David Archuleta – Crush – Debuts at #2 on The Billboard Hot 100 – Part 2
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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36 Responses to “David Archuleta – Crush – Debuts at #2 on The Billboard Hot 100 – Part 2”
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
“Umà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦I hate to say thisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦but thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢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 Fredà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s columns, but heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s never going to write about me (unless he does one on lunatics on the internet who post SS numbersà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦LOLà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦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 à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’ 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.