Idol Sales News – Week Ending 06/29/09
Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 07/11/09)
Digital Downloads
40 Jordin Sparks “Battlefield” 50876 (-7%; lw 54,566 ) Total: 291,466 (21)
54 Daughtry “No Surprise” 38,082 (3%; lw 36,817) Total: 374,820 (38)
Kellie Pickler “Best Days of Your Life” 34,000 (-12%; lw 38,393) Total: 547,000 (35)
Kelly Clarkson “I Do Not Hook Up” 31,697 (-13%; lw 36,631) Total: 476166 (39)
Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You” 19,000 (-10%) Total: 1.98 million
David Cook “Come Back to Me” 16,000 (-8%; lw 17,786 ) Total: 232,000 (91)
Rascal Flatts “Here Comes Goodbye” 8,000 (-12%) Total: 506,000 **NOW GOLD**
Kris Allen “Heartless” 7,000 (-31%) Total: 264,000
Brooke White “Radio Radio” 7,000 (NEW) Total: 7,000
Kris Allen “No Boundaries” 6,000 (-27%) Total: 276,000
Adam Lambert “Want” 6,000 (NEW) Total: 6,000
Adam Lambert “Mad World” 6,000 (-24%) Total: 224,000
Albums:
Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted” 7,000 (-13%) Total: 629,000 Digital: 1,000 (-12 percent%) Total: 135,000
Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 7,000 (-26%) Total: 2.91 million
Kellie Pickler “Kellie Pickler” 6,000 (-24%) Total: 255,000
David Cook “David Cook” 6,000 (-27%%) Total: 1.19 million Digital: 1,000 (-15%) Total: 145,000
Daughtry “Daughtry” 5,000 (-19%) Total: 4.48 million Digital: 1,000 (23%) Total:3 71,000
Michael Johns “Hold Back My Heart” 5,000 (NEW) Total: 5,000/2,000 digital
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 4,000 (-19%) Total: 6.80 million
Adam Lambert “Season 8 Favorite Performances” 1,000 digital (-38 percent) Total: 33,000
Rounded numbers Brian Mansfield over at Idol Chatter
MJ Numbers:
2 Michael Jackson “Thriller” 167,444 (3,551%; lw 4,586) Total: 1,401,897 (OFF)
3 Michael Jackson ” Man in The Mirror” 164,642 (10,261%; lw 1,589) Total: 473,816 (OFF)
4 Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” 158,493 (3,966%; lw 3,898) Total: 1,084,127 (OFF) **NOW PLATINUM**
6 Michael Jackson “Way You Make Me Feel” 136,330 (7,108%; lw 1,893) Total: 538,464 (OFF) **NOW GOLD**
7 Michael Jackson “Beat It” 133,765 (3,428%; lw 3.792) Total: 862,137 (OFF)
9 Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” 125,332 (4,293%; lw 2,853) Total: 789,468 (OFF)
12 Michael Jackson “Smooth Criminal” 111,118 (7,153%; lw 1,532) Total: 456,928 (OFF)
13 Michael Jackson “Black Or White” 109,584 (11,327%; lw 959) Total: 299,223 (OFF)
14 Michael Jackson “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” 105,801 (3,599%; lw 2,685) Total: 563,142 (OFF) **NOW GOLD**
17 Michael Jackson “Rock With You” 89,581 (5,424%: lw 1,373) Total: 399,997 (OFF)
20 Michael Jackson “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” 76,859 (7,420%; lw 1,022) Total: 380601 (OFF)
23 Michael Jackson “Bad” 73,718 (9,690%; lw 753) Total: 226,204 (OFF)
28 Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” 66,827 (15,477%; lw 429) Total: 155,373 (OFF)
29 Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” 65,873 (1,833%; lw 3,407) Total: 285,044 (OFF)
31 Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” 64,186 (2,893%; lw 2,211) Total: 562,363 (OFF) **NOW GOLD**
32 Michael Jackson “Dirty Diana” 62,433 (8,202%; lw 752) Total: 200,980 (OFF)
34 Jackson 5 “ABC” 60,020 (2,384%; lw 2,416) Total: 556,574 (OFF) **NOW GOLD**
35 Michael Jackson “Remember The Time” 58,748 (7,775%; lw 746) Total: 175,741 (OFF)
37 Michael Jackson “Human Nature” 57,138 (7,702%; lw 753) Total: 192,155 (OFF)
48 Michael Jackson “Will You Be There” 41,816 (7,911%; lw 522) Total: 127,506 (OFF)
50 Jacksons “Shake Your Body (Down To the Ground)” 40,877 (5,902%; lw 681) Total: 187,341 (OFF)
51 Michael Jackson “Off the Wall” 40,809 (999; lw 564) Total: 168,699 (OFF)
62 Michael Jackson “You Rock My World” 33,426 (999; lw 367) Total: 121,209 (OFF)
70 Michael Jackson “Scream” 29,715 (999; lw 317) Total: 99,348 (OFF)
72 Jackson 5 “Never Can Say Goodbye” 29,493 (999; lw 565) Total: 115,632 (OFF)
75 Michael Jackson “Ben” 29,082 (999; lw 363) Total: 89,899 (OFF)
78 U.S.A. For Africa “We Are The World” 27,033 (999; lw 601) Total: 149,204 (OFF)
84 Michael Jackson “Girl is Mine” 24,919 (999; lw 266) Total: 89,522 (OFF)
91 Michael Jackson “She’s Out of My Life” 21,577 (999; lw 204) Total: 69,484 (OFF)
96 Jackson 5 “Got To Be There” 20,361 (999; lw 324) Total: 68,162 (OFF)
100 Michael Jackson “Working Day and Night” 19,598 (999; lw 290) Total: 64144 (OFF)
108 Michael Jackson “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” 18,338 (999; lw 156) Total: 53,975 (OFF)
109 Michael Jackson “Heal the World” 18,247 (999; lw 141) Total: 51,166 (OFF)
112 Michael Jackson “Leave Me Alone” 17,930 (999; lw 128) Total: 44,030 (OFF)
115 Jackson 5 “Love You Save” 17,765 (999; lw 449) Total: 96,793 (OFF)
116 Jacksons “Can You Feel It?” 17,657 (999; lw 325) Total: 83,031 (OFF)
119 Michael Jackson “In The Closet” 16,960 (999; lw 139) Total: 4,6875 (OFF)
120 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson “Say Say Say” 16,685 (999; lw 279) Total: 50,305 (OFF)
125 Jackson 5 “Dancing Machine” 16,375 (999; lw 431) Total: 108,584 (OFF)
136 Jackson 5 “Who’s Lovin’ You” 15,288 (999; lw 373) Total: 52,871 (OFF)
137 Michael Jackson “Lady In My Life” 15,128 (999; lw 205) Total: 56,110 (OFF)
142 JMichael Jackson “Butterflies” 14,533 (999; lw 280) Total: 77,063 (OFF)
143 Michael Jackson “Rockin’ Robin” 14,510 (999; lw 471) Total: 106,232 (OFF)
152 Michael Jackson “Another Part of Me” 12,805 (999; lw 100) Total: 33,185 (OFF)
158 Michael Jackson “Give in To Me” 12,506 (999; lw 92) Total: 28,846 (OFF)
162 Michael Jackson “Jam” 11,984 (999; lw 128) Total: 35,390 (OFF)
169 Michael Jackson “They Don’t Care About Us” 11,621 (999%; lw 128) Total: 35,052 (OFF)
178 Michael Jackson “Who is It” 11,025 (999; lw 87) Total: 27,918 (OFF)
195 Michael Jackson “Earth Song” 9,907 (999; lw 107) Total: 32,624 (OFF)
199 Michael Jackson “We Are The World (Demo)” 9,675 (999%; lw 37) Total: 24,190 (OFF)
Albums:
1 JACKSON*MICHAEL NUMBER ONES 107,808 4,417 1,932,838
2 JACKSON*MICHAEL ESSENTIAL 102,023 1,986 543,057
3 JACKSON*MICHAEL THRILLER 101,042 277 4,588,925
4 JACKSON*MICHAEL OFF THE WALL 32,552
5 JACKSON 5 ULTIMATE COLLECTION 17,895
6 JACKSON*MICHAEL BAD 16,900
7 JACKSON*MICHAEL DANGEROUS 14,113
8 JACKSON*MICHAEL GREATEST HITS HISTORY VOLUME 1 11,978
9 JACKSON*MICHAEL ULTIMATE COLLECTION 10,930
Please post them when you find them. Thanks!
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58 Responses to “Idol Sales News – Week Ending 06/29/09”
We can’t get numbers for albums/singles that aren’t charting. Last week Brian gave a special update and provided numbers for some uncharting titles, but he also can’t get them every week (Ken Barnes had the connections and did get weekly updates, but that’s not the case anymore).
As for the specific numbers for LO/Permanent – LO is likely selling 5-6K a week right now (based on how much it sold through the period in which it didn’t chart, and relative iTunes placement), so an educated guess would put it at ~964K this week. It should reach Platinum by September, so that would be a good time to ask Brian for another update (or just ask him if he could update us whenever LO crosses that milestone).
Permanent, as you said, was taken off iTunes. IIRC it sold around ~170K total the last time we got official numbers. That was almost a month ago, so I’d guess at least 10K more since.
Much appreciated Jolene!!
evanjane, I appreciate your efforts, and it is interesting to see for what it is. Thank you.
FWIW, I’m not reading the responses to reflect, as you say, “Adam fans” disappointment, or, as you assert, that if the numbers were different that there’d be little quarrel. The value of and appreciation for numbers and comparisons rises and falls with their accuracy and completeness, imo. Because you did say “since week 1″ instead of “since the finale,” the chart could be read to be something that it’s not. That’s all.
But I do agree that LadyMadonna is quite amazing in her collections and compilations for David Cook! Those charts are something else!! Of course, last year, we had more leaks about sales during the season too. Too bad iTunes plugged those for the most part this year.
Evanjane,
I appreciate your efforts as well. Some people are numbers geeks & some aren’t. I’m the former.
That said…did you by chance get your non-rounded Adam figures from the official Billboard thread in Adam’s forum at IDF? I ask because I run that thread, which to my knowledge is the only place keeping track of the exact figures, and I noticed the tallies you posted are identical.
No harm done really if you did indeed borrow my work, but credit where credit is due would be nice. The info didn’t exactly compile itself.
Yes when it comes to precise sales numbers you have to pay for it so you either have an account with Soundscan or professional level Billboard subscription or know someone with access to it.
Soundscan and Billboard don’t compile this stuff out of the goodness of their heart – they too are businesses.
As long as an album stays in the Top 50, Hits Daily Double does give their estimated numbers every week and for example David Cook has stayed pretty much in the Top 50 since his album was released, he’s fallen out here and there but since Hits Daily Double also gives you the percentage increase or decrease from lthe week before you can continue to guestimate. Math is your friend.
As a fellow Idol “number geek” I appreciate the work that goes into compiling sales and airplay stats. But in evanjane’s defense, those numbers are publicly available to anyone willing to put in the time and effort to find them. I myself have a tracking sheet with both rounded figures and the Soundscan actuals that have leaked for Adam, and I’ve never set foot at IDF in eight years of watching American Idol.
Just sayin’….
Ladymadonna,
You have a point.
Evanjane, please don’t take offense that I asked.
Thank you, Ladymadonna. Just to clarify, I have thanked Kirsten and Brian Mansfield each week when posting my figures. I have used rounded numbers (Brian Mansfield) when the exact figures weren’t available (Kirsten). It’s merely basic math, hopefully getting it right. Keeping track of 23 singles, more or less, each week, plus 2 album compilations, working with rounded figures and exact figures, at times made me cross-eyed, again hoping I didn’t overlook anything. I’m relieved Sadiepie stated she had the exact totals for Adam as I did. I didn’t want to overstate or understate the sales on either guy. And it’s nice to know I’m not the only “crazy” person running these tallies. I found it interesting.
No offense taken, Sadiepie. I most certainly would have given credit, if warranted. I’ve written fanfiction for a few fandoms over the years and I respect any work that is posted freely for public viewing. Plagarism on any level is so not good, but as Ladymadonna noted, the numbers have been made available to the public and anyone on this board could just as well come up with the total monies earned in the exact same manner.
Thanks.