The official Nielsen Soundscan numbers are in. Scotty McCreery’s No. 1 album from last week, Clear As Day fell to No. 4 with 88k sales (down 55%). Adele’s “21” holds at No. 2 with 111K (down 1%).
Lauren Alaina, debuts at No. 5 with Wildflower. Moving 69K in it’s opening week.
According to Billboard, “This is the first time since 2008 where both the winner and second-place finisher of “Idol” posted top five-charting albums (or top 10, for that matter). The last Nos. 1 and 2 placers to do so were ’08 victor David Cook and runner-up David Archuleta. Their debut albums respectively bowed and peaked at Nos. 3 and 2, respectively.”
Source: Billboard
