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Idol Billboard Update for Issue 2/23/08

Published by mj February 17th, 2008 in American Idol, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. 0 Comments

Here ya go. This week’s Idol Billboard Update.

Highlights:

Television appearances helped boost sales for Idols on the Billboard 200 this week. Jordin Sparks, Jordin Sparks climbed from 44-53. Jordin had a 26% increase this week, selling 17K for a total of 491K. She appeared on the Super Bowl to sing the National Anthem on Feb 3. Daughtry, Daughtry, was nominated for several Grammys, lost them all and got no face time on the telecast–still had an excellent week. Daughtry climbed from 24-18 (He’s back in the Top 20 and is the highest charting Idol, after 64 weeks. Amazing.) and had a 30% increase, selling 27K for a total of 3.76M. Quadruple platinum is around the corner. Finally, Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride had a 8% increase, selling 21K for a total of 1.83M, even though it dropped on the chart from 32-30. But it’s Carrie’s debut, Some Hearts, that got the big boost, climbing from 67-56 and a 33% increase, selling 14K for a total of 6.26M. Next week’s chart should see more Grammy bounce, as the chart week ends on Sunday.
Jordin Sparks, “Tattoo” has sold over 1 million downloads. Currently, it sits at #16 on the Hot 100.
Daughtry “Home” is now platinum. “Over You” has gone gold. “Feels Like Tonight” debuts on the Hot Digital Songs chart at #64.
Carrie Underwood, “So Small” has gone gold. “All-American Girl” enters the Billboard 100 Top 40 at #40.
Jordin Sparks, “No Air” debuts at #40 on the Rhythmic Top 40. It sits at #32, up from #42 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Simon Cowell protege, Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love” debuts on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart at #49.

Picture: Carrie Underwood performs at Madison Square Garden in NYC with Keith Urban on Wednesday

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Published by mj February 11th, 2008 in American Idol, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Blake Lewis and Tamyra Gray. 16 Comments

A few more pictures - Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Blake Lewis and Tamyra Gray attend after parties.

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Published by mj February 10th, 2008 in American Idol, Ace Young, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia, Mandisa and Kelly Clarkson. 46 Comments

Final: The Idols were pretty much shut out of all their categories. (See below). Daughtry, Fantasia and Mandisa were completely shut out.

The White Stripes, Foo-Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys–deserved their awards. Nothing more to say, really.

The 50th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast tonight by CBS 8 PM ET. Check out the list of Idol nominees. It’s pretty impressive. In all, there are 7 Idols nominated for awards: Carrie Underwood, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson, Mandisa, Jennifer Hudson and Ace Young.

Good luck to all the Idols up for awards tonight!

There is pre-Grammy live blogging at Billboard. Check out the bit with Ace Young. Grammy.com is posting the winners.

ETA: The Pre-Grammy Award Telecast is going on now. Many of the awards will be handed out before tonight’s live telecast.

Winners:

Carrie Underwood WON Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Before He Cheats”.
“Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, written by Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins WON Best Country Song
“Love You I Do” from Dreamgirls WON Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media the song is performed by Jennifer Hudson.

Losers:

Awarded at pre-Grammy award show:

Isreal and New Breed, A Deeper Level, won Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album beating out Mandisa, True Beauty.
“Radio Nowhere” written by Bruce Springsteen won Best Rock song beating out Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson & Brett (Ace) Young for “It’s Not Over”
Maroon 5, “Make Me Wonder” won Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals beating out Daughtry for “Home”.
The White Stripes, “Icky Thump” won for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals beating out Daughtry “It’s Not Over.”
“Lost Highway” by Willie Nelson and Ray Price won Best Country Collaboration With Vocals beating out both “Because of You” Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson and “Oh Love” Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
“No One” by Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers, Alicia Keys won for Best R&B Song beating out Louis Biancaniello, Waynne Nugent, Erika Nuri, Kevin Risto, Janet Sewel & Sam Watters, who wrote Fantasia’s “When I See U”
Ne-yo won Best Contemporary R&B album for Because of You beating out Fantasia for Fantasia.

Awarded during the live broadcast:

“No One” by Alicia Keys won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance beating out Fantasia for “When I See U”
“Love” by the Beatles won Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media beating out Dreamgirls, featuring Jennifer Hudson.
“Rehab” by Amy Winhouse won Song Of The Year beating out “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood, written by John Kear & Chris Tompkins.
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters won Best Rock Album beating out Daughtry, Daughtry.

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Billboard Idol Update for Issue 02/16/08

Published by mj February 9th, 2008 in American Idol, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks, Phil Stacey and Blake Lewis. 5 Comments

Here’s this week’s Idol Billboard Update!

Highlights:

Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts was recently awarded septuple platinum certification by the RIAA. That’s 7 milllion shipped, people. The album is still on the Billboard 200, after 116 weeks. It’s at #67 this week, down from #58 last week. She sold 11K this week for a total of 6.24M. Congratulations to Carrie!
Blake Lewis Audio Day Dream drops off the Billboard 200 this week. A new single, “How Many Words” will be released to radio in few weeks. He sold 2.9K this week, for a total of 258K. I love the new single. I hope it carries the day…
Look who enters the charts this week… It’s none other that Paula Abdul! “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” from Randy Jackson’s upcoming album, Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1. It debuts on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #5, The Pop 100 at #76 and the Canadian Hot 100 at #68.
More Idols on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart (tracks on this chart are on the verge of appearing on the Hot 100): Bucky Covington, “It’s Good To Be Us, #2 this week, up from #10. Kellie Pickler, “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind” debuts at #18, and Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love” (Simon Cowel’s protege from England’s X Factor TV show) debuts at #11.
Jordin Spark’s latest single “No Air” continues its climb up the charts. From 51-42 on the Billboard Hot 100, it debuts on the Hot 100 Airplay at #63, and from 28-25 on the Pop 100, 31-23 on the Pop 100 Airplay. It stays steady on the Hot Digital Song chart at 31, and moves down a notch, 30-31 on the Hot Digital Tracks chart.
Meanwhile, “Tattoo” enters the Top 20, at #20, on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, and is #2 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart, and the Canadian Hot 100. Canadians are digging them some Jordin!
The Daughtry single, “Feels Like Tonight”, debuts on The Hot 100 Airplay at #74, and the Canadian Hot 100 at #67. It jumped from 89-69 on the Billboard Hot 100, 52-42 on the Pop 100, 39-35 on the Pop 100 Airplay, and 18-17 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Recurrents.
Carrie Underwood, “All-American Girl” debuts on the Hot Digital Tracks chart at #46. Here’s the rest of her numbers: 55-47 on the Billboard Hot 100, 51-44 on the Hot 100 Airplay, 75-65 on the Pop 100, 12-8 on Hot Country songs (entering the Top 10 on that chart), 72-53 on Hot Digital songs, and 75-60 on the Canadian Hot 100.
Last but not least, Phil Stacey, “If You Didn’t Love Me”, climbs from 55-50 on the Hot Country Songs Chart.

Picture: Jordin Sparks, Simon Fuller and Chris Daughtry at the Producer’s Guild Awards. Simon was presented with the Visionary Award.

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Published by mj February 9th, 2008 in American Idol, Chris Daughtry, Fantasia, Paula Abdul, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 53 Comments

Hey, don’t count on me to be witty. I’m lazy. I’m counting on you, dear readers. Be creative!

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Billboard Update for Issue 1/26/08

Published by mj January 19th, 2008 in American Idol, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington and Jordin Sparks. 0 Comments

This week’s Idol Billboard Update…

Highlights:

Daughtry is back on the Billboard 200 Top 20 at #19, although its sales dropped 10% from the week before. Daughtry sold 22,556 units this week for a total of 3,666,120. It’s also #1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart this week.
Daughtry’s new single “Feels Like Tonight” enters the Pop 100 at #99, the Pop 100 Airplay at #46 and the Hot Adult Top 40 at #29.
Jordin Spark’s new single “No Air” (with Chris Brown) enters the Hot Digital Songs chart at #74. It climbed from 95-69 on the Billboard 100, 50-39 on the Pop 100 and 37-34 on the Pop 100 Airplay.
Bucky Covington’s single, “It’s Good to be Us” enters the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #13.

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Billboard Update for Issue 01/05/08

Published by mj December 29th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Kimberley Locke, Mandisa, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 9 Comments

Here it is, the very first Idol Billboard Update for 2008. Yippee!

Highlights:

According to Billboard, only 3 artists in the Top 50 posted fewer sales this week. One of them was Blake Lewis’s “Audio Day Dream” which sold 55k, -4% from last week. His total so far is 211K. Carrie Undewood’s “Carnival Ride” increased 57%, selling 216K for a total of 1.63M. And, Daughtry’s sales jumped a whopping 80% this week. “Daughtry” sold 107K for a total of 3.58M.
Jordin Spark’s “Tattoo” hangs in on the Billboard Hot 100 at #8, while her new single, “No Air” w/ Chris Brown, climbs from #14 to #4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
Carrie Underwood’s new single “All-American Girl” enters the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart at #19. It climbs from #28 to #22 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Her Christmas song, “Do You Hear What I Hear” enters the Hot 100 at #90.
Mandisa has the #1 and #2 and #2 and #3 songs on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Tracks and Hot Christian Songs Chart respectively. The songs are “Christmas Day” w/ Michael W. Smith and “Christmas Makes Me Cry” w/ Matthew West.
Kimberley Locke’s “Band of Gold” sits at #3 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

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Billboard Update For Issue 12/29/08

Published by mj December 23rd, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 1 Comment

Here’s the last Idol Billboard Update for 2007!

Highlights:

On the Billboard 200: Jordin Sparks debut drops on the chart, from 24-26. But sales increase by 17%. Sales are 62K for a total of 286K. I predict this one will sell slow and steady. Carrie Underwood’s “Carnival Ride” drops 7-9, but has a 29% increase. Sales are 137K for a total of 1.41M. “Some Hearts” bumps up a notch from 60-59, and has a 35% increase. Chris Daughtry’s “Daughtry” moves up the chart from 32-28 and has a 39% increase. Sales are 60K for a total of 3.47M. Blake Lewis, on the other hand, has a typical 2nd week drop that was perhaps softened by Christmas sales. “Audio Day Dream” dropped from 10-32 on the charts with a -41% sales decrease this week. Sales are 57,900 for a total of 155,591. Kellie Pickler’s “Small Town Girl” hangs on this week at #200.
Jordin Sparks next single “No Air”, a duet with Chris Brown debuts on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at #14. Next stop is the Billboard Hot 100, where her current single “Tattoo” climbed two spots to #8. “Tattoo” is a bonafide hit. “No Air” also debuted on the Pop 100 Airplay chart at #43, and sits on the Pop 100 chart at #56. Oh, Jordin finally turned 18 on December 22. She’s no longer “OMG Only 17!!!111!”. Thank Jeebus.
Carrie Underwood’s Christmas song, “Do You Hear What I Hear” debuts on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart at #16.
Katharine McPhee’s “Over the Rainbow/My Destiny” re-enters the Hot Singles Sales chart at #48.

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Chris Daughtry - Orlando FL Concert Recap

Published by mj December 22nd, 2007 in American Idol, Chris Daughtry and Concert Recap. 17 Comments

Reader Sarah attended the Daughtry concert in Orlando FL last Tuesday. She emailed a re-cap, and here it is.

By the way, if you attend an Idol concert and would like to submit a recap with or without pictures, please email them to mjsbigblog@gmail.com. Thanks.

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So, as most of you know, I’m a HUGE Daughtry fan. Loved Chris on the show, love the band, love the cd. So, when I found out that they were going to be playing the Hard Rock Live at Orlando ’s Universal Studios, I was stoked. I found a friend to go with me, and bought tickets right when they went on sale. Big kudos to the season five’ers for coming to Orlando in concert (unlike some others *cough*CarrieUnderwoodandKellyClarkson*cough*)!!

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Published by mj December 17th, 2007 in American Idol, Video and Chris Daughtry. 17 Comments

“Crashed” was released to Rock radio. It sits at #28 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

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Idol Appearances for the Week 12/16/07-12/22/07

Published by mj December 16th, 2007 in American Idol, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Kellie Pickler, Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and Appearances. 18 Comments

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Sunday, 12/16 - Jordin Sparks appears on Holiday of Stars on ABC. 5 pm EST.

Tuesday, 12/18 - Blake Lewis performs on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. FOX.

Wednesday, 12/19 - Blake Lewis appears on MTV’s Total Request Live

Thursday, 12/20 - Elliott Yamin performs on the Scott & Todd morning show on WPLJ. The show is a special benefit for Blythedale Children’s Hospital.

Idols On Tour

Kellie Pickler is currently touring the Persian Gulf on a USO Tour.

Taylor Hicks is also overseas. He just appeared today as a guest performer on Asian Idol in Jakarta, Indonesia. This week, he’ll be on a mini-tour of malls in Manila, The Philippines. He performs at the Glorietta mall, Tuesday, 12/18, the Greenbelt mall, Wednesday, 12/19 and the TriNoma mall, Thursday, 12/20.

Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis perform at the Q102 Jingle Ball at the Tweeter center in Camden, NJ. Elliott Yamin appears at the Y101 Toys for Tots benefit concert in San Jose, CA. Sunday, 12/16.

Blake Lewis performs at The Showbox in Seattle, WA. The gig is billed as a record release party for “Audio Day Dream.” Thursday, 12/20.

Chris Daughtry and his band wind up a long tour with back-to-back hometown dates at the War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro, NC. Friday and Saturday 12/21-22

Ruben Studdard has his yearly holiday reunion with his old band Just A Few Cats at Workplay in Birmingham, AL. 9 pm. Saturday, 12/22.

For more information, check out the Idol Appearances page.

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Published by mj December 15th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis. 0 Comments

Here it is your weekly Idol Billboard Update

The Highlights:

Congratulations to Chris Daughtry. His debut album “Daughtry” is Billboard’s #1 album of 2007. He’s all over the year-end Billboard charts. I’m currently working on a year-end chart which I’ll be posting that shortly.
Awesome news for Carrie Underwood–her newest album “Carnival Ride” has just been certified double-platinum. Carrie is also well-represented on the Billboard year-end charts. Her debut album, “Some Hearts” is #5 on the Billboard 200 and she’s #2 behind Daughtry on the Billboard 200 Artists of 2007. Way to go, Carrie.
Blake Lewis‘ debut, “Audio Day Dream” enters the Billboard 200 at #10 and is Billboard’s Hot Shot Debut. It sold 97,500 units this week. It’s also #10 on the Top Internet Albums chart and #3 on the Top Digital Albums chart. The single, “Break Anotha” is #10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and re-enters the Pop 100 at #92
The Jordin Sparks debut CD holds its own at #24 on the Billboard 200. It sold 52,482 in its 3rd week for a total of 222,473. Congratulations to Jordin–her single, “Tattoo” cracks the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 at #10. It’s #18 on the Hot 100 Airplay, #8 on the Pop 100, #7 on the Pop 100 Airplay, #20 on the Hot Adult Top 40, #9 on the Hot Digital Songs, and #9 on Hot Digital Tracks. “Tattoo” sold 59,641 digital copies this week for a total of 500,650. “Tattoo” has gone gold.
Elliott Yamin’s debut album re-enters the Billboard 200 this week at #168.

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Daughtry, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson Nominated for 50th Annual Grammy Awards

Published by mj December 6th, 2007 in American Idol, Ace Young, News, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Fantasia. 35 Comments

Nominations for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards were announced earlier today by The Recording Academy. Official list here.

List of Nominated Idols:

Carrie Underwood
Chris Daughtry
Fantasia
Kelly Clarkson
Mandisa
Ace Young
Jennifer Hudson

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Idol Billboard Update for Issue 12/08/07

Published by mj December 1st, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Bo Bice, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Kimberley Locke, Mandisa and Jordin Sparks. 4 Comments

This week’s Idol Billboard Update.

The Highlights:

Jordin Spark’s album debut’s at #10 on the Billboard 200. She sold 119,119 albums this week. Her numbers are the lowest first week numbers of all the Idol winners.
Jordin Spark’s single “Tattoo” continues to climb the charts: Billboard Hot 100, 16-12; Hot 100 Airplay, 29-27; Pop 100, 13-8, Pop 100 Airplay, 11-10; Hot Adult Top 40, 26-24; Canadian Hot 100, 74-30, Hot Canadian Digital Singles, 72-15; Hot Digital Tracks, 11-8; Hot Digital Songs, 12-8. “Tattoo” sold 77,247 this week, a 55% increase from last week. Total: 372,198.
Daughtry’s single, “Over You” has passed the 500,000 mark. It sold 33,622 digital copies this week for a Total of 526,009.
Now that Billboard is permitting albums with exclusive retail deals to appear on the Billboard 200, The Target-only “The Elliott Yamin Holiday Collection” is able to debut on the Billboard 200 at #170. It debuts at #15 on the Top Independent Albums Chart.
Carrie Underwood’s single “Before He Cheats” finally falls off the Billboard Hot 100 after 64 weeks on the chart. It’s the 3rd longest running song on the Billboard Hot 100 of all time.
Idol Christmas music debuts: Michael W. Smith and Mandisa’s “Christmas Day” debuts on the Hot Christian Adult Contemporary Chart at #24. Kellie Pickler’s “Santa Baby” debuts on the Hot Country Songs chart at #49. Carrie Underwood’s “Do You Hear What I Hear” debut on the same chart at #53. On the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart, “Do You Hear What I Hear” climbs from 29-13. Kimberley Locke’s “Frosty the Snowman” climbs from 22-10.
Bo Bice’s video for “Witness” is #1 again on this week’s VH1 Top 20 Countdown.

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