UPDATE: This week’s Billboard Chart
Idol Sale News after the JUMP.
Post sales figures as you find them….
Digital Downloads
21 Daughtry “Over You” 31,815 (3% lw 30,870) Total: 373,166 (21)
22 Jordin Sparks “Tattoo” 31,141 (3% lw 30,229) Total: 127,976 (22)
67 Carrie Underwood “So Small” 14K (-2% lw 14.5K) Total: 224K (67)
77 Elliott Yamin “Wait For You” 13K (-11% lw 15K) Total: 746K (64)
89 Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” 11K (-4%, lw 11K) Total: 1.86M (90)
92 Daughtry “Home” 10K (-3%, 11K lw) Total: 1.08M (93)
180 Kelly Clarkson/Reba McEntire “Because of You” 5K (-24%, lw 7.5K) Total: 194K (129)
Katharine McPhee “Over It” 1.8K Total: 500K. She’s gone gold.
Album Numbers
34 Daughtry “Daughtry” 20,443 (3%) (lw 19,836) Total: 3,207,475
81 Carrie Underwood “Some Hearts” 9,772 (5%) (lw 9,279) Total: 5,970,184
157 Kelly Clarkson “My December” 4,603 (-10%) (lw 5,098) Total: 682,975
164 Elliott Yamin “Elliott Yamin” 4,423 (4%) (lw 4,263) Total: 425,979
Off Chart
Kelly Clarkson “Breakaway” 3.4K (3.6K lw), total: 5.87 million
Kellie Pickler “Small Town Girl” 2.2K (1.9K lw), total: 639K
Bucky Covington “Bucky Covington” 2.1K, (2.2K lw), total: 287K
Fantasia “Fantasia” 2.1K, (2.2K lw), total: 486K
Mandisa “True Beauty” 900 (900 lw), total: 5.4K
Katharine McPhee “Katharine McPhee” 500 (500 lw), total: 359K
Taylor Hicks “Taylor Hicks” 200 (lw 200) Total: 696K.
Clay Aiken ”A Thousand Different Ways” 200 (lw 200) Total: 518K
Ruben Studdard “The Return” 200 (lw 100) Total 235K
Constantine “Constantine” 200 (lw 200) Total: 21K
Paris Bennett ”Princess P” 100 (lw 100) Total: 20K
Kimberley Locke “Based on a True Story” 100 (lw 100) Total: 16K
Carmen Rasmusen “Nothin’ Like the Summer” 100, (lw 100) Total: 2.4K
Album sales are down 4.9% from last week at 7.93 million units and 19.6% from the same week in 2006 (9.86 million units).
Rounded numbers from Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter
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Any one else think it’s weird that their downloads are pretty much 30,000 EVERY week? Barely changing (maybe a 2 -3% difference going from week to week).
I think the record label is buying these downloads to falsley inflate their numbers.
That’s an interesting idea. Daughtry doesn’t really need the help but if I was Jordin’s label, I’d buy her dls. She’ll need all the buzz she can get to help move first week sales of the album. However, I may be going over to the dark side of AI conspiracy theories. Jordin’s song is getting heard on the radio and maybe she’s just consistently selling. It can happen.
I’m not even sure multiple purchases of dls by the same user count.
From what I understand, muliple purchases by the same user don’t count on iTunes. I’m not sure about other d/l sites.
I doubt the labels are purchasing these downloads.
ETA: I’m no Kirsten, but here are some Mediabase stats:
POP:
8/7 DAUGHTRY Over You
30/22 JORDIN SPARKS Tattoo
Hot AC:
6/6 DAUGHTRY Over You
178/119 JORDIN SPARKS Tattoo
I’m sure if they were making multiple purchases, they would find a way around that.
snuffles, Daughtry is selling roughly the same week to week also so why would you doubt only the Jordin sales?
I was the one doubting Jordin’s sales because her album is coming out in a month and needs the promo. However, I think the downloads are for real for both. You can’t fudge hundreds much less thousands of repeat downloads. Unless, thousands of people are in on it and the whole thing just doesn’t seem worth all the trouble.
Does anyone have #s for Elliott Yamin’s 2nd single, “One Word”?
I said both of their download numbers look funky. It’s WEIRD they’re almost exactly the same every week.
Maybe if I could compare there numbers to other artists. I just think it would naturally fluctuate more than they have. Either increasing more each week or decreasing more each week.
Downloads reflect radio play and they can be very consistent. One Word is not available to download yet.
I’ve been watching the charts closely for over a year now. It’s not unusual for the chart numbers to reveal the type of consistency reflected in Jordin and Chris’s download numbers for the past few weeks.
No conspiracy here.
Here are the top 10 digitals and they are similar also..
1 1 SOULJA BOY TELL’EM CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) 165826 -8 180503 1640689
4 2 ONEREPUBLIC FEAT. TIMBALAND APOLOGIZE 133932 16 115334 700217
2 3 SPEARS*BRITNEY GIMME MORE 114408 -28 157913 451611
3 4 WEST*KANYE STRONGER 111854 -16 133246 1617972
5 5 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY 105980 17 90798 776425
13 6 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE 71505 24 57611 289099
10 7 BABY BASH FEATURING T-PAIN CYCLONE 64605 11 58134 469161
8 8 NICKELBACK ROCKSTAR 59782 -5 63184 1444435
9 9 50 CENT AYO TECHNOLOGY 56925 -6 60424 638589
6 10 MATCHBOX TWENTY HOW FAR WE’VE COME 56421 -29 79462 490021
Note: The digital numbers above are for last week..
Katharine joins the Season 5 Gold/Platinum Singles Club, according to Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter
Katharine McPhee (1 gold: “Over It”)
Chris Daughtry (2 platinum: “It’s Not Over” & “Home”)
Elliott Yamin (1 gold: “Wait For You”)
Taylor Hicks (1 gold: “Do I Make You Proud”)*
*song not included in the RIAA’s online database.
And now that I’ve looked, Katharine’s isn’t either (for now, at least)
Katharine McPhee (1 gold: “Over It”)
Chris Daughtry (2 platinum: “It’s Not Over” & “Home”)
Elliott Yamin (1 gold: “Wait For You”)
Taylor Hicks (1 gold: “Do I Make You Proud”)*
That’s pretty impressive for the top four of season five.
Downloads from Idol Chatter:
“Carrie’s So Small remains at 67, dropping 2% to 14,000 downloads and a total of 224,000. .
Elliott’s Wait for You moves 64-77 on the chart owing to an 11% sales drop to 13,000. The song’s total is an impressive 746,000.
Carrie’s Before He Cheats inches up 90-89 on the chart but drops 4% in sales to less than 11,000. Total, speaking of impressive, is 1.86 million.
Daughtry’s Home also inches up on the chart, 93-92, but drops 3% to a bit more than 10,000 and a total of 1.08 million. His It’s Not Over bounces upward 191-178 despite a 3% drop to 5,000-plus and a total of 1.49 million.
Finally, Kelly & Reba’s Because of You craters 129-180, dropping 24% to 5,000 for a total of 194,000.”
Daughtry is the unchallenged leader, and improves its sales by 3%, up to 20,000-plus for a total of 3.21 million. It climbs from No. 39 to No. 34 on the chart.
Carrie’s Some Hearts jumps 91-81. The old album boosted its sales 5% to nearly 10,000, for a total of 5.97 million, a pace that would take it to 6 million in three weeks.
Kelly’s My December drops 149-157, losing another 10% in sales, down to the mid-4,000s. Her total is 683,000.
Elliott’s self-titled debut,rebounds 179-164, although its gain is a modest 4%, up to the mid-4,000s. Total is 426,000.
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Also from Idol Chatter, the “Off-the-chart Idols”:
Kelly’s Breakaway sold 3,400 (3,600 lw), total: 5.87 million
Kellie sold 2,200 (1,900 lw), total: 639,000
Bucky sold 2,100, (2,200 lw), total: 287,000
Fantasia sold 2,100, (2,200 lw), total: 486,000
Mandisa sold 900 (900 lw), total: 54,000
Katharine sold 500 (500 lw), total: 359,000
Taylor sold 200 (200 lw), total: 696,000
Clay sold 200 (200 lw), total: 518,000
Ruben sold 200 (100 lw), total: 235,000
Constantine sold 200 (200 lw), total: 21,000
Paris sold 100 (100 lw), total: 20,000
Kimberley sold 100 (100 lw), total: 16,000
Carmen sold 100 (100 lw), total: 2,400
Have to snicker a little about Constantine’s sales…
I think it’s hilarious that Katharine has only sold 350,000 copies. Chris, Taylor, Kellie and Elliott have all sold more than she has. And, I am sure Bucky will too.
Just goes to show you that she only got to the finals because of her looks, because her CD and singles were pretty much stiffs.
From SoundScan:
34 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 20443 3 19836 3207475
81 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 9772 5 9279 5970184
157 CLARKSON*KELLY MY DECEMBER 4603 -10 5098 682975
164 YAMIN*ELLIOTT ELLIOTT YAMIN 4423 4 4263 425979
And for Boulder –
1 SPRINGSTEEN*BRUCE MAGIC 77247 -42 132796 547337
One last statistic, from Billboard:
Album sales are down 4.9% from last week at 7.93 million units and 19.6% from the same week in 2006 (9.86 million units).