After what looked like a good chance at retaining its peak position on the chart, Carrie Underwood's third studio album Play On fell two spots to #3 according to HITS Daily Double's Top 50 building album sales chart.
The actual sales drop was 60% to 125.2k. For comparative purposes, in Carnival Ride's second week, it fell 68% to 170.1k. Putting things into perspective, these numbers are not all that bad, and will hopefully trend upward when Billboard posts finalized figures later this week.
In other Carrie-related news, AllAccess.com revealed that the second single off Play On will in fact be "Temporary Home," going for adds on Mon., Dec. 14, as I speculated earlier. This is a great decision because it will be the perfect song for country radio during the Christmas season and carrying over into the new year.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
HITS estimates: 'Play On' #3 w/ 125.2k
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Jordin Sparks' "Battlefield" cover art, release date?
As previously announced weeks ago, Jordin Sparks will premiere her brand new single "Battlefield" on Wednesday's Idol results show, following in the steps of Daughtry and its premiere of "No Surprise" on last week's results show. But there has not yet been an official confirmation of when the single will be available to purchase at retailers.
MySpace Music's store has the single listed as being released on Tues., May 19, along with the cover art that is seen to the right. There is speculation, however, that "Battlefield" will be available to purchase on iTunes this Tuesday, May 12, which would be one day prior to Jordin's performance on Idol.
As for a radio adds date, "Battlefield" will be sent to Top 40 radio on Wed., May 25, and to Hot AC on Mon., June 8, according to AllAccess.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
'Idol' odds 'n ends: Tamyra Gray in the studio with Ryan Tedder
The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:
>Tamyra Gray has been in the studio working on some material, though it has not been made public what the material will be included on. Last week, she made it known that she was in the studio with Ryan Tedder and The Runaways, which are top-notch writers and producers. Maybe a comeback is in the midst?
>A music video for "Touch My Hand" leaked this week days before it was used to accompany David Archuleta's performance of the song on Wednesday's Idol results show. It found itself onto the Asian video sharing site and can be watched below:
The audio is actually from his AOL Sessions performance of the song because, well, all the other files on YouTube have had embedding disabled by theofficialdavidarchuleta. The song is Arch's third single off his self-titled debut but does not have an adds date at the moment.
>Chris Sligh attended the 40th Annual Dove Awards on Fri., April 23, which aired on the Gospel Music Channel. He lost out in the two categories he was nominated for, though: the coveted Best New Artist and the Song of the Year categories.
>Michael Johns announced that his new single "Heart On My Sleeve" would be going for adds at radio on Mon., April 27. This is not listed anywhere on FMQB nor AllAccess, though, it was only mentioned as a message via his account on Twitter.
>Leslie Hunt, a Top 20 contestant on the sixth season of Idol, got married on Fri., April 17, then she did a show the next night before heading to San Francisco for her honeymoon. On the honeymoon, she and her husband rented a red mustang and drove up to the Napa Valley for a few days. What an awesome chick.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Kelly's "I Do Not Hook Up" preparing for release
Coming right on the heels of her mega successful #1 hit "My Life Would Suck Without You," Kelly Clarkson's new single "I Do Not Hook Up" is just over one week away from going for ads at Top 40 radio. It will officially hit the airwaves on Tues., April 14, according to AllAccess, but is already starting to rocket up the chart. The cover, which was released this week via e-mail from Kelly's team, can be seen to the right.
On Thursday night, Kelly was featured on Access Hollywood on the set of filming the music video to go along with the single. Watch an extended clip of the video below:
Kelly yukked it up with host Billy Bush, discussing the specifics of the video and how she balanced critical acclimation with commercial appeal on All I Ever Wanted. Eventually the conversation turned into Kelly denying that she is a lesbian, which seems to be a common question that she has to deal with in these interviews.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Impacting radio: March 10-April 7
The following are future single releases set for Idol alums over the course of the next month. The most impressive schedule at the moment is for David Cook, who is getting to simultaneous single releases to three separate formats, as the safe "Come Back to Me" hits airwaves at Top 40/Mainstream and Hot/Modern/AC on March 17 and 30, respectively, while the edgier "Bar-ba-sol" gets a shot at Rock on March 23.
All dates are courtesy of either AllAccess, Radio & Records or FMQB:
Top 40/Mainstream
March 10 - Elliott Yamin, "Fight For Love"
March 17 - David Cook, "Come Back to Me"
April 07 - Kelly Clarkson, "I Do Not Hook Up"
Top 40/Rhythm/Crossover
March 10 - Elliott Yamin, "Fight For Love"
Rock
March 23 - David Cook, "Bar-ba-sol"
Hot/Modern/AC
March 30 - David Cook, "Come Back to Me"
Elliott Yamin's "Fight For Love" should be revving up for airplay come Tuesday, but so far it seems pretty quiet for the Season 5 soulman. Kelly Clarkson's "I Do Not Hook Up" has already received four spins according to Mediabase, despite the fact that its adds date is still more than a month away. Looks like kelly will have another hit on her hands if everything goes according to plan.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Cook's "Come Back to Me" to impact HAC March 30
Apparently David Cook's second single will be "Come Back to Me," as it is listed on AllAccess.com as hitting Hot Adult Contemporary radio on Mon., March 30.
"Come Back to Me" was one of three potential singles RCA tested on the music testing site, RateTheMusic.com, back in early January. The other two songs that were included in the test run were "Lie" and "Declaration," the latter of which was the heavy favorite to be Cook's second single.
There's no word yet on what the label's plans are for a release at Top 40, but it shouldn't be far behind.
Monday, December 15, 2008
"A Little Too Not Over You" premieres on Y! Music
David Archuleta's music video for second single "A Little Too Not Over You" premiered on Yahoo's "Y! Music" today. Watch the video below:
The video is a bit more interesting than the video for "Crush" and the use of photo stills in sequence is a relatively creative angle. Arch's awesome pad with the rain pouring down the windows is the highlight, though.
"A Little Too Not Over You" goes for adds on Jan. 6, 2009 according to All Access.
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