Idol Sales News – Week Ending 09/23/07

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 10/06/07)

Digital Download Numbers
35 Daughtry “Over You” 26, 453 (8.6%) Total: 254, 036 (40)
43 Carrie Underwood “So Small” 22, 292 (5.6%) Total: 160, 904 (47)
46 Elliott Yamin “Wait For You” 22094 (-4.2%) Total: 685, 482 (42)
51 Kelly Clarkson/Reba McEntire “Because of You” 20, 085 (151%) Total: 162, 216 (122)

Album Numbers

32 Daughtry “Daughtry” 21789 (-4%) Total: 312, 7406 (21)
61 Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 11, 601 (-4%) Total: 5, 930, 816 (48)
77 Kelly Clarkson “My December” 8, 939 (2%) Total: 659, 825 (71)
87 Elliott Yamin “Elliott Yamin” 7650 (-6%) Total: 406151 (77)

Albums featuring Idols:
1 Reba McEntire (including Kelly Clarkson) “Duets” 300, 536 (NEW) Total: 301, 749
22 Various Idols “Now 25” 25, 096 (-21%) Total: 838, 048
80 Ne-Yo (Jennifer Hudson) “Because of You” 8, 374 (-15%) Total: 802, 483 (60)
178 Tobymac (Mandisa) “Portable Sounds” 3, 824 (-12%) Total: 128, 122 (144)
181 Dean Martin (Paris Bennett) “Forever Cool” 3, 786 (-25%) Total: 51, 108 (117)

Total Album sold this week: 8.29 million
Down 9.5% (9.16M) units from last week and 13.8% (9.62M) from the same week last year.

Stat of the week: No. 50 album (Plain White T’s) sold 13K. During the same week last year, the No. 50 album (Mushroomhead) sold 18K. Over the past 10 years, the average No. 50 album during this week sold 21, 136.

Please post numbers as you find them.

Ken Barnes will not be posting sales numbers on his Idol Chatter blog this week, so the numbers may be late or not come at all.

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