Idol Sales News – Week Ending 09/16/07

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 09/22/07)

Digital Download Numbers
40 Daughtry “Over You” 24, 343 (11%) Total: 227, 583 (40)
42 Elliott Yamin “Wait For You” 23, 066 (-9%) Total: 663, 388 (31)
47 Carrie Underwood “So Small” 21, 112 (-54%) Total: 138, 612 (14)
76 Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” 14K (-17) Total: 1.80M (61)
89 Daughtry “Home” 12K (-5%) Total: 1.03M (86)
122 Kelly Clarkson/Reba McEntire “Because of You” 8K (-10%) Total: 142K
187 Daughry “It’s Not Over” 6K (-7%) Total: 1.46M (162)
190 Kelly Clarkson “Never Again” 5K (-20%) Total: 837K (130)

Katharine McPhee “Over It” 2K Total: 490K

Album Numbers
21 Daughtry “Daughtry” 22, 815 (16%) Total: 3, 105, 617 (22)
48 Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 12, 113 (-7%) Total: 5, 919, 215 (44)
70 [71] Kelly Clarkson “My December” 8, 136 (-19%) Total: 642, 080 (53)
78 [77] Elliott Yamin “Elliott Yamin” 8K (-13.2%) Total: 390, 365 (63)
142 [143]Mandisa “True Beauty” 4, 342 (23%) Total: 48K (195) [25, 575]
181 [182] Bucky Covington “Bucky Covington” 3, 681 (-21%) Total: 274, 015 (130)
195 [196]Fantasia …Fantasia 3, 345 (-2%) Total: 473, 471 (OFF)
200 [201] Kellie Pickler “Small Town Girl” 3, 290 (-13%) Total: 627, 668 (177)

[The SS numbers that I found had slightly different numbers than the ones that Ken posted. Those numbers are in brackets]

Off Chart:
Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway” 4.8K (lw 4.8K) Total: 5.9M
Katharine McPhee “Katharine McPhee” 800 (lw 900) Total: 356K
Constantine “Constantine” 800 (lw 1.2K, ) Total: 19K
Taylor Hicks “Taylor Hicks” 300 (lw 300) Total: 695K
Carmen Rasmusen “Nothin’ Like the Summer” 300 (lw 400) Total:1.7K
Kimberley Locke “Based on a True Story” 200 (lw 100) Total: 16K
Clay Aiken “A Thousand Ways” 200 (lw 200) Total: 518K
Ruben Studdard “The Return” 200 (lw 200) Total: 234K
Paris Bennett “Princess P” 100 (lw 200) Total: 19K

Total Albums Sold this week: 9.16 million units
Up 24.6% from last week (7.36 million units) down 8.82% from same week last year (10.05 million units).

This week last year, Justin Timberlake debuted with 684K and John Mayer with 300K. Over the last ten years, the average the #1 album sold 358, 889 during this same week.

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