Digital sales roundup: "Battlefield" #12 (5/15/09)

For the second week in a row, a new release topped Idol representation on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart.

This week, Jordin Sparks saw her latest single "Battlefield" debut at #12 with 75k downloads sold, which was five spots and 28.5k below last week's big debut from Daughtry. it should therefore be expected that "Battlefield" will enter the Hot 100 outside the Top 20 target zone.

As for Daughtry's "No Surprise," it slipped 34% in sales to 68.8k, down seven spots to #14. It has sold 172.4k in two weeks and should see its weekly takes begin to stabilize over the next few weeks once airplay becomes a major factor.

Next up were a pair of Kelly Clarkson tunes, with "I Do Not Hook Up" leading the charge with a 7% sales gain to 55.7k. It has sold 234.9k despite dropping #20-24 on the chart side. Kelly's other track, "My Life Would Suck Without You," moved another 31.7k for a total of 1.834 million, showing that a landmark double platinum benchmark is clearly within sight. It was down 6% sales-wise and six spots to #44.

An Idol-related single that showed signs of resiliency this week was Paula Abdul's "(I'm Just) Here For the Music," which slipped a minuscule 3% to 24k and fell only six spots to #67. After two weeks the comeback track has sold 48.6k, showing that Paula might have a few mans left after all.

Next Up was David Cook and his latest single "Come Back to Me," which was up 24% to 11.6k and can boast of a 128.3k cume to date. The positive movement was reflected in its chart performance, as it rose #137-115. And rounding things out was Carrie Underwood's goodbye track for the current season of Idol, "Home Sweet Home," which moved another 11.5k thanks to a 28% sales increase and a #142-116 chart advancement. Its total now sits at 255k and should see another nice increase on next week's chart.

Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:

012 --- Jordin Sparks, "Battlefield" 75,007 999% 0 75,007
014 007 Daughtry, "No Surprise" 68,774 -34% 103,593 172,367
024 020 Kelly Clarkson, "I Do Not Hook Up" 55,729 7% 51,989 234,866
044 038 Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" 31,721 -6% 33,603 1,834,185
067 061 Paula Abdul, "(I'm Just) Here For the Music" 23,965 -3% 24,615 48,580
115 137 David Cook, "Come Back to Me" 11,607 24% 9,344 128,261
116 142 Carrie Underwood, "Home Sweet Home" 11,571 28% 9,063 255,034

Total sales are in bold.