Idol Sales News – Week Ending 08/26/12

Updated: Now with Album Numbers!

What will the charts bring us this week? Can Carly Rae extend her stay in the top 10 of the Hot 100 to 22 weeks? How will the Walmart albums sell this week? Which Idols are still on the BB200?

This is the weekly sales thread. Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!

Albums (Idol Chatter)
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (15,000, +44%, 915,000) (#19 Billboard 200)
Carrie Underwood, Blown Away (15,000, -17%, 722,000) (#21 BB200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (4,000, +5%, 1.106 million) (*#129 BB200)
Phillip Phillips, American Idol (4,000, -31%, 70,000) (#132 BB200)
Daughtry, Break the Spell (3,000, +34%, 469,00) (#184 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (2,000, +40%, 204,000)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -1%)
Hollie Cavanagh, American Idol (less than 1,000, -22%, 11,000)
Casey Abrams, Casey Abrams (less than 1,000, +17%, 13,000)

Idol-related albums
3 “Now 43” 45K (-40%) (2)
7 Owl City “The Midsummer Station” (NEW) 30K (features Carly Rae Jepsen)
One Direction, Up All Night (25,000, -15%, 1.158 million) (#10 Billboard 200)
Soundtrack, Sparkle (14,000, -11%, 49,000) (#25 BB200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (8,000, -5%, 2.732 million) (#53 BB200)
Various, Now That’s What I Call Music! 42 (7,000, -7%, 422,000) (#64 BB200)
Tyga, Careless World (6,000, +13%, 290,000) (#69 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (5,000, +34%, 372,000) (#103 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Dance Again…The Hits (3,000, -15%, 35,000) (#152 BB200)
The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (3,000, +1%, 498,000) (#154 BB200)

Download Numbers (Billboard):
7 Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 122K (-10%) (7)
5 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen “Good Time” 144K (+13%) (8)
8 Phillip Phillips “Home” 109K (-33%) (5)
9 Cher Lloyd “Want U Back” 107K (down 14%) (9)

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