Idol Sales News – Week Ending 04/08/12

Idol albums Via Idol Chatter

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (33,000, +117%, 731,000) (#12 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (20,000, +20%, 1.016 million)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (7,000 +51%, 423,000) (#69 BB200)
Casey James, Casey James (4,000, -32%, 25,000) (#129 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (3,000, +59%, 164,000) (#179 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (3,000, -5%, 269,000) (#194 BB200)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, +4%)

Idol-related albums

One Direction, Up All Night (92,000 +98%, 370,000) (#5 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (21,000 +29%, 2.5 million (#21 BB200)
Tyga, Careless World (12,000, -5%, 181,000) (#38 BB200
)Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (7,000, -35%, 404,000) (#61 BB200)
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (5,000, +4%, 307,000) (#91 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (5,000, +32%, 257,000) (#98 BB200)
Tony Bennett, Duets II (5,000, -8%, 852,000) (#106 BB200)
Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (5,000, -44%, 289,000) (#108 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 40 (5,000, +23%, 694,000) (#110 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (5,000, +14%, 85,000) (#113 BB200)
Various, 2012 ACM Awards Zinepak (5,000, -10%, 13,000) (#117 BB200)
Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (4,000, +14%, 446,000) (#148 BB200)

Albums:
1 Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” 253K (Nicki becomes the first female Rapper to have 2 number one albums)
2. Adele “21” 153K
5. One Direction “Up All Night” 92K
8 Madonna “MDNA” 48K (-87%; lw 359K) Biggest drop since Buble’s Christmas album, but Christmas albums expected to tank after Christmas. Bigger drop than Gaga had after her 99 cent opening week. Yahoo Explains

Here are the track sales from Idol Chatter.

Kelly’s Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) sold 137,000 for the week, pushing the single’s release-to-date sales to 2.687 million.

The Wanted, Glad You Came (198,000, +23%, 1.649 million)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) (137,000, 0 change, 2.687 million)
Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull, Dance Again (118,000, debut, 118,000)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (75,000, +14%, 573,000)
Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo feat. Rick Ross, Think Like a Man (12,000, -1%, 107,000)
Scotty McCreery, Water Tower Town (12,000, -19%, 49,000
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (12,000, -8%, 1.423 million)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (11,000, -5%, 655,000)
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson, Don’t You Wanna Stay (11,000, +16%, 2.021 million)
Lauren Alaina, Georgia Peaches (11,000, +7%, 140,000
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (8,000, -5%, 1.495 million)
Casey James, Let’s Don’t Call It a Night (7,000, 0 change, 95,000)
Mandisa, Good Morning (3,000, -11%, 81,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +3%, 314,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (2,000, +1%, 176,000)

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