Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 10/18/08)
Digital Download Numbers
8 David Cook “Light On” 109,035 (NEW) Total: 109,035 (NEW)
16 David Archuleta “Crush” 66,677 (-7%; lw 71,631) Total: 633,306 (12)
28 Jordin Sparks “One Step At a Time” 42,520 (-5%; lw 44,762) Total: 789,856 (27)
38 Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight” 32,486 (145%; lw 13,241) Total: 177,097 (99)
56 Carrie Underwood “Just a Dream” 21K (-4%) Total: 250K (58)
71 David Cook “Time of My Life” 18K (20%) Total: 933K (88)
76 Daughtry “What About Now” 17K (-6%) Total: 392K (75)
95 Jordin Sparks “No Air” 12K (-12%) Total: 2.51M
133 Kellie Pickler “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful” 8,598 (71%; lw 5,033) Total: 95,004 (OFF)
153 Kellie Pickler “Best Days of Your Life” 7,681 (NEW) Total: 7,681 (NEW)
195 Jennifer Hudson “If This Isn’t Love” 6,455 (NEW) Total: 6,455 (NEW)
Bucky Update:
A Different World: 260K
It’s Good to be Us: 79K
I’ll Walk: 71K
Album Numbers
2 Jennifer Hudson “Jennifer Hudson” 217,185 (NEW, lw 535) Total: 217,720 (NEW)
9 Kellie Pickler “Kellie Pickler” 43,165 (NEW, lw 27) Total: 43,192 (NEW)
62 Carrie Underwood “Carnival Ride” 9,160 (0%; lw 9,154) Total: 2,359,480 (54)
79 Daughtry “Daughtry” 7,136 (-7%; lw 7,657) Total: 4,243,558 (65)
109 Jordin Sparks “Jordin Sparks” 5,431 4 5,244 927,246 (114)
OFF:
Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 5.4K (lw 5K) Total ~6.55M
Kristy Lee Cook “Why Wait” 2.5K (lw 3.2K) Total: 16K (153)
Bucky Covington “Bucky Covington” 1.8K (lw 1.5K) Total: 370K
Kellie Pickler “Small Town Girl” 1.2K (lw 1K) Total: 789K
Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway” 900 (lw 900) Total: 6.02M
Josh Gracin“We Weren’t Crazy” 600 (lw 600) Total: 66K
Clay Aiken “On My Way Here” 500 (lw 500) Total: 153K
Kelly Clarkson “My December” 400 (lw 300) Total: 776K
Kelly Clarkson “Thankful” 300 (lw 300) Total: 2.71M
Chris Sligh “Running Back To You” 300 (lw 300) Total 12K (SS)
Mandisa “True Beauty” 300 (lw 300) Total 97K (SS)
Elliott Yamin “Elliott Yamin” 200 (lw 200) Total: 516K
Clay Aiken “Measure of a Man” 100 (lw 100) Total: 2.78M
Clay Aiken “Thousand Different Ways 100 (lw 100) Total: 528K
Fantasia “Fantasia” 100 (lw 100) Total: 517K
Katharine McPhee “Katharine McPhee” 100 (lw 100) Total: 373K
Blake Lewis “Audio Day Dream” 100 (lw 100) Total 303K
Bo Bice “See the Light” 100 (lw 100) Total: 61K
Phil Stacey “Phil Stacey” 100 (lw 100) Total: 36K
Brooke White “Songs from the Attic” 100 (lw 100) Total: 9.9K
Ace Young “Ace Young” 100 (lw 100) Total: 9.9K
Taylor Hicks “Early Works” 100 (lw 100) Total 3.8K
Rounded numbers from Ken Barnes at USA Today’s Idol Chatter.
Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks!
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For me, the bottom line is that DC can continue to have a career and I have by no means given up on that yet.
I just want to say that I’m a fairly “typical” person and the way I am generally introduced to a song is on the radio, not online. Perhaps listening to music and discovering new music online is something that will happen more in the future so perhaps RCA wanted to “test the waters” so to speak, and see what kind of effect this would have on LO.
I have seen links here on mj’s to articles mentioning how the music industry is changing. Rob Cavello seems to me, to be a forward looking person.
I also want to mention that even though TOML did not have radio play and sold well, it was introduced to a HUGE viewing audience the night of the finale.
Sooo…..While I don’t want to compare DC and DA’s careers, I do want to consider the various approaches to the promotions for their singles/albums when looking at why one may seem to be doing better than the other.
To me these comparisons are explanations, not excuses.
I don’t see how LO can be considered an incredible success considering Cook’s own sales records. He used to have 11 songs in the Hot100 but now his highly anticipated first single struggles to make top 20. He used to top digital downloads but now only sells 109K for its first week, even after much “desperate” promotion as some have commented.
RCA put up a second ad (http://mediabase.com/WebLogon/WebLogon.asp) only one week after the first ad was taken down. The ad comes across as desperate, for lack of a better word, with its immediacy following the previous ad and three exclamation marks!!! Are we supposed to believe LO lacks promotion? How much more promotion does it need?
^^ Not an expert but IMHO, as David Archuletas fan, will said that LO hasn´t being having lots of promotion…I mean he had not being doing interviews, live performances, nor video… maybe once the single gets to the impact day RCA will do more promotion… Right now if I understend how Mediabase works, the promotions is for the media to add his songs to their rotation… not to the general public…
They had an ad timed on the itune release and this ad is timed for the official radio add. In the time between there has been an ad for Crush.
Only 109K?
I’d say that’s a pretty successful opening week under the circumstances.
J Hud’s single sale is slow, and yet her album sold over 200k. Cook may do the same. I’m not worried about LO or DC. Just have to be patient that’s all.
About DA’s fan sites, there are so many out there all over the place. Jive better hurry up with making his myspace look decent. When will his official site be ready?
RCA also had ads on Mediabase for TOML 2 weeks in a row, and that was to brag about the amount of adds it got and the next was to say it hit top 10 in AC and breaking in pop. They were obviously desperate then as well seeing how TOML was flopping and all.
David Cook on entertainment tonight is on youtube now.
Search “David Cook on entertaiment tonight”, you ‘ll find it.
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