Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 11/29/08)
Digital Download Numbers
14 David Archuleta “Crush” 72,001 (24%; lw 58,265) Total: 991,657 (19)
30 Carrie Underwood “Just a Dream” 38,502 (100%; lw 19,234) Total: 385,421 (61)
61 Jordin Sparks “One Step At a Time” 24K (-4%; lw 24,998) Total: 980K (49)
71 David Cook “Light On” 21,127 (17%; lw 18,089) Total: 247,367 (67)
79 David Archuleta “Little Too Not Over You” 17,296 (NEW) Total: 17,296 (NEW)
85 Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight” 15K (-10%; lw 18K) Total: 294K (68)
121 Kellie Pickler “Best Days of Your Life” 11,656 (1,202%; lw 895) Total: 27,886 (OFF)
127 David Cook “Time of My Life” 11K (14%; lw 9K) Total: 1M **NOW PLATINUM*
128 Jordin Sparks “No Air” 11k (1%; lw 10K) Total: 2.57M
134 David Archuleta “Touch My Hand” 10,321 (NEW) Total: 10,321 (NEW)
145 Daughtry “What About Now” 10K (3%; lw 9K) Total: 470K (128)
185 David Archuleta “Angels” 8K (-23%; lw 10K) Total: 42K (111)
191 Carrie Underwood “All-American Girl” 8K (37%) Total: 784K (OFF)
Off-Chart:
Bucky Covington 7K (3%; lw 7K) Total: 109K (198)
Album Numbers
2 David Archuleta “David Archuleta” 182,927 (NEW; lw 197) Total: 183,124(NEW)
33 Jennifer Hudson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Jennifer Hudsonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 21,575 (-18%; lw 26,342 ) Total: 434,636 (16)
34 Carrie Underwod à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Carnival Rideà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 21,098 (80%; lw 11,717 ) Total: 2,432,359 (49)
78 Kellie Pickler à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Kellie Picklerà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 8,761 (46%; lw 5,966 ) Total: 100,904 (90)
107 Daughtry à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Daughtryà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 6,362 (11%; lw 5,712) Total: 4,280,080 (94)
188 Jordin Sparks à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Jordin Sparksà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 3,728 (-1%; lw 3,744) Total: 952,702 (154)
Idol Related Albums:
46 David Foster “Hit Man” 15K (NEW) Total: 15K (NEW)
Off-Chart
Carrie Underwood à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Some Heartsà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 6.6K (51%; lw 4.4K) Total: 6.58M
Bucky Covington à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bucky Covingtonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 2K (lw 2K) Total: 382K
Elliott Yamin à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“My Kind of Holidayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 1K (lw 700) Total: 4K
Kelly Clarkson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Breakawayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 1K (lw 900) Total: 6.03M
Kellie Pickler à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Small Town Girlà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 900 (lw 700) Total: 794K
Kristy Lee Cook à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Why Waità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 900 (lw 800) Total: 22K
Josh Gracin “We Weren’t Crazy” 500 (lw 500) Total: 69K
Kelly Clarkson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“My Decemberà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 400 (lw 300) Total: 778K
Clay Aiken à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Merry Christmas With Loveà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 300 (lw 100) Total: 1.36M
Clay Aiken à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“On My Way Hereà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 300 (lw 200) Total: 154K
Mandisa à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“True Beautyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 300 (lw 300) Total: 99K
Mandisa à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Christmasà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 300 (lw 400) Total: 1K
Kelly Clarkson à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Thankfulà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 300 (lw 200) Total: 2.71M
Elliott Yamin à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Elliott Yaminà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 200 (lw 200) Total: 517K
Fantasia à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Fantasiaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 200 (lw 100) Total: 518K
Chris Sligh “Running Back To You” 200 (lw 200) Total: 13K
Brooke “Songs from the Attic” 200 (lw 200) Total: 11K
Katharine McPhee à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Katharine McPheeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 100 (lw 100) Total: 373K
Blake Lewis à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Audio Day Dreamà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 100 (lw 100) Total: 304K
Bo Bice “See The Light” 100 (lw 100) Total: 62K
Ace Young “Ace Young” 100 (lw 100) Total: 9K
Phil Stacey “Phil Stacey” 100 Total: 36K
Rounded numbers thanks to the amazing Ken Barnes over at Idol Chatter.
Please post numbers as you find them. Thanks.


Ha! I saw Cook’s updated vibe-rater blurb saying he would be in the Top 5 and immediately thought: Crap! he only sold like 120K. Looks like a relatively huge week for the Top 4.
I hope he sells at least one copy more than Daughtry did.
Wow at the HDD prediction! But I am taking it with a grain of salt especially this early…still would be ecstatic at anywhere around 200k
I’m doing the happy dance. Woo-hoo!!!!
HDD’s prediction, is this from a sales sampling they did from various reseller’s?
I too will take this with a grain of salt. If it moves that much, great! If not, the world won’t end. Topping Beyonce, Nickleback & Twilight is a huge achievement and one to be proud of!
OK, I’m going to pretend I haven’t read stephen’s post in the other thread. I’m not sure how to react to that.
Ken Barnes just posted the sales figures and according to him TOML has gone platinum
And Kirsten and Mjs blog get a shout out from Ken:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/idolchatter/
Kirsten has already done some excellent, handily organized research for MJ’s Big Blog, which tells us that David A. stands in third place among Idol runners-up for best debut sales week
Anyone knows how we can ´t see sells in other countries beside US???
I’m quite fangirly about it. I feel like Archie must have felt when he got mentioned by Fred over at BB. Ken Barnes and Nevada are my numbers heros.
Those are calculated separately by other countries’ SoundScan equivalents.
Partial Charts:
Billboard Hot 100
lw TW Artist Title
22 21 DAVID ARCHULETA CRUSH
26 27 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES
43 29 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM
41 46 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME
89 82 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON
Bubbling Under
– 14 DAVID ARCHULETA LITTLE TOO NOT OVER YOU
R&B 100
– 92 JENNIFER HUDSON IF THIS ISN’T LOVE
For accuracy”s sake:
Blake’s album is called Audio Daydream not Blake Lewis
Thanks. Will Update. LOL. I had it right on the charts today.
Once again for accuracy: “Audio Daydream”……no “s”