Charts

Check out this  week’s Idol Billboard charts  here. Record sales are extremely sluggish this week overall. According to Billboard, “Every top 10 title on The Billboard 200 experienced a sales hit of 27% or more.

Congratulations are definitely in order for Carrie Underwood.   According to Ken Barnes at Idol Chatter  Carrie  Underwood’s  CD, “Some Hearts” has been officially certified by the RIAA  for 5 million units shipped.   To

Note:   I’ll be posting my version of the the  current Idol Billboard charts every Thursday.   Click  on the “Current Charts” tab at the top of the page to see this week’s chart.  Click

Let’s Do The Numbers Soundscan numbers are in.  Taylor Hicks debut album dropped last Tuesday, and his first week numbers came in just shy of 300, 000 at 298, 199.  Taylor’s number came in under Season 5 4th place finisher Chris

Billboard Update (Issue Date: December 23, 2006) Although DAUGHTRY moves down the Billboard 200 chart from #3 to #7, his sales stay steady at 155, 000 for the week.  DAUGHTRY’s 3 week total is 615, 000.  Platinum

Billboard Update (Issue Date: December 16, 2006) New Incubus CD bumps Chris Daughtry from #2 to #3 this week on the Billboard 200, and from #1 to #2 on the Top Rock Albums.  DAUGHTRY climbs from

Billboard Update (Issue Date: December 9, 2006) The Big News this week is the debut of Chris Daughtry’s debut album DAUGHTRY.  The final Soundscan tally for the week came in at 304, 000.  Enough to

Billboard Update (Issue Date: November 4, 2006) This Week|Last Week [peak position] THE BILLBOARD 2008 — Ruben Studdard, The Return [8]22 24 Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts [2]52 32 Clay Aiken, A Thousand Different Ways [2]177