Now with Album numbers. Just waiting for download numbers. How many units did the X-Factor contestants move? And what was the opening numbers for the first wave of Adam Lambert’s new era? It looks like people started redeeming their iTunes gift cards on Christmas day because LFMAO had an impressive 395K for “Sexy and I Know It”. Taylor Swift at 19 sold 136K to give you an idea of the size of the chart. Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem” sold 67K at 42nd (up 146%)
Idol Albums (Idol Chatter)
11 Scotty McCreery “Clear as Day” 85K (+28%; lw 67K) Total: 833K (9)
21 Daughtry “Break the Spell” 58K (+49%; lw 39K) Total: 298,634 (27)
39 Kelly Clarkson “Stronger” 41K (+50%: lw 27K) Total: 426K (44)
90 Lauren Alaina “Wildflower” 18K (+39%; lw 13K) Total: 214K (100)
129 James Durbin “Memories of a Beautiful Disaster” 13K (+31%; lw 10K) Total: 70K (128)
155 Mandisa “What If We Were Real” 11K (+30%; lw 8K) Total: 134K (154)
Daughtry “Daughtry” 3K (+65%; lw 2K)
Album Related Albums:
10 Various “Now That’s What I Call Music 40” 88K (+38%) Total 509K (Kelly, Adam&Christina) **NOW GOLD**
14 Jason Aldean “My Kinda Party” 75K (+44%) Total: 2.238M (Kelly)
24 Tony Bennett “Duets II” 54K (+37%) Total: 704K (Carrie)
60 Various “WOW Hits 2012” 27K (+13%) Total: 184K (Mandisa)
80 Brad Paisley “This Is Country Music” 21K (+43%) Total: 607K (Carrie)
93 Various “Now That’s What I Call Christmas 4” 18K (-23%) Total: 387K (Carrie)
109 Various “Essential Now That’s What I Call Christmas” 15K (-21%) Total: 460K
124 Various “WOW Christmas (2011)” 13K (-16%) Total: 105K (Mandisa)
132 Various “Now That’s What I Call Country, Vol. 4” 12K (+46%) Total: 238K
144 The Civil Wars “Barton Hollow” 12K (+51%) Total: 237K
146 David Guetta “Nothing but the Beat” 11K (+115%) Total: 168K (Jennifer)
150 Big Time Rush “BTR (11K (+38%) Total: 648K (Jordin)
Albums:
Total Sales This Week: 15.11M (up 35% compared to last week (11.20M), up <1% compared to the same week last year (15.08M))
YTD Sales: 322.86M (up 1% compared to the same total last year 319.01M)
Digital Tracks:
Total Sales this week: 38.25M (up 70% compared to last week (22.48M) and down 13% compared to the same week in 2010 (43.96M)) *Note last year had one one full day of gift card redemptions
YTD Sales: 1.22B (up 8% compared to the same point as last year (1.13B))
