Idol Sales News ‘â€œ Week Ending 12/20/09

December 23rd, 2009 | Author: Kirsten

Our first Billboard chart of 2010 continues with Kris atop the Idols singles download leader board. It was a good week for the Idols will all three in the top 50 gaining sales. More numbers to appear throughout the day as they become available.

After the Jump, today’s Idol Sales Numbers (Billboard Date 1/2/10)

Despite being warned that our usual leaker is on holidays, he managed to find a computer this morning, give us an early Christmas present and leak the top 50 downloaded songs. We’ll have to wait until Brian posts numbers at Idol Chatter for the rest.

Download Numbers
28 Kris Allen “Live Like We’re Dying” 40,355 (14%; lw 35,553) Total: 290,216 (28)
29 Kelly Clarkson “Already Gone” 38,575 (18%; lw 32,608) Total: 918,287 (34)
36 Carrie Underwood “Cowboy Casanova” 32,840 (3%; lw 31,919) Total: 708,766 (36)
Daughtry “Life After You” 24K (19%) Total: 105K
Adam Lambert “Whataya Want From Me” 20K (99%) Total: 52K
Adam Lambert “For Your Entertainment” 15K (12%) Total: 146K
Glee Cast “My Life Would Suck Without You” 11K (-74%) Total: 56K
Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You” 8K (-8%) Total: 2.166M

Album Numbers
5 Carrie Underwood’s “Play On” 153,075 (44%; lw 106,506 ) Total: 996,712 (5) Digital: 3K (-31%) Digital Total: 104K
26 Adam Lambert “For Your Entertainment” 58,584 (26%; lw 46,429) Total: 354,915 Digital: 3K (-1%) Total: 48K
49 David Archuleta “Christmas From the Heart” 31,476 (2%; lw 30,793) Total: 184,515 Digital Total: 2K (-52%) Digital Total: 23K
50 Kris Allen “Kris Allen” 31,465 (34%; lw 23,460) Total: 189,910 Digital: 1K (-32%) Digital Total: 32K
53 Daughtry “Leave This Town” 30,189 (37%; lw 22,107) Total: 835,745 Digital: 1K (6%) Digital Total: 141K
116 Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted” 12,921 (39%; lw 9,326) Total: 796,515 Digital Total: 167K
119 Allison Iraheta “Just Like You” 12,352 (-12%; lw 14,108) Total: 58,127
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 11K (42%) Total: 6.901M
Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 11K (38%) Total: 3.028M
Daughtry “Daughtry” 10K (48%) Total: 4.597M
164 Kellie Pickler “Kellie Pickler” 7,450 (18%; lw 6,320) Total: 360,367
174 Adam Lambert “Take One” 6,853 (77%; lw 3,866) Total: 30,787
Mandisa “Freedom” 3K (69%) Total: 83K

Idol related and Glee:
10 Glee Cast ‘Glee: The Music, V2′ ³ 111K (-36; lw 172,611) Total: ~283K (3)
13 Various “Now 32″ 97,016 (25%; lw 77,673) Total: 546,974 **NOW GOLD**
14 Glee Cast ‘Glee: The Music, V1′ ³ 94,538 (11%; lw 84,867) Total: 520,963 **NOW GOLD**
42 Various “WOW Hits 2010″ 37,203 (44%; lw 25,798) Total: 68,699
86 Various “Now 31″ 18,007 (48%; lw 12,197) Total: 821,581

Total Album Sales Last Week: 15.14 million (up 12% from last week, down 12% compared to same week last year)
Total Album Sales Previous Week: 12 million units
Same Week Last Year: 17.16M
Total Album Sales so far this year: 357.5M (down 13% from previous year 411.4M)

Weekly/Yearly stats from Billboard

Rounded numbers from Brian at Idol Chatter

Last Week’s Numbers

Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!

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170 Responses to “Idol Sales News ‘â€œ Week Ending 12/20/09”

revcat:

12/23/2009 at 4:59 pm

While there is room in the industry for each to have success at some point, i just think that it is too much to have them all drop together ‘â€ someone is gonna get ignored by the market/overshadowed/ignored by radio. And there are all the other issues that have been repeatedly discussed (who is her market etc.)
^^^
Yes, she’s a little too *old soul* for the Hannah Montana audience that grew up with Miley and a little *too young* to be a Pink type “bad” girl. I don’t know the solution, but maybe they should have developed the album for debut about the time she turns 18. I just hope she doesn’t have to go back to singing for shoppers in Southern California retail establishments. That was okay for then, but not now.

Too bad she can’t do something on TV in the meantime such as Glee! For some reason I keep picturing her on Ugly Betty, don’t ask me why
ladymadonna:

12/23/2009 at 4:59 pm

I wonder why digital sales aren’t included in totals. Not talking about you alaadam but the original figures. It’s still albums sold. Adam’s total for 4 weeks would then be 403K & Kris’ 222K. Not sure about Allison’s. Is there some reason digital sales aren’t calculated as part of total sales?

This is not correct. Digital album sales are absolutely included in totals reported by Soundscan. Brian simply breaks them out in his post so you can see what fraction of the total was sold digitally. So of Adam’s 355,000, 48,000 were sold digitally. It does not indicate 48,000 additional albums sold. Current units sold (including physical and digital copies) through the sales week ending 12/20/09 are as listed above:

Adam Lambert – 355K
Kris Allen – 190K
Allison Iraheta – 58K
snlw:

12/23/2009 at 5:02 pm

Digital album sales are absolutely included in totals reported by Soundscan. Brian simply breaks them out in his post so you can see what fraction of the total was sold digitally. So of Adam’s 355,000, 48,000 were sold digitally. It does not indicate 48,000 additional albums sold. Current units sold through the sales week ending 12/20/09 are as listed above:

Adam Lambert ‘â€œ 355K
Kris Allen ‘â€œ 190K
Allison Iraheta ‘â€œ 58K

Thank you ladymadonna for confirming what I thought all along.
jts323:

12/23/2009 at 5:34 pm

I am worried about Allison. Kris & Adam are fine..different labels and different expections. What can Jive do to help her though.. I like her album. I actually bought all 3 of theirs.
JazzRocks:

12/23/2009 at 6:22 pm

Ok – thanks for clearing that up about digital sales. Obviously I’m just learning about this stuff.
happygolucky:

12/23/2009 at 6:27 pm

Has this been posted yet from Idol Chatter?

Kris Allen, Live Like We’re Dying (40,000, +14 percent, 290,000 total)
Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone (39,000, +18 percent, 918,000)
Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (33,000, +3 percent, 709,000)
Daughtry, Life After You (24,000, +19 percent, 105,000)
Adam Lambert, Whataya Want From Me (20,000, +99 percent, 52,000)
Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (15,000, +12 percent, 146,000)
Glee Cast, My Life Would Suck Without You (11,000, -74 percent, 56,000)
Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You (8,000, -8 percent, 2.166 million)
adamland:

12/23/2009 at 6:34 pm

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12/23/2009 at 2:49 pm

Re: Allison, I don’t think the issue is lack of exposure (she has been on major TV shows, has ads all over the net, articles written about her, has been making the radio station rounds etc. etc.) and it certainly isn’t lack of a good product (and of course i have gone on record with my love of FIBOU)’ ¦I think that part of the problem is that it is just too much to have 3 recent idol contestants albums, in similar genres and all marketed to Top 40 and Hot AC radio drop albums at the exact same time. While there is room in the industry for each to have success at some point, i just think that it is too much to have them all drop together ‘â€ someone is gonna get ignored by the market/overshadowed/ignored by radio. And there are all the other issues that have been repeatedly discussed (who is her market etc.)

I think the problem with Allison and the low sales is that she sounds like P!nk2 and Kelly2 and since they both are all over the radio there is not room for a “2″ of the original.
Kirsten:

12/23/2009 at 6:36 pm

Has this been posted yet from Idol Chatter?

Thanks happygolucky. I’ve updated the main post.
yinyang:

12/23/2009 at 6:38 pm

im disturbed that that Take One cd has sold as much as it has. Those are sales that could’ve gone toward For Your Entertainment.

As someone who almost bought Take One, I can say that it would have been in addition to, not instead of, FYE. While that won’t necessarily be true for everyone, I think that’s probably going to account for many of the sales of Take One.
lorismile:

12/23/2009 at 6:53 pm

FYE sold almost as much as WWFM. Wonder if the vid had something to do with that.
lazyc0w:

12/23/2009 at 7:37 pm

Carrie’s numbers are impressive. the best return of investment of all AI alums.

Well she has been around for LOOONG!

I am thinking few years from now, Adam will also be selling like hot cakes! Not that he’s not doing well…
tripp_ncwy:

12/23/2009 at 8:40 pm

Looks like we won’t see Allison’s or Kris’s AOL Session performances until January.

ginaorr
Not sure about Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta AOL Sessions. Probably January. If I hear it is coming sooner I’ll let everyone know.
nyc:

12/23/2009 at 10:56 pm

Brian Mansfield has already written a negative article about Kris’ album sales.

guess i missed that.

Guess I missed that too. Does anyone have a link?
windmills:

12/23/2009 at 11:26 pm

A few exact numbers from Pulse where the source’s anti-Kradison bias is VERY obvious OK maybe it’s just that he happened to only get sales for current country albums but it seemed like a good time to put on a tinfoil hat

Carrie (Play On): 153,075 (total: 996,712)
Kellie: 7,459 (total: 360,367)
Mary102:

12/24/2009 at 12:34 am

OMG! I cannot believe 7,000 people bought the bastard child album.

I’m sorry – I saw this and am seriously LMAO Just had to say that!
uglyduck:

12/24/2009 at 1:37 am

” OMG! I cannot believe 7,000 people bought the bastard child album. ”

It’s 31,000 in total LOL
Kirsten:

12/24/2009 at 8:51 am

Carrie (Play On): 153,075 (total: 996,712)
Kellie: 7,459 (total: 360,367)

Thanks windmills. I’ve updated the main post.

Carrie is a selling machine and Kellie does her thing, quietly racking up the numbers into big numbers.
Buderschnookie:

12/24/2009 at 9:03 am

Wow, good for SuBo! It’s such a feel-good story, I love it. I am out of the loop regarding critical and fan reviews of her album ‘â€œ what’s the consensus (if there is one)?

Nobody knows.
Everyone who listened to it is still asleep.
angela:

12/24/2009 at 9:13 am

Nobody knows.
Everyone who listened to it is still asleep.

LMAO, that just made my morning, thank you!
Also, I cannot wait for next week numbers, maybe we will see how many were returned.
Esqt:

12/24/2009 at 10:58 pm

Simon may be right when he said Carrie will be bigger than Kelly. That said I’m crossing my finger he’s also correct about Adam becoming a worldwide star. ding-dong!