Although an Idol alum no longer holds the pole position on the Billboard Top 200 chart, there is still a great representation for the chart week of April 11.
Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted dropped #1-5 thanks to a 43% decline in sales, but it still managed to sell 51.6k for the week. It has sold 397.2k copies in three weeks. Next was Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride, which fell 16 spots to #31 due to her Idol sales bump wrapping up. It still managed to move 16.8k copies and only drop 12% sales-wise, and now holds a total of 2.720 million.
A third winner held the third Idol-related spot, as David Cook's self-titled album slipped #54-78 on the chart and saw a 15% decrease in sales to 7.3k copies. The album has sold 1.043 million to date and will add a good amount more on next week's chart thanks to his performance being aired on this past Wednesday's results show.
Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album followed with 7.1k copies at #82, down 26 spots from the previous week. It has a total of 683k after sliding 14% this week. Mandisa's new album, Freedom, debuted right behind at #83 with 7k copies for a total of 3.7k. Yes, you read that right, the album's total take shows up as being lower than its weekly take on the Billboard 200 because albums sold in Christian stores are not always counted the way traditional stores report their sales.
Down 32 spots this week to #128 was David Foster's CD/DVD combo Hit Man, which moved an additional 4.4k copies despite being down 23% for a total of 176.5k. David Archuleta's debut album followed at #148, down from #125 the previous week, with 3.9k. It was down 9% from week-to-week and now has a total of 672.8k copies.
Daughtry was up next at #155, down 11 spots chart-wise and 3% sales-wise, with 3.6k copies for the week. It has sold 4.408 million in all. And wrapping up Idol representation on the chart was Taylor Hicks, whose latest album The Distance slipped 44% to 3.3k for the week. It was down #87-166 and has now moved 18.3k after three weeks.
Full sales figures and chart positions courtesy of 2m on Pulse as follows:
005 001 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 51,608 -43% 90,393 397,232
031 015 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 16,775 -12% 19,165 2,719,759
078 054 David Cook - David Cook 7,300 -15% 8,553 1,042,904
082 056 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 7,085 -14% 8,211 683,126
083 --- Mandisa - Freedom 7,031 956 666% 3,658
128 096 David Foster - Hit Man... 4,366 -23% 5,644 176,492
148 125 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 3,939 -9% 4,311 672,840
155 144 Daughtry - Daughtry 3,598 -3% 3,712 4,408,105
166 087 Taylor Hicks - The Distance 3,339 -44% 5,972 18,302
Total sales are in bold.
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #5 (4/11/09)
Friday, March 27, 2009
'Idol' odds 'n ends: Princess P debuts three new songs
The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:
>Paris Bennett uploaded new material onto her official music MySpace the other day in the form of three new tracks including "The One," "Wide Open" and her cover of "Rapture of Love." Paris, who finished fifth on the fifth season of Idol in 2006 and gave birth to her first child last year, was originally supposed to record a jazz album for a spring 2009 release, but these songs are more in the modern R&B vein.
>Jordin Sparks headlined VH1's "Save the Music" concert with John Mayer aboard Carnival's Splendor cruise ship on Thursday. ET was there to cover the event, and interviewed Jordin and many other attendees on the red carpet, which can be seen below:
Jordin and John performed a few of their own songs together, including "Tattoo."
>Currently in the midst of promoting his latest album The Distance, Taylor Hicks took to the stage on Live with Regis & Kelly this morning to perform his single "What's Right Is Right." Watch the performance below:
Taylor chatted with the two co-hosts following his performance in which he discussed his date with "Treat" as part of the show's "Win a Date with Taylor Hicks" promotion a few weeks back, during which Taylor was visibly uncomfortable.
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>While out in Hawaii filming her latest film, You May Not Kiss the Bride, Katharine McPhee has been keeping busy by making a few appearances at local events, including the grand opening of Honolulu's Miu Miu retail location. Per The Honolulu Star Bulletin:Prada Corp. celebrated the grand opening of its Miu Miu store last night with a well-attended party of some of Honolulu’s most stylish, as well as a handful of celebs, including “Lost’s” Michael Emerson, dressed in crisp white linen, homegrown actress/singer Tia Carrere and “American Idol” season five finalist Katharine McPhee, who’s also working on her acting skills.
Katharine had a busy week, as she celebrated her 25th birthday on Wednesday.
>The ratings for Thursday's results show were not much off what they normally are, as the episode yanked in 20.6 million viewers in the first half-hour and 24.1 million viewers in the second half-hour, averaging 22.4 million for the entire episode. These numbers were enough to crush the rest of the competition, and Wednesday's special performance episode averaged 25.6 million viewers over two hours, which is a bit above average for the season.
Maybe President Obama should interrupt the prime time schedule more often after all?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
HITS estimates: Kelly 254.1k, Carrie 12.5k
Bowing above expecations but below most pre-release predictions, Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted led all other Idol-related entries on HITS Daily Double's Top 50 estimates chart.
Kelly's album sold 254.1k and opened at #1, which would be her third-highest debut week (ahead of Breakaway) is estimates hold. This number is higher than HITS' latest predictions, which were 220-30k.
Next on the chart was Carrie Underwood, whose Carnival Ride benefited from the premiere of her "Home Sweet Home" cover as used on Idol's results show, launching back onto the chart at #41 with 12.5k. Look for an even greater sales surge next week following her performance on Idol tonight.
Jennifer Hudson's debut album fell #39-43 and is expected to have sold 11.5k copies, up 4% from last week. David Cook and his David Cook dropped out of the Top 50 this week.
Noticeably missing was Taylor Hicks' new album, The Distance. Unless these figures are way off, it looks like Taylor will debut with lower than 10.5k, marking the lowest first-week sales by an Idol winner for a non-exclusive album.
Finalized figures courtesy of Billboard should be out soon, so keep your eyes peeled.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
HITS predix: Kelly 210-230k
In what promises to be an exciting week on the charts, HITS Daily Double today released its predictions for the first week sales of Kelly Clarkson's latest disc All I Ever Wanted. The magic number is now somewhere between 210-230k, being upped from 200-225k earlier today.
These figures are a good 100k below IDOL LIVE's prediction of 334k, which makes me think the prediction is being underestimated in the face of a few huge appearances this week (Idol's results show tonight and SNL on Saturday). Hopefully things trend upward for her going into the weekend.
As for Taylor Hicks' new album The Distance, HITS neglected to predict any numbers for it, meaning it will most likely finish below the 14k predicted for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (the lowest number HITS lobbed our way in its predictions). That would be on target with IDOL LIVE's prediction of 12k for the gray-haired one.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
IDOL LIVE predix: 'All I Ever Wanted'; 'The Distance'
One of the highest weeks sales-wise for an album will be had beginning Tuesday when Kelly Clarkson's fourth album All I Ever Wanted drops to a hungry consumer base that has been eagerly anticipating the release for months. Also due out this week in the Idol arena is Taylor Hicks' latest effort, The Distance.
This is the second time two Idol winners will release albums on the same exact day (the first was on Nov. 23, 2004, when Fantasia's "Free Yourself" dropped on the same day as Ruben Studdard's I Need An Angel, as noted by poster The G). In the face of history, however, one album will fare much better than the other, making for a less exciting event.
Kelly has had a history of successful opening weeks for her previous three albums, as Thankful opened to 297k, Breakaway started with 250k and My December posted first week figures of 291,213. Although it can be said that Kelly must overcome the obstacle that is the bad taste many have in their mouths from My December, her stock seems to be back on the move and "My Life Would Suck Without You" is one of the hottest songs out there at the moment.
Taylor, however, is in a much different boat than his fellow Idol champ. Although his debut album scorched sales-wise in its premiere week with 298,199 copies back in 2006, things were not as rosy when his Early Works album only managed 4.4k total in 2008.
After taking all these elements into consideration, I am going to predict All I Ever Wanted will net 334k in its opening week and open at #1 on the Billboard 200, while The Distance will pull in 12k copies and emerge at #53 on the Billboard 200.
It would be amazing if both could debut higher on the sales end, but that might be asking a little too much in these tough times and with the continuing slide in album sales in general.
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