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.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Digital sales roundup: "Battlefield" #12 (5/15/09)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Track review: Carrie's "Home Sweet Home"
In what some may consider to be a very surprising cover, country music’s queen, Carrie Underwood, records her version of Motley Crue’s classic “Home Sweet Home” for the send-off song of the eighth season of ‘American Idol.’
Although her unmistakable vocals carry with them an ever-present country twang no matter what kind of music she records, the production of “Home” is anything but the genre that has become her specialty. It is a midtempo that features more pop/rock elements than one would expect Underwood to lend her vocals to, but she makes it work for sure. Not to mention the fact that the lyrics carry with them the perfect message for the eliminated finalists to embrace their roots and return to the life they have known up till this point.
It’s nothing groundbreaking and it most likely will not light up the country charts, but everything Carrie Underwood seems to touch turns to gold, so “Home Sweet Home” may just turn out to be a surprise after all.
Buy on iTunes.
Out today: Kelly Clarkson's 'All I Ever Wanted'
In an Idol first, two winners release their latest albums on the very same day. There is no question which one will emerge as the champ sales-wise, though, as Kelly Clarkson's fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted looks to steamroll the competition to a #1 berth. The album, which is available virtually everywhere in a standard and deluxe edition, still has a great amount of buzz despite leaking on the internet a few weeks ago via the Norwegian iTunes store.
Opening on a much, much smaller scale is Taylor Hicks' second official post-Idol studio album, not counting his Early Works disc that dropped late last year. Taylor's album is represented by the lead single "What's Right Is Right," which has not been heating up the charts like Kelly's "My Life Would Suck Without You."
We also see an EP from Diana DeGarmo, her first official release since her debut album Blue Skies in Dec. 2004.
And then there are singles from Elliott Yamin and Carrie Underwood, with the latter's Idol send-off tune hitting iTunes a week early. The former's new single, "Fight For Love," is also out on iTunes with both a radio edit and an extended version with an intro.
Links to purchase the aforementioned can be found below:
Albums
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted
Amazon - ($9.99 standard, $14.99 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
Amazon MP3 -
Barnes & Noble - ($13.29 standard, $18.39 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
Best Buy - ($9.99 standard, $14.99 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
CD Universe - ($14.70 standard, $18.44 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
iTunes - ($10.99 standard, $13.99 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
Sears - ($12.59 standard, $15.29 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
Walmart - ($9.97 standard, $19.88 deluxe) - Buy: standard, deluxe
Taylor Hicks, The Distance
Amazon - ($9.49) - Buy
Amazon MP3 - ($8.99) - Buy
Barnes & Noble - ($11.99) - Buy
Best Buy - ($13.99) - Buy
CD Universe - ($9.34) - Buy
iTunes - ($9.99) - Buy
Sears - ($8.99) - Buy
Walmart - ($9.97) - Buy
EPs
Diana DeGarmo, Unplugged In Nashville
CD Baby - ($5.97 physical, $4.99 MP3) - Buy: physical, digital
iTunes - ($3.96) - Buy
Singles
Elliott Yamin, "Fight For Love"
iTunes - ($0.99) - Buy
Carrie Underwood, "Home Sweet Home"
iTunes - ($0.99) - Buy
Kelly has a busy promo week ahead of her, which is outlined in this post. Her biggest gig this week comes tomorrow night, when she performs on Idol's results show.
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