The Season 9 Idols Download Totals, Hot 100 Debuts

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.

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