Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (BillBoard issue date 07/14/07)
Digital Download Numbers (Top 50)
12 Kelly Clarkson “Never Again” 56,062 (10%) Total: 672,574 (12)
22 Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” 39129 (-10%) Total: 1,556,612 (21)
25 Elliott Yamin “Wait For You” 37,264 (-4%) Total: 324,479 (24)
31 Daughtry “Home” 30,858 (-10%) Total: 821,721 (32)
43 Reba McEntire/Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” 24,673 (999%) Total: 24,673 (-)
Additional Download Numbers (top 200):
78 Daughtry “It’s Not Over” 14,000 (-6%) Total: 1.36 million (72)
101 Kelly Clarkson “Sober” 10,535 (999%) Total: 10,535 (-)
125 Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” 8,400 (23%) Total: 1.69 million (172)
133 Bucky Covington “A Different World” 8,000 (-3%) Total: 100,000 (130)
138 Kelly Clarkson “Because of You” 7,800 (18%) Total: 1.03 million (181)
143 Carrie Underwood “Wasted” 7,600 (-9%) Total: 347,000 (129)
158 Fantasia “When I See U” 7,100 (-5%) Total: 87,00 (151)
161 Kellie Pickler “I wonder” 7,000 (1%) Total: 102,000 (165)
173 Carrie Underwood “Jesus, Take the Wheel” 6,800 (-6%) Total: 1 million (160) *****Now Platinum****
Off Chart:
Blake and Jordin are out of the top 200 downloads.
Album Numbers
2 Kelly Clarkson “My December” 291,213 (999%) Total: 291,517 (-)
20 Daughtry “Daughtry” 35,000 (-7%) Total: 2.85 million (20)
22 Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 29,000 (off 8%) Total: 5.72 million (21)
70 Elliott Yamin “Elliott Yamin” 10,500 (10%) Total: 294,000 (74)
76 Bucky Covington “Bucky Covington” 9,700 (+3%) Total: 196,000 (75)
125 Fantasia “Fantasia” 6,200 (-5%) Total: 425,000 (118)
145 Kellie Pickler “Small Town Girl” 5,400 (0%) Total: 570,000 (138)
Off Chart:
Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway” 10,000 Total: 5.8 million (would have been 73 on the BB200)
Kelly Clarkson “Thankful” 3,300 Total: 2.7 million
Katharine McPhee “Katharine McPhee” 1,500 (1,900 last week) Total: 342,000
Taylor Hicks “Taylor Hicks” 700 (1,000 last week) Total: 689,000
Ruben Studdard “The Return” 600 (600 last week) Total: 230,000
Kimberley Locke “Based on a True Story” 500 (500 last week) Total: 13,000
Paris Bennett “Princess P” 400 (600 last week) Total: 17,000
Clay Aiken “A Thousand Different Ways” 300 (400 last week) Total 514,000
Jon Peter Lewis “Stories From Hollywood” 15 (200%) Total: 900
Ayla Brown “Forward” 8 (33%) Total: 2,700
Commercial Singles:
1 Mandisa “Only the World” 1,500 (1)
Rounded Numbers from Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter
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For you Hannah Montana fans, here are her download numbers:
14 Hannah Montana “Life’s What You Make It” 54,018 (999%)Total: 54,018 (-)
15 Hannah Montana “Nobody’s Perfect” 53,302 (22%) Total: 201,559 (20)
72 Miley Cyrus “G.N.O. (Girl’s Night Out)” 15,629 (999%) Total: 15,629 (-)
73 Hannah Montana “Make Some Noise” 15,574 (127%) Total: 29,830 (169)
83 Hannah Montana “True Friend” 12,791 (999%) Total: 12,791 (-)
99 Miley Cyrus “I Miss You” 10,808 (999%) Total: 10,808 (-)
104 Hannah Montana “One in a Million” 10,274 (999%) Total: 10,274 (-)
116 Hannah Montana “Rock Star” 8,783 (999%) Total: 8783 (-)
132 Hannah Montana “If We Were a Movie” 8,135 (30%) Total: 329,245 (190)
174 Hannah Montana “Who Said” 6,748 (34%) Total: 286,592 (-)
189 Hannah Montana “Best of Both Worlds” 6,215 (36%) Total: 353,505 (-)
Album Numbers:
1 Hannah Montana “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley C Soundtrack” 325,573 (999%) Total: 326,023
Kelly’s first week numbers:
1 Kelly Clarkson “Thankful” 297,400
2 Kelly Clarkson “My December” 291,213
3 Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway” 250,432
The first number is the position on the BB200 Album’s chart, though it also works out to the position of the albums relative to each other.
So My December did relatively well, after all. :)
I saw this video linked to at etrain and thought it was very funny. Elliott’s WFY is a good example of this sure-fire formula for writing a hit song. Heheh.
Title Of The Song
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zc1Js9P3urw
;-D
Thanks for all of the stats, Kirsten.
Is there any place that gives the number of digital videos sold each week? I was just wondering how Elliott’s videos are selling on iTunes. Two versions were recently added.
Hannah Montanta - Wow at all of the stats for her and for Miley. Billy Ray must be very proud.
I’m not particularly a fan of Kelly Clarkson, but that 291,000 figures is a bit surprising to me. I thought it would be a bigher than that, just based on her last success. Just goes to show that performance of a new CD sometimes has little bearing on success of future albums, at least in the first week.
So, is Kellys cd a success or failure?
Sometimes it’s not that cut and dry, radname. Kelly might be quite happy selling less albums but be much more satistied as an artist who was given a chance to put out her *own* album. In that case, she is a complete success. To $Clive$, maybe not much so.
To a lot of serious musicians, artistic integrity is FAR more important that being a mega-seller. I don’t know if Kelly is one of those people, however.
It doesn’t matter so much what the opening sales were for an album but whether the album has longevity. “Breakaway” opened less than her other 2 albums yet went on to sell close to 6 million copies in the U.S. alone with many top 10 hits.
“My December” opening sales were decent but the concern that the record label/Clive has is that the CD doesn’t have the potential radio hits thus may not have the longevity that her previous albums had. If this is the case than “My December” will not be considered a success.
My December DOES have radio hits on it though, I don’t know why everyone keeps saying that other then the reports that Clive thought it needed more “radio friendly” songs
I don’t think that “My December” has radio hits. There are songs on it that I really like like “Sober” (which I have downloaded) but I don’t think it will be a radio hit. The more pop songs on the album I don’t think are very good.
But again we shall see…
While I’m really surprised at Miley’s numbers, I’m really not. I started watching “Hannah Montana” during the Christmas break, and I found it really funny.
There’s no way I’d buy the album (all that sugar would give me diabetes) but I watch the show. And this is a 21-year-old straight male talking. =p
*hangs head in utter shame*
Never watched Hannah Montana’s show nor will I. But if I was a tween I probably would have. I used to watch corny shows like “Saved By the Bell” and “Beverly Hills 90210″ back in the days.
I don’t think the first week’s sales rank is any yardstick of whether an album will be a hit. The first week’s sales will reflect the votes of confidence from the artist’s fanbase. After that, it is a whole different story when the general public votes with their wallets. So we will just have to wait and see how it shakes out for both Kelly and Miley.
Well Tony, welcome to my world. I love the show because it’s good, clean fun for my young daughters. Good, clean fun is in short supply these days. I pre-ordered the Hannah Montana cd. My girls love her music and I find myself singing along too. She’s a goood kid. I’ll take Hannah Montana over the Britney’s and Lindsey’s of the world anyday.
Tony, your candidness is refreshing. Thank you.
Ditto, ditto.
I read somewhere that Hannah Montana (the show) is a throwback to the sitcoms of old and that’s partly why it is so popular. What exactly that means, I have no idea but I do watch it regularly with my girls and find it quite enjoyable. The guy who plays her brother is a crack-up. And while HM is funny, I find the Suite Life of Zach & Cody to be painfully *unfunny*
What do you bet that the next H.S. Musical CD takes top spot once it comes out? I think the teenage/tween audience (and their parents) are craving good, clean shows and music.
I’ve never seen “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”. It doesn’t look too interesting to me. The only other Disney-original show I watch is “That’s So Raven” (and “Even Stevens” before it stopped airing).
And yes, when compared to women like Lindsay & Britney, Hannah Montana IS a better role-model and I’d rather have my children listening to her rather than them.
Yup, add me to the list of oeople who watch these Disney shows. I just plop down with my kids and watch what they are watching, and the shows are pretty darned good.
Want to bring this over, too:
Album sales from Ken Barnes at USAToday:
20 Daughtry 35,000 (-7%)
22 Carrie 29,000 (-8%)
70 Elliott 10,500 ( 10%)
76 Bucky 9,700 ( 3%)
125 Fantasia 6,200 (-5%)
145 Kellie 5,400 (0%)
Off the Chart:
Katharine l,500
Taylor 700
Ruben 600
Kimberly Locke 500
Paris 400
Clay 300
JPL l5
Ayla 8
Alright…JPL kicked Ayla’s ass!!!
j/k
Go JPL!!!! Almost twice as many in sales. Woo! No stopping him now.
BTW, I’ve updated the post with Ken’s download and album numbers.
Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel” just went platinum.
Congrats mucho to JPL for winning the weekly Ayla/JPL sales derby!
Double digit sales with a 300% sales surge. At this rate, he can sell 1000 in six weeks!
Condolence mucho to KC for hitting the 300K wall at the third attempt.
I know she has sold a gazillion records world-wide. But she got beat by a fourteen-year-old Disney character/singer at the first week. It’s a bit embarrassing any way you spin it…. 
Jon Peter Lewis “Stories From Hollywood” 15 (200%) Total: 900
I thought JPL had already sold 900 CDs by last week. He sells 15 more this week and the total remains unchanged. Is this sabotage? Hmmm… LOL
Hannah Montana is a cute show, but I don’t think Miley’s voice is anything special. Of course her CD sold well…the power of Disney!
My kids like “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” better. As others have pointed out, it’s nice to have good, clean shows for kids to watch. Too bad Zack and Cody don’t sing. Disney could be sitting on another gold mine! LOL
How is it embarrassing to get outsold by a 14 year old? She is a songwriter as well as a singer/actress and just as much of an “artist” as anyone else on the chart.
Furthermore.. I guess DAUGHTRY, Bo Bice, Fantasia, Taylor, Katherine and artists non Idol related should be “embarrassed” because Hannah outsold their first weeks as well.
Kelly had a good week, nothing to be embarrassed about in my book.
Hey mj/kirsten.. thanks for the update. But shouldn’t Brad Paisley’s “5th Gear” be on the chart table too? It features Carrie. :)
Disney is outselling lots of stars these days.. Nothing for Kelly to be embarrased about!
Actually, “My December” has at least two more good pop singles - “One Minute” and “How I Feel”. If it catches on, “Sober” could be a big hit on AC and HAC, I think. I don’t see it being played on many top 40 stations. Maybe “Be Still” too.
I’m not surprised by Kelly’s opening numbers at all. I was thinking somewhere around the 300,000 ballpark figure. It’s not like she was going to sell 5 million albums the first week out. Geez.
However, this is what, the 3rd or 4th straight week that Daughtry has not been in the top 10 for sales? Could they finally be losing steam?? Sounds like it’s time for a new single. Heh.
I don’t watch Hannah Montana, but I have 15, 13, and 10 year old neices. I understand the appeal. You can’t deny the power of tweens. And it’s good clean fun, so I’m sure most parents have no problem buying it for the kids. Heck, last year, “High School Musical”, a SOUNDTRACK, was the 2nd best selling album of the year, almost beating out Carrie Underwood. Disney is a force to be reckoned with (*saying this as I curse all the tourists who cause me to circle parking lots for 15 minutes to find a spot and sit thru 2 or 3 traffic lights because lines are so long*).