Comments on: Idol Sales News – Week Ending 06/24/07

By: judy

judy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:57:21 +0000

omg – mj, if you see that I posted here. I clicked on 07 numbers and thought WTF is wrong with Elliott’s #’s. I need a drink.

By: judy

judy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:22:39 +0000

I don’t know about all the other numbers, but Elliott’s are wrong. From Barnes:

Elliott sold 1,000, down from 1,400; total 506,000.

By: aragonm25

aragonm25 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:32:52 +0000

whats HDD

By: jpfan

jpfan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:44:23 +0000

Hot 100 (Issue date: 7/7/07)

TW|LW

13 14 CARRIE UNDERWOOD BEFORE HE CHEATS
17 15 DAUGHTRY HOME
22 19 KELLY CLARKSON NEVER AGAIN
25 28 ELLIOTT YAMIN WAIT FOR YOU
52 54 FANTASIA WHEN I SEE U
82 81 BUCKY COVINGTON A DIFFERENT WORLD
95 98 KELLIE PICKLER I WONDER

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:18:17 +0000

Download numbers for some of those out of the top 50 added to the post.

By: dcd74

dcd74 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:52:21 +0000

Nice to meet you, Stefunny! We will have to trade “battle stories” sometime!

Kirsten-Thanks as always for the numbers!

By: purplesmile

purplesmile — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:32:27 +0000

I will look at it this way: I am lucky to be one of a 900-strong elite group that has had the special privilege of hearing JPL’s wonderful music. ;-D

By: jpfan

jpfan — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:21:10 +0000

Jon Peter Lewis has a good album. I really enjoyed some of the songs. It just shows how hard it is out there for an independent artist with no radio play. But then Ayla actually gets radio play and sells 6 CDs. Elliott has been incredibly lucky to get a major label behind him and get the radio play he has. Anybody without major distribution seems doomed to sell very few units. This is a tough business.

By: Stefunny

Stefunny — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:19:36 +0000

Wow…always nice to see other moms with 3 daughters! Mine are 5, 7 and 9. Lots o’drama in my house!

Bought Hannah Montana today. Haven’t listened to it yet though.

It’ll be interesting to see who wins the sales battle.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:41:28 +0000

I’ve updated the post with numbers Ken Barnes posted for the off-chart Idols.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:18:26 +0000

HDD has released it’s first week predictions based on one day sales (the earlier estimate was predicted on pre-orders).

“This much can be said. Both ClarksonÃƒ ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s My December and the new Hannah Montana album will sell between 320-350k for their first week, enough to put them in a lively dead heat for top of the chart.

Consulting the tea leaves, Clarkson is showing strengths from a pair of reporting precincts in iTunes and Best Buy. Ms. Cyrus is ahead, as expected, at mass merchants and non-traditional retail. Both have visibility and sales at Costco and Limited II clothing stores, but Miley, of course, has the Disney Stores and JC Penney as well.”

More predictions at HDD site for other first week releases.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:02:25 +0000

Hannah Montana kicks ass. I can think of much worse people for my 9, 7 and 7 year old girls to emulate. Hmmm, one comes to mind, quickly.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UPfw7bHqQrY

By: dcd74

dcd74 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:39:31 +0000

Yes Rad, I have heard her sing and I think for a teenage girl she can hold her own.

Will Hannah win? I dont know but I agree with everything else Stefunny said. I have 3 daughters myself (almost 12, 9&1/2 and almost and Hannah/Miley is a must have in our home.

Anyhow, I wish Kelly and Hannah both well. I have liked Kelly since her audition in season 1.

HMWD!!!!!ABD!!!! :wink_ee:

By: sammy

sammy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:36:40 +0000

Taylor and Kat sell any albums this week?

Nothing that I’ve seen concerning Kelly’s numbers makes me feel sorry for her. Girl’s doing just fine.

By: Stefunny

Stefunny — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:58:30 +0000

Hannah Montana will win.

In this house of girls, one of whom is a tween, we are gaga over all things Hannah/Miley and will be buying her new album to accompany us on a 20-hr road trip. What’s not to like? She’s cute, has a fun TV show, is a good role model unlike the Lindsays, Paris and Britneys of the world and her songs are fun, poppy fluff perfect for my daughters–who I want to stay innocent for as long as possible.

By: jpfan

jpfan — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:55:02 +0000

Thanks to Gregoire from Survivor sucks:
17 Daughtry
37,367 down 33%
total 2,817,042

21 Carrie Underwood
31,827 down 22%
total 5,692,035

74 Elliot Yamin
9,570 down 18%
total 283,176

75 Bucky Covington
9,366 down 31%
total 186,620

117 Fantasia
6,460 down 9%
total 419,227

138 Kellie Pickler
5,408 down 19%
total 564,814

By: bean99

bean99 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:54:14 +0000

I used to stress about placement when Chris D’s album first came out but now think it doesn’t really matter as long as you’re selling fairly well. #1 is nice but if Kelly sells 300,000 or more, that’s a win in itself.

By: squishy

squishy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:50:11 +0000

Hope Kelly wins but don’t underestimate the power of tween girls :shock_tb:

By: db

db — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:39:42 +0000

There is no way Hannah Montana, or Miley Cyrus can win. Have you heard her sing? Yikes.

When has bad singing ever prevented someone from landing the top spot on the Billboard charts??

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:14:27 +0000

Where can I find this information?

You could try asking Ken Barnes over at Idol Chatter. He has access to somebody who has the full SS numbers.

You can post questions on his blog (he’ll have a post for sales numbers later today and he has a current post about airplay). People sometimes ask questions about sales numbers for specific idols/songs and he will sometimes respond a day or two later with an update. That’s probably your best shot.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/

By: Lisa B

Lisa B — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:04:44 +0000

Excellent news Kirsten.

By: Mbart

Mbart — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:03:49 +0000

It’s funny…”Never Again” is considered a failure because it hasn’t charted well, yet it has sold more than 600,000 copies?!?!? I think it is the radio stations pushing back and not the listeners.

On a side note, I was wondering if anyone had any sales numbers for Kimberley Locke’s single, “Change.” I know that her album has been really slow, but didn’t know about the single. If you check Mediabase again, she has jumped to number 5 on the AC chart with a gain of 212 spins! The biggest gain of any song. They are pushing the song to the Hot AC stations next week which should increase the spins 3 or 4 times more.

Where can I find this information?

By: radname

radname — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:54:16 +0000

I hope Kelly wins. There is no way Hannah Montana, or Miley Cyrus can win. Have you heard her sing? Yikes.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:23:33 +0000

Predicted Album sales for the Top 50 from HDD:

17 Daughtry “Daughtry” 36,830 -34% (12)
21 Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 31,607 -23% (22)

Later today, HDD should make a prediction for first week sales for Kelly Clarkson (and Hannah Montana…who sold 23,998 units of her previous album last week). HDD states that, based on early retail reports, both Kelly and Hannah are on target to sell between 350-400k.