Out today: Danny Gokey's 'My Best Days'

The main course in the form of music released by Idol alums this week comes in the dish of Season 8's second-runner-up Danny Gokey's debut album My Best Days.

The album, which is courtesy of RCA Nashville and was produced by Carrie Underwood's producer, Mark Bright, features the first single "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me" in addition to songs like "Tiny Life" and "I Will Not Say Goodbye."

Links to purchase the aforementioned can be found below:

Albums
Danny Gokey, My Best Days

Amazon - ($8.98) - Buy
Amazon MP3 - ($9.99) - Buy
Barnes & Noble - ($9.99) - Buy
Best Buy - ($9.99) - Buy
Buy.com - ($9.99) - Buy
CDUniverse.com - ($9.58) - Buy
iTunes - ($7.99) - Buy
Sears - ($8.99) - Buy
Target - ($8.98) - Buy
Walmart - ($11.88) - Buy

Be sure to read my review of My Best Days and see my prediction of how many units the album will sell in its first week.

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IDOL LIVE predix: Danny Gokey's 'My Best Days'

The first album from a finalist from Idol's eighth season since Allison Iraheta's Just Like You dropped in December hits stores this Tuesday, when second-runner-up Danny Gokey sees his debut disc My Best Days released nationwide.

Danny's album, courtesy of RCA Nashville, has a few things going for it that will help it stand out from the crowd and most likely fare better than recent releases by alums. First, it's a country album with Christian/Gospel overlap, which is something that hasn't been heard recently. This should help it gain the attention of a wide swath of fans of the genres.

Another factor that will help Danny's album out is the general lack of competition that it will face this week, especially among country releases. Additionally, Danny's single has been making steady progress up the charts at radio, which definitely doesn't hurt an album's prospects of doing well this week.

One problem Danny will have is his ability to get the message out there that his album is available. Appearing on Idol's results show on Thursday is a huge deal and is basically the pinnacle of promotional opportunities for any artist, but it is necessary for Danny to reach past the usual Idol audience in order to open north of 50k in his album's debut week. Sadly, there are no other nationally-televised appearances for him this week, so it will be hard for him to accomplish this goal.

All things considered, Danny should do fairly well with My Best Days for now, with a probable opening week tally of 43k copies in the cards. This would be above Allison's first week album sales but below the numbers of discs by Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.

My Best Days is now available to pre-order at Amazon.com.

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