Hits Predicts 85K for Kris Allen Debut
Industry mag, Hits Daily Double predicts a #10 chart bow and 84,846 in sales for Kris Allen’s self-titled post-Idol debut:
Here’s the Top 10:
1. JOHN MAYER – Battle Studied – 301,204
2. ANDREA BOCELLI – My Christmas 192,190
3. NORAH JONES – The Fall – 177,382
4. 50 CENT – Before I Self Destruct – 156,863
5. CASTING CROWNS – Until The Whole World Hears – 146,250
6. JUSTIN BIEBER – My World – 133,872
7. TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON SOUNTRACK – 107,060
8. MICHAEL JACKSON – This is It – 98,556
9. CARRIE UNDERWOOD – Play On - 85,501
10 KRIS ALLEN – Kris Allen – 84,846
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Re: LIR for boot song, I actually emailed the show suggesting it, including the lyrics in my email, and reminded AI how it benefits the company to use “home-grown” talent such as Daughtry, Carrie, Ruben, etc. for the song. Hope TPTB really consider this. They tend to have the winner back the following year anyway, and Kris could do the song then, too. Although I am a massive Kris fan, I would not have suggested the song unless it was truly a good candidate for backing the goodbye montage, and LIR’s lyrics are fantastic for this purpose. It can’t hurt for Kris fans to contact AI or 19 Entertainment to show support for this idea.
I’m pro ‘Let it Rain’ as AI Boot Song!
85K.. not bad!!!! (considering everything all u KA regs brought up)
I really could care less about these numbers. Because of the kind of artist (& person) Kris is, I knew his sales were not gonna make a big bang in the market. But I think they’ll grow slowly but steadily.
LLWD still has life in it. Plus, second single will bump up sales.
All I want from Kris is that he continues to make music he truely believes in. You’re guaranteed songs that are soul stirring but also have a dash of cheek.
And all I want for Kris is longevity.
tiger92, according the document you linked, the 50% rule only applies to brick and mortar sales. The same rule for not counting units sold below 50% was not mentioned in the digital downloads section of the document. Therefore, it seems that the $3.99 Amazon sales do count.
Surprised that the Twilight Soundtrack only moved 107,000 copies – was that $140 million in box office all people going to see the movie 10 times? Bwah.
I’ve not been keeping any eye on the charts lately, I see by the top 10 figures sales are still sluggish overall in musicland, though they have been more sluggish over the past year.