Idol Sales News – Week Ending 05/06/12

Carrie Underwood tops the BB200, Digital and Country album charts!!!! She becomes the first Idol to have 3 number 1 albums.

We know that Carrie Underwood will have the number one album this week…we are just waiting for the official numbers. This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers when you find them. Thanks!

Album Charts (Idol Chatter)
1. Carrie Underwood “Blown Away” 267K (107K Digital) Total: 268K
8 1D “Up All Night” 45K
9. Smash 40K
46 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger 10K (-3%) Total: 776K
70 Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day 6K (+11%) Total: 1.041M
138 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts 3K (+31%) Total: 7.196M
157 Daughtry, Break the Spell 3K (-9%) Total:437K
176 Carrie Underwood, Play On 3K (+25%) Total:2.102M
200 Mandisa, What If We Were Real 3K (+23%)
Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride 2K +31%) Total: 3.259M
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower 2K +24%) Total: 276K
Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof 1K +8%) Total: 70K

Idol-related albums
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music 42 (feat. Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)) (95,000, debut, 95,000) (#3 Billboard 200)
Smash Cast, The Music of Smash (39,000, debut, 40,000) (#9 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (16,000, +13%, 2.559 million)
Soundtrack, Think Like a Man (13,000, -22%, 58,000)
Tyga, Careless World (7,200, -5%, 214,000) (#59 BB200)
Various, WOW Gospel 2012 (4,000, +30%) (#102 BB200)
Various, 2012 Grammy Nominees (4,000, -36%, 323,000) (#130 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (4,000, -5%) (#133 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (4,000, -4%, 304,000) (#134 BB200)
Voice mentor, Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee becomes the best selling album released in 2012.

Download Tracks:
2. Maroon 5 “Payphone” (featuring Wiz Khalifa) 286K (-13%)
3. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 210K (-5%)
6. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful” 151K (-11%)

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