Chart guru, Fred Bronson, of Billboard devotes this week’s Chart Beat column to David Archuleta’s remarkable Hot Shot Debut at #2 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. I posted some general stats yesterday. Here are his list of official Billboard stats:
- The highest new entry on the Hot 100 of 2008.
- The highest debut ever on the Hot 100 for an American Idol song not performed on the series.
- The highest-debuting single on the Hot 100 since the No. 2 bow of Fall Out Boy’s “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” the week of Feb. 3, 2007.
- Archie’s peak position to date on the Hot 100 is higher than the winner, David Cook. Bronson says, that although the record may be temporary, Archie is only the “second runner-up to outperform the “Idol” winner from the same season. The first was Clay Aiken, who went to No. 1 in 2003 with ‘This Is the Night’ while second season champ Ruben Studdard peaked at No. 2 with ‘Flying Without Wings.’” Cook’s coronation single, “Time of My Life” peaked at #3 on the Hot 100.
- “Crush,” which debuts at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs, is the fourth entry for Archie on the Hot 100. His first three all debuted the week of June 7 and spent one week each on the chart: his version of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at No. 36, Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” at No. 58 and “In This Moment” at No. 60.
- “Crush” is the seventh single to debut inside the top 10 of the Hot 100 in 2008, including Taylor Swift’s “Change,” which enters this week at No. 10. Bronson posts a summary: No. 2: “Crush,” David Archuleta (Aug. 30) No. 3: “The Time of My Life,” David Cook (June 7) No. 5: “Burnin’ Up,” Jonas Brothers (July 12) No. 8: “Tonight,” Jonas Brothers (Aug. 16) No. 9: “New Soul,” Yael Naim (Feb. 16)No. 9: “Forever,” Chris Brown (May 10) No. 10: “Change,” Taylor Swift (Aug. 30)
Finally, Bronson lists a summary of songs recorded by American Idol finalists, but not performed during the course of competition that have debuted in the top 10:
No. 2: “Crush,” David Archuleta (Aug. 30, 2008)
No. 4: “Solitaire,” Clay Aiken (April 3, 2004)
No. 6: “I’ll Stand By You,” Carrie Underwood (May 12, 2007)
No. 8: “Never Again,” Kelly Clarkson (May 12, 2007)
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Sweet! That’s an awesome debut under any standard.
Go Archie Go! Go Archie Go! LOL. Interesting info, though I though Kelly had debuted higher than number 8 before. Oh well, conrgats to Archie again!
Heh. I predicted yesterday that Fred was going to talk about Archie’s amazing accomplishment.
Congratulations again, David!
From Fred’s column:
Um…I hate to say this…but that’s kind of cute (I must go shoot myself now). It will probably be a kick for Archie to read Fred talking about him. I love Fred’s columns, but he’s never going to write about me (unless he does one on lunatics on the internet who post SS numbers…LOL…not even then)
WAY TO GO DAVID!!!!
:clap_tb: You’ve shattered the AI bubble and have proven that you are a musical force to be reckoned with…. KEEP DREAMING BIG DAVID - WE’RE WICKED PROUD OF YOU!!
awesome Archie!!
Thanks for that info Kirsten - MJ!
I’m happy for Archie, but still kind of shocked about this… except then I remember that Cook’s single was Magic Rainbows. I’m thinking a #1 debut for Cook’s first real single off his album…
“Crush” is also the highest charting single by a Latter-day Saint since Donny Osmond’s “Soldier Of Love” reached #2 in 1988.
Well, I love Cookie and it might happen but… I wouldn’t count on that. If Magic Rainbow sold more than Crush, had radio play, and still charted lower, then that shows you just how much of a crapshoot charting can be. So much depends on what else is going on in the singles market that week. In any case, Archie is rocking the chart right now, and that’s good for the franchise no matter who your favorite is!
That’s nearly impossible to predict. It’s going to depend on MANY factors–who the competition is at the time it’s released, the timing of the release itself, radio play, etc. Cookie sold more than 200K downloads in 4 days and had radio play. Was that enough to get him to #1? Nope, he came in 3rd. Chart position is relative.
You’ll notice that Bronson’s stats are extremely granular and very specific. That’s because it’s nearly impossible to compare, other than in a very particular way. As Kirsten said, these comparisons are nearly always apples to oranges.
As far as I’m concerned, both Davids are doing great. It’s all good.
Wow, I mean I must say I hoped that this would be a great beginning for Archie, I must say seeing it come to fruition is just so satisfying.
I would love to be a fly on the wall as David inevitably reads Fred’s column. Overjoyed comes to mind. What a ride this is. Congratulations David.
Yikes, really impressing start, congratulations to him.
Cool!
What a great season of AI this has turned out to be…..Amy Davis aside.
MJ, you’re so good to us! This was really interesting. As someone who never knew squat about the music industry, I’m fascinated with all this newfound information. LET THE PARTY CONTINUE! Congratulations David, we know you are thrilled!
I just went searching and I see there is no mention of the demise of the sparkle suit. Apparently NO jacket at the last concert! I’ll see if I can find a link. Could it be that our boy has new-found confidence to do more of what he really wants? #1 itunes, first music video with that impossibly beautiful girl, #2 on Billboard Hot 100. Or maybe his mom finally laid down the law and told him to bag it. Now if we can get him in jeans . . .
Happy Happy Joy Joy!
Wait, I don’t get the last part…didn’t Clay sing Solitaire on the show? I was pretty sure he did.
congrats to archie!
thats fantastic! what an incredible debut for archie! i have a feeling this is going to the most successful top 2 by a comfortable mile. both of them are going to be stars. im so excited to see what the future holds for both of these fine young men!
i still cant get over all the records archie broke! the highest debut ever for an idol contestant — INCREDIBLE! go get ‘em Archie!
First of all, congrats to David Archuleta for debuting at no.2.
annoula: “Solitaire” was released as a double A sided single to “The Way”, which is why it is not considered as an idol performance single.
Also, Cookie had alot of competition, and the fact remains that he sold more. Chart positions depends on a number of factors. But either case, both have done exceptionally well.
It all boils down to how 19E decides to market the singles. Where, when, how the single is to be released and promoted will determine how well it will do. I have confidence that Cookie will do really well in terms of sales. But I really hope 19E do a friggin’ good job in promoting the upcoming single and album.
Great start for Archie. I think this is the first time Idol has had both finalists be radio friendly. Cook was a given but there was doubt about Archie (thanks Jive). In terms of the future, I’m sure both Cook and Archie will get excellent promo. Will they sell albums and move into the multi platinum crowd? That will be a lot harder than selling single downloads. But a very good start for both.
About the fanbase doing it for Archie with multi purchases. If it were that easy, all the Idols with the strong fanbases would do it. I’m interested to see how Archie does in a month. Cook has already crossed over into the general population but Crush needs to show it has “legs”.
I don’t agree that 19E marketing will make the difference. It will help but if you don’t fit with their format, radio stations won’t play a song. That’s it.
I think Archie will have a harder time than Cook. Pop these days seems to be more singles driven than selling a whole cd. I think he will do well enough to get another album. I hope he does because I want to listen to him grow.
Congrats Archie!
YEah Congrats! Hope he reads his column xD Love to know what he thinks of that lol. Its still crazy to think he made it to #2 with little airplay and a day short of sales. Hopefully airplay will kick up when it goes for official adds. Grats again!
I could’ve sworn that I got a message from Cook telling me to ask Archie to be my friend on myspace; I did as I was told. And I think he told me to support Archie’s single too; so, I did as I was told and bought it! After all, I bought ALL of Cook’s AI music and videos. I could buy one or two Archie items…if David says they’re goodies. Hah! Oh congratulations, David Archuleta! It’s all so very exciting for him and I hope he has a great music career. I’ll give a test listen to anything he does, I’m sure. (I already KNOW I’m BUYING anything Mr Cook offers to share!)
HOORAY ARCHIE! ETD the drunken smileys since Archie is not of drinking age… :-)
Congratulations to Archie! Nothing is a given of course, but I really believe that the Davids will be the most successful AI Top 2 tandem to date. We’ll see what happens. Both guys are off to a great start.
With this impressive debut on the Billboard Hot 100, more major markets should be adding Crush to their playlists in the next couple of weeks so airplay should pick up considerably.
Clay did sing Solitaire on the show, for Neil Sedaka week.
Also, while Carrie did not sing “I’ll Stand By You” as a competitor, her version was on the show for Idol Gives Back week, and I love Carrie to death, but I think the fact that her version of the song was on the show during IGB gave that song a boost in purchases.
So, really, David A. and Kelly are the only idols to have songs debut in the top 10 without any exposure on the show. That’s a great accomplishment for David A.! Congrats to him!
Remember David singing to Kelly? Who would know these two will hold at top of the charts together.
My spy says it’s back tonight in Tampa. Spy being Sarah. LOL.
Aw man the jacket is back. They must of forgot to clean it in the last show or misplaced it. I wish they would accidentally lose it somewhere. LOL.
Drats. I knew the darn jacket would reappear. Oh well. File this under fun while it lasted.
interesting chart… didnt even know this was around lol:
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm
Has anyone posted this “story” yet? About the suspicious destruction of the set for the Crush video shoot? Pretty amusing spoof. Cookie has a good sense of humor, so I think he’d take it in the spirit it was (surely) intended.
http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i39417
seattle, check out some of the previous linked stories on the right of that page - Obama choosing Cook as his running mate, Archuleta terrorist plot. MJ do you know anything about this writer? Seems to be a closet AI fan, or at least a Cook/Archie fan.
LOL seattle xD ‘bigfoot’ Some of those stories are interesting lol
“Um…I hate to say this…but that’s kind of cute (I must go shoot myself now). It will probably be a kick for Archie to read Fred talking about him. I love Fred’s columns, but he’s never going to write about me (unless he does one on lunatics on the internet who post SS numbers…LOL…not even then)”
But truly Kirsten, Im a fan of your knowledge when it comes to these kinds of “statistics” if you can call it that…………you must have done well in school with numbers?……I didnt……lol
I actually don’t think Cook will top Archie in terms of first week chart placement or even equal him. Because I don’t think Cook will have the same type of “ohmigosh, ashley it’s coming!” promotion with a prescheduled, featured in-person debut on one of the country’s largest radio stations. I think Cook’s single will just “appear” on the radio, and, hopefully, it will gradually build steam.
I like what Cookie has to say right Here:
“David Archuleta (Crush) and Kristy Lee Cook (15 Minutes of Shame) are already on the radio with slick new singles. Does that add any pressure for you to succeed?
Look, you only get one shot to come out with a great first record. I can’t speak for Archie or Kristy, but maybe they just work faster than I do. I’ve spent a lot of time in the writing process and really trying to make sure that these songs are me. Whenever my record comes out, as long as it’s good, I’m happy. And hopefully, everybody else will be.
How’s the sound shaping up so far?
It’s a rock record, but I also feel like it’s not going to be a standard rock record. There are some twists and turns on it. I kind of forced myself to be more open as a songwriter than I think I ever had been before. These songs might be of a vague nature, lyrically, but they’ll also be pretty firm snapshots of my life — just overall. The last year of my life been’s great, but I think to discredit the last 24 would be a waste.”
Cook will def get major promo for the single. It’ll get more serious roll out probably with a TV premiere on an NFL football game, major TV show,etc. I doubt they’ll just release it quietly and pray for the best. I think Cook’s fans will be just as excited as Archie’s when it is released so they’ll be plenty of “OMG, it’s coming” to go around.