Idol Sales News – Week Ending 07/05/09
Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 07/18/09)
Digital Downloads
42 Jordin Sparks “Battlefield” 47,147 (-7%; lw 50,876) Total: 338,613 (40)
61 Daughtry “No Surprise” 34,706 (-9%; lw 38,082) Total: 409,526 (54)
[62-65] Kellie Pickler “Best Days of Your Life” 32,000 (-4%) Total: 579,000
[67-70] Kelly Clarkson “I Do Not Hook Up” 30,000 (-5%) Total: 506,000 **NOW GOLD**
[110-115] Kelly Clarkson “My Life Would Suck Without You” 17,000 (-12%) Total: 1.993 million
[120-135] David Cook “Come Back to Me” 15,000 (-7%) Total: 247,000
[OFF] Kris Allen “Heartless: 6,000 (-12%) Total: 270,000
Albums:
34 Various “American Idol Season 8″ 14,000 (NEW) Total: 14,000 total
Kelly Clarkson “All I Ever Wanted” 7,000 (-6%) Total: 636,000 Digital: 1,000 (5%) Total: 136,000
Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 6,000 (-14%) Total: 2.918 million
Kellie Pickler “Kellie Pickler” 6,000 (-1%) Total: 261,000
David Cook “David Cook” 5,000 (-3%) Total: 1.195 million Digital: 1,000 (-1%) Total: 146,000
Daughtry “Daughtry” 4,000 (-13%) Total: 4.483 million Digital Total: 372,000 digital
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 4,000 (3%) Total: 6.808 million
Michael Johns “Hold Back My Heart” 2,000 (-51%) Total: 7,000 Digital Total:3,000
Adam Lambert “Season 8 Favorite Performances” 1,000 (3%) Total: 34,000
Michael Jackson
2 Michael Jackson ” Man in The Mirror” 159,487 (-3%; lw 164,642) Total: 633,303 (3)
4 JMichael Jackson “Billie Jean” 145,524 (-8%; lw 158,493) Total: 1,230,454 (4)
5 Michael Jackson “Thriller” 139,433 (-17%; lw 167,444) Total: 1,541,330 (2)
7 Michael Jackson ‘Way You Make Me Feel’ 123,404 (-9%; lw 136,330) Total: 661,868 (6)
10 Michael Jackson ‘Beat It’ 115,865 (-13%; lw 133,765) Total: 978,002 (7)
13 Michael Jackson ‘Black Or White’ 101.665 (-7%; lw 109,584) Total: 400,888 (13)
14 Michael Jackson ‘Smooth Criminal’ 96,899 (-13%; lw 111,118) Total: 553,827 (12) **NOW GOLD**
16 Michael Jackson ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ 92,711 (-26%; lw 125,332) Total: 882,179 (9)
18 Michael Jackson ‘P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” 83,163 (-21%; lw 105,801) Total: 646,305 (14)
21 Michael Jackson ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” 76,313 (-1%; lw 76,859) Total: 456914 (20)
23 Michael Jackson ‘Rock With You’ 66,944 (-25%; lw 89,581) Total: 466,941 (17)
24 Michael Jackson ‘Bad’ 65,949 (-11%; lw 73,718) Total: 292,153 (23)
28 Michael Jackson ‘You Are Not Alone’ 60,347 (-10%; lw 66,827) Total: 215,720 (28)
32 Michael Jackson ‘Dirty Diana’ 57,949 (-7%; lw 62,433) Total: 258,929 (32)
40 Jackson 5 ‘I’ll Be There’ 50,139 (-24%; lw 65,873) Total: 335,183 (29)
43 Jackson 5 ‘ABC’ 46,625 (-22%; lw 60,052) Total: 603,744 (34)
44 Michael Jackson ‘Remember The Time’ 45,332 (-23%; lw 58,748) Total: 221,073 (35)
46 Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” 44,434 (-31%; lw 64,186) Total: 606,797 (OFF)
47 Michael Jackson ‘Human Nature’ 44,126 (-23%; lw 57,138) Total: 236,281 (37)
59 Michael Jackson ‘Will You Be There’ 35,482 (-15%; lw 41,816) Total: 162,988 (48)
66 Michael Jackson ‘They Don’t Care About Us’ 31,072 (167%; lw 11,621) Total: 66,124 (169)
74 Jacksons ‘Shake Your Body (Down To the Ground)’ 28,967 (-29%; lw 40,877) Total: 216,308 (50)
75 Michael Jackson ‘Off the Wall’ 28,166 (-31%; lw 40,809) Total: 196,865 (51)
77 Michael Jackson ‘You Rock My World’ 27,882 (-17%; lw 33,426) Total: 149,091 (62)
79 Michael Jackson ‘Scream’ 27,162 (-9%; lw 29,715) Total: 126,510 (70)
94 U.S.A. For Africa ‘We Are The World’ 21,635 (-20%; lw 27,033) Total: 170,839 (78)
102 Michael Jackson ‘Ben’ 19.510 (-33%; lw 29,082) Total: 109,409 (75)
103 Jackson 5 ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ 19,130 (-35%; lw 29,493) Total: 134,762 (72)
104 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson ‘Say Say Say’ 18,890 (13%; lw 16,685) Total: 69,195 (120)
107 Michael Jackson ‘Leave Me Alone’ 18,497 (3%; lw 17,930) Total: 62,527 (112)
109 Michael Jackson ‘Girl is Mine’ 17,794 (-29%; lw 24,919) Total: 107,316 (84)
113 Michael Jackson ‘Heal the World’ 16,982 (-7%; lw 18,247) Total: 68,148 (109)
125 Michael Jackson ‘I Just Can’t Stop Loving You’ 15,440 (-20%; lw 19,311) Total: 71,075 (108)
127 Jacksons ‘Can You Feel It?’ 15,331 (-13%; lw 17,657) Total: 98,362 (116)
131 Michael Jackson ‘She’s Out of My Life’ 15,028 (-30%; lw 21,577) Total: 84,512 (91)
135 Michael Jackson ‘In The Closet’ 14,687 (-13%; lw 16,960) Total: 61,562 (119)
141 Jackson 5 ‘Got To Be There’ 13,836 (-32%; lw 20,361) Total: 81,998 (96)
142 Michael Jackson ‘Working Day and Night’ 13,445 (-31%; lw 19,598) Total: 77,589 (100)
143 Michael Jackson ‘Lady In My Life’ 13,287 (-12%; lw 15,128) Total: 69,397 (137)
156 Michael Jackson ‘Give in To Me’ 12,044 (-4%; lw 12,506) Total: 40,890 (158)
158 Michael Jackson ‘Another Part of Me’ 11,936 (-7%; lw 12,805) Total: 45,121 (152)
160 Jackson 5 ‘Love You Save’ 11,897 (-33%; lw 17,765) Total: 108.690 (115)
164 Michael Jackson ‘Who is It’ 11,652 (6%; lw 11,025) Total: 39.570 (178)
176 Jackson 5 ‘Who’s Lovin’ You’ 10,843 (-29%; lw 15,288) Total: 63,714 (136)
184 Jackson 5 ‘Dancing Machine’ 10,294 (-37%; lw 16,375) Total: 118,878 (125)
189 Michael Jackson ‘Rockin’ Robin’ 10,208 (-30%; lw 14,510) Total: 116,440 (143)
192 Michael Jackson ‘Earth Song’ 10,144 (2%; lw 9,907) Total: 42,768 (195)
Rounded numbers from Brian Mansfield over at Idol Chatter.
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58 Responses to “Idol Sales News – Week Ending 07/05/09”
I agree with 123abc456. RCA is a large company and, unless there is an American Idol department, the resources of which the AI’s have to share regardless of how many Idols end up on the label, then that’s one shitty recording contract these guys won for being on AI.
RCA has other non-Idol artists releasing stuff too. Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne are both rumored to have albums out this Fall.
Well to be fair, 5K represents how much he’s selling during the chart wide mj attack. LOL. Before this started, CBTM had been moving the album at a steady 7-8K for weeks, and the single sales were inching up with its airplay increases.
One can only hope!
If the next single is the last and it does about the same, I think we’re looking at closer to 1.4 by the time the year is out. I don’t know if they will send the next single to pop radio. I wouldn’t be surprised either way. But no matter what, I don’t think Daughtry and Lambert will be issues.
True RCA may be busy with Daug and AL, but I don’t think they will “abandon” DC. They are in business to make money. Do the math: 1.195 million albums at an average of $12.99 an album=$15,523,050 and that doesn’t include single sales or anything else. That’s in a little over a year. I don’t think RCA is looking at DCTR being done. I personally think this is wonderful in this economic climate and remember DC was a “newbie”. I bet alot of established artists would like his sales. Now will RCA promote Daug and AL more than DC? At this point in time, maybe. Daughtrey has a new album to promote and AL is the “new” thing. Of course they will promote them. Let’s see what happens with DC’s next single and album.
Eh, I don’t see how Daughtry, or Adam, or Avil or anyone else releasing albums should impact a 3rd single (4th if you count TOML). It’s not like throwing a single out there at this stage requires a ton of effort. Even CBTM didn’t get much put into it, with the exception of the AI pimpage and even that I credit 19 for. I figure the next single will be released to HAC and RCA will hope/expect it will do well with little effort there since he has a good track record on that format.
What I don’t understand about CBTM’s popularity (or lack thereof) on the radio is this: I cannot, I repeat can NOT get my local DJs to play that song, neither on AC or Top 40. I never hear it unless it’s a satellite radio station playing at the mall or in a restaurant. But I went to three concerts in a row this past weekend (Amarillo, Thackerville, and Galveston), and everyone in all three audiences cheered their freakin’ faces off when he started that song. Hell, in Galveston, he just stopped singing and the crowd sang it for him! So what gives? If so many people love and know that stupid song, why in God’s name are the DJs so reluctant to give it airplay? Where in the country is it increasing in airplay, cuz it sure as hell isn’t increasing in this part of Texas (central TX).
And don’t even get me started on Barbasol. That’s like the red-headed stepchild of radio. I might as well be requesting Weird Al’s version of “Eat It” (to the tune of MJ’s “Beat It”) . Hell, at this point, I’d probably have more luck at getting that played.
I wonder how daughtry’s cd will go. Looks like all idols suffer a sophomore slump except Kelly Clarkson. Carrie’s first effort sold 7M and her 2nd album can’t break 3M… that’s more than half drop. I wonder if chris can sell half of his first album.
I wonder how someone like David cook will do with his next album too, when it doesn’t look like he’s going to top 2M… I wonder how many albums he’s still got with RCA if the slump continues.
The industry really sucks nowadays, it’ll be hard for anyone in this generation to be truly legendary like Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Michael Jackson were.
Hardkandy, I agree with you that the industry sucks and anyone will have a hard time matching the sales of Elvis, The Beatles or MJ. For everyone’s info, David Cook (DCTR) is #31 in sales for the calendar year. To put this in perspective, #1 Taylor Swift sold 1.352 million, #12 Kelly Clarkson sold 636,000 and #43 Carrie Underwood sold 334,000. For album year (November to November) DCTR is in 8th or 9th place. These figures are from USA Today’s Brian Mansfield. Per his July 8th report, only 4 albums have sold over a million in 2009. This really shows how the industry is in the toilet.