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16 Responses to “Idol Sales News - Week Ending 11/18/07”

1. 1 pj Nov 21st, 2007 at 9:50 am

   Thanks, Kirsten. Does this mean Blake might make the Hot 100? I know that also takes airplay into account, but I’m still not confident I understand how these charts work. :)

2. 2 Kirsten Nov 21st, 2007 at 10:02 am

   Does this mean Blake might make the Hot 100?

   I haven’t been following the airplay charts much this week, but I think he might not quite make the Hot 100. He could be in the Bubbling Under 100 though.

   He’s doing okay on the Pop charts, but Pop isn’t the only big chart in town. Urban/Rhythmic and Country charts also have their share of heavy hitters. Pop songs tend do better on iTunes than those two formats do so it is likely he’s not sitting at 97 on the overall airplay charts. Airplay counts for more than sales. There are also the internet streams that count for 5% and Blake is doing quite well there.

   As he moves up the airplay charts, he’ll probably also gain sales. He might make it this week and if not this week, maybe next.

3. 3 pj Nov 21st, 2007 at 10:20 am

   Thanks, Kirsten. Great explanation. He’s barely getting any Urban/Rhythmic play yet and obviously no country play, so maybe we’ll have to wait.

4. 4 Tony Nov 21st, 2007 at 1:30 pm

   Those debut numbers for Blake are not good….but I can’t say that I’m surprised. Seeing as how season 6 was considered (by the majority) the worst to date (sliding TV ratings, terrible tour sales, etc.) I expected Blake to have a low debut…and the debuts are usually indicative of the fanbase. The only person I expect to make it big from last season is Jordin.

   Just for comparison’s sake, Elliott’s “Movin’ On” debuted at #37 (Digital Song’s Chart), selling 25k…with no airplay.

   And as far as recent runner-ups go, Katharine debuted at #32, selling 28k

5. 5 star_girl Nov 21st, 2007 at 1:39 pm

   ahh yay! Tattoo is close to making the top 10 :]

6. 6 Jul Nov 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm

   B making top 100 would be awesome :) And yay for Tattoo! I’m so proud of Jordin!

7. 7 Anne67 Nov 21st, 2007 at 2:05 pm

   I expected Blake to have a low debut…and the debuts are usually indicative of the fanbase.

   Well at least if does start to go up and ends up doing well, I guess we will know it was not because of his AI fanbase. I still have my fingers crossed for him, and way to go Jordin.

8. 8 Lu Nov 21st, 2007 at 2:22 pm

   Tony - I’m betting Blake’s cd is not on your Christmas list! :)

9. 9 ShabbyChic Nov 21st, 2007 at 3:22 pm

   I’m not going to put too much emphasis on the download number for Blake’s first single. I didn’t download it, although I am sort-of a fan. I do plan on buying the cd the first week it is released. Maybe a lot of are planning on buying the whole cd, instead of buying just the single.

10. 10 ealbino Nov 21st, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    Not looking so good for Jordin..I’d thought for sure she’d do at least 200k

    Jostling for top debut will be Jive/ZLG’s Idol-winning Jordin Sparks (125k-150k…

    http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news06889m01

11. 11 ealbino Nov 21st, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    I wasn’t sure which thread to put the Jordin prediction MJ so you can delete one if you wish.

12. 12 jpfan Nov 21st, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    Off chart idols from Idol Chatter (in alphabetical order)
    Bo: 2,400 sold this week, 3,000 last week, total 21,000

    Bucky: 2,000 this week and last, total 295,000

    Carmen: 100 this week and last, total 2,600

    Clay: 200 this week, 200 last week, 519,000 total

    Constantine: 200 this week and last, 21,000 total

    Elliott: 4,000 this week and last, 441,000 total. (Note: There are no official figures for Elliott’s Sounds of the Season Christmas album; it’s available only at Target, and Target isn’t releasing sales figures to SoundScan (their option).)

    Fantasia: 1,400 this week, 1,000 last week, 492,000 total

    Katharine: 400 this week, up from 300, total 360,000

    Kelly Breakaway: 3,700 this week, 3,000 last week, 5.88 million total

    Kelly My December: 3,700 this week, 3,000 last week, 698,000 total

    Kimberley: 100 this week and last, total 17,000

    Kimberley’s new Christmas album: 200 this week, 100 last week, total 300. (Digital-only release.)

    Mandisa: 900 this week, up from 800, total 57,000

    Paris: 100 this week and last, 20,000 total

    Ruben: 100 this week and last, 235,000 total

    Taylor: 200 this week, up from 100, 697,000 total

13. 13 Daughtry_AJ Nov 21st, 2007 at 10:52 pm

    Break Anotha will definitely not make the Hot 100 this week, and I highly doubt it will make bubbling under either. I don’t know the specific statistics, but I follow the charts enough to know that hot 100 airplay seems to play into the hot 100 the most, more so then the digital chart seems to. And for whatever reason urban songs tend to do much better on hot 100 airplay then any other genre. If you go to mediabase and look at the top ten tracks on urban radio and then go look at the hot 100 airplay, usually between 7-8 of those songs are the same. Anyway my point is Break Anotha is only impacting top 40 radio right now, and is still too low to debut on hot 100 airplay, and since the digital chart only has 75 positions it won’t debut there either, so again no chance of hot 100 this week, and very little for bubbling under.

14. 14 Cherokee Nov 22nd, 2007 at 12:53 am

    The day is almost over, but it’s still November 21 here so what the heck….

    Happy 1st anniversary to the DAUGHTRY album. November 21 is the date in 2006 when DAUGHTRY was first released. What a great year for Chris! The album has remained in the Top 50 for the entire year - no small feat - and has climbed to #4 for the all-time digital album.

15. 15 Daughtry_AJ Nov 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 am

    Congrats Daughtry, I totally spaced that yesterday was the one year anniversary of the album. Here’s to another year of selling 3 million copies!

16. 16 Tony Nov 22nd, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    Glad Daughtry is doing so well. I didn’t instandly like “Over You” but it’s been growing on me.

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