via Brian Mansfield from USA Today:
The sales totals for the Season 9 Idols, from the days following the finale (Pre-finale sales are not available to Soundscan)
- Lee DeWyze: 274, 000 downloads (Beautiful Day: 95, 000)
- Crystal Bowersox: 112, 000 (Up to the Mountain: 49, 000)
- Lee/Crystal Falling Slowly duet: 44, 000
- Casey James: 14, 000
- Michael Lynche: 3, 000
- Casey/Michael Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? duet: 3, 000
- Aaron Kelly: 2, 000
- Siobhan Magnus: 5, 000
- Tim Urban: 2, 000
- Katie Stevens: 3, 000
- Andrew Garcia: 1, 000
- Didi Benami: 2, 000
- Paige Miles: less than 1, 000
- Lacey Brown: 1, 000
Check out stats from the same time period for Season 6, Season 7 and Season 8. The numbers are down, particularly from Season 8 and Season 7.
On the Hot 1oo:
- 24 Lee DeWyze “Beautiful Day”
- 44 Lee DeWyze “Hallelujah”
- 57 Crystal Bowersox “Up to the Mountain”
- 66 Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox “Falling Slowly”
- 88 Lee DeWyze “The Boxer”
Kirsten notes in Headlines comments, that Lee’s #24 debut for his winner’s single is 9 spots lower than Jordin Sparks who had the previous lowest winner’s debut on the Hot 100.