idol Chatter

Idol Related:
1 Susan Boyle (from BGT) “The Gift”: 318K (her first album opened at 701K, but 318K for a Christmas CD a year later is nothing to sneeze at).
4 “Now 36” (featuring Adam and Daughtry): 89K
6 Jason Aldean (featuring Kelly) “My Kinda Party”: 81K (-58% (a slightly below average second week fall)

Total Album Sales: 6.30M (up 16% from 2009 and down 11% from 2008))
Total Album Sales Same Week 2009: 5.43M
Total Album Sales Same Week 2008: 7.04M
Total Album Sales This Year: 253.67M (down 13% from same point last year (293M))

Downloads:
Jason Aldean w/Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay” 50K (+89%) Total: 76K
Carrie Underwood “Mama’s Song” 22K (+70%) Total: 174K
Daughtry “September” 15K (-6%) Total: 332K
Adam Lambert “If I Had You” 14K (-17%) Total: 638K
Carrie Underwood “Undo It” 12K (+29%) Total: 901K
Carrie Underwood” Cowboy Casanova” 5K (+22%) Total: 1.516M
Carrie Underwood “Temporary Home” 4K (+24%) Total: 609K
Jason Castro “You Are” (2K (NEW) Total: 2K
Jason Castro “Hallelujah (Album Version)” 1K ( 115%) Total: 47K

Idol Related Downloads:
1 Glee “Teenage Dream” 214K
Biggest selling one week sales by a Glee song and first Glee song to hit number 1 on the digital chart. Will debut at #18 on the Hot 100 (“Don’t Stop Believin'” was at number 4).

Total Digital Tracks: 21.3M (up 7%)
Total Digital Tracks Last Week: 19.84M
Total Digital Tracks Same Week 2009: 19.63M
Total Digital Tracks this Year: 978.15M
Total Digital Tracks Last Year: 980.61M

Billboard

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