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Billboard Update 04/14/07

Published by mj April 7th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington, Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken. 1 Comment

This week’s American Idol Billboard chart. Just for you. On the Billboard 200 this week, every Idol album took a hit this week.

Highlights from this week’s chart:

“Now 24″ the latest edition of the extremely popular hit Top 40 compilation series debuts on the Billboard 200 at #2. Daughtry’s hit song, “It’s Not Over” is featured on the album. “It’s Not Over” is again, #1 for the 7th week in a row on the Hot Adult Top 40 chart. It also rose from #21 to #18 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
Although Elliott Yamin’s debut fell from #3 to #28 on the Billboard 200, it has maintained it’s #1 position this week on the Top Independent Albums chart. It’s also #29 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. You can check out some of Elliott’s live performances at Rehearsals.com and AT&T Blue Room.
Bucky Covington’s single, “A Different World” sits at #27 after 12 weeks on the Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart. Bucky’s debut album drops on April 17. Tonight he performs at the Grand Ole Opry. The GAC country music channel will broadcast the show–check out the schedule here.
Fantasia’s single “When I See You” climbs from #27 to #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The Soundtrack for “Happy Feet” re-enters the Billboard 200 at #85. Fantasia is one of the featured artists on the CD.
Last week’s guest coach, Gwen Stefani’s album “Sweet Escape” went from #25 to #16 on the Billboard 200–a 64.1% increase.

Ken Barnes of the USA Today Idol Chatter blog has more information about this week’s Idol downturn, including percentages. Also, Ken posts numbers for the Idols who have fallen off the charts:

Off the chart, Taylor sold 2,900, down from 3,400 the previous week. Total: 664,000. Ruben sold 1,300, down from 1,500, for a total of 218,000. Clay sold 700, down from 800, to bring his total to 507,000. And Kelly Clarkson sold 4,300, down a bit from 4,400, for a total of 5.7 million.

As always, Donna Reynolds sizes up the Idol charts in her Chart Watch column from Foxesonidol.com.

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Billboard Update 04/14/07

Billboard Update 03/24/07

Published by mj March 16th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Ruben Studdard and Fantasia. 7 Comments

This week’s Idol Billboard Chart, for your reading pleasure.

Highlights:

DAUGHTRY’s “It’s Not Over” is #1 on the Hot Adult Top 40 chart for the fourth week in a row. “Home” which is played at the end of every “Idol” elimination show, debuted on Hot Digital Tracks (#28).
Elliott Yamin’s new single, “Wait For You” debuts on the Pop 100 Airplay chart. Elliott’s album drops this Tuesday, March 20.
Carrie Underwood’s single “Before He Cheats” is heading its way up the Hot Adult Top 40 chart. It rose from #24 to #19. Her new single ”Wasted” is #6 on the Hot Country Singles chart. And it debuts on both Hot Digital Tracks (#44) and Hot Digital Songs (#49).
Fantasia’s new single, “When I See U” (#18) and Ruben Studdard’s, “Make Ya Feel Beautiful” (#14) are both heading up the Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart.

For more chart news, check out Donna Reynolds’ Chart Watch at Foxesonidol.com.

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Billboard Update - 2/17/07

Published by mj February 9th, 2007 in American Idol, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee, Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and Ruben Studdard. 11 Comments

Check out this week’s Idol Billboard Chart, lovingly compiled by yours truly. I try to post the latest charts by Thursday evening. Click the ”Current Charts” tab, found along the bottom of the header.

Katharine McPhee is all over the charts this week. Her debut CD comes in at #2 behind Nora Jones on the Billboard 200 and Top Digital Albums. Her single, “Over It” is #48 on the Billboard Hot 100, #40 on the Pop 100, and #44 on the Pop 100 Airplay. She also appears on the digital charts–#25 on Hot Digital Tracks and #32 on Hot Digital Songs.
A fun fact from Billboard Magazine: “Counting the 10 artists who have finished in either first or second place in the five seasons of “Idol,” all but two have started in the top 10 with their debut album.”
Carrie Underwood’s new single “Wasted” debuts on the Hot 100 at #94. You can check the video for Wasted here. “Before He Cheats” debuts on the Pop 100 Airplay at #49.
Ruben Studdard’s new single “Make Ya Feel Beautiful” debuts on the Hot Adult R&B Airplay at #29.
Kellie Pickler’s new single “I Wonder” debuts on Hot Country Singles and Tracks at #60.
Chris Daughtry’s single continues to climb on the Billboard charts. “It’s Not Over” is currently #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #15 on the Hot 100 Airplay, #3 on the Pop 100, #7 on the Pop 100 Airplay. It’s #5 on Hot Adult Top 40 and is still climbing the rock charts–#12 on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and #30 on Hot Modern Rock Tracks.
The first single from Taylor Hicks’ debut album, “Just to Feel That Way” was released to radio this week. Watch for it to debut on the Billboard charts in the coming weeks.
Not on the charts but pimping anyway - There is a preview of Elliott Yamin’s new CD posted at AOL.com including a full version of his upcoming single “Moving On” The single will be released digitally on February 13. The debut album is scheduled to drop on March 20.
Interesting: Seal’s 1995 hit “Kiss From a Rose” pops up on the Hot Digital Songs chart this week at #58. Weird, huh? Not really–Chris Sligh re-introduced the song to millions of people when he performed it during the Birmingham audition episode last week…

For more Chart News, check out Donna Reynold’s Chart Watch at foxesonidol.com. More pimpage. Donna has published a compilation of her Season 5 reviews. You can preview or purchase it here.

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