Idol Sales - October 31, 2007
With last week’s release of both “Carnival Ride” (Carrie Underwood) and “See the Light” (Bo Bice), I was interested in the Idol sales. Luckily, I found some stats on USA Today.
I’ll probably not be around for the rest of the night since it’s Halloween and I’ve got three kids. We’re making a spider cake and watching scary movies.
In the meantime, here’s the info about the Idol sales:
As you know by now, Carrie sold 527,000 copies of her second album, Carnival Ride. Not only did it sell nearly five times as many copies as the No. 2 album (and nearly outsell the entire rest of the top 10), but it more than made up the difference between this week and last week’s total album sales. Last week the total was 7.9 million. This week’s: 8.3 million. Without Carrie, this week would have been 7.8 million.
The new album also provided a nice boost for the first album. Some Hearts jumped from No. 81 to No. 60, selling 13,000 copies, a 38% increase over last week. Her total is now a rounded 5.98 million, slightly more than 16,000 away from 6 million.
Meanwhile, Daughtry took a slight hit, dropping 34-39 and sliding 8% in sales to 19,000. His total is 3.23 million.
more after the jump!
Finally, Kelly Clarkson drops 157-194 for what may be her last week on the chart. Sales were off 14% to 4,000; her total is 687,000.
Eagle-eyed chart followers will have deduced that one Idol album fell off the chart this week. That revelation and more off-chart sales data follows.
He didn’t miss by much (the No. 200 album on the chart sold 3,800 copies), but Elliott’s 3,700 sales weren’t quite enough to keep him on the chart. He drops about 16% and falls all the way from No. 164. It’s not impossible that he could manage a return to the top 200, though, if conditions are favorable. His total is 430,000.
Kelly’s Breakaway sold 3,300, down from 3,400, for a total of 5.87 million (due to tick over to 5.88 million next week).
Bucky sold 2,000, down from 2,100, to reach 289,000 total.
Kellie drops to 1,900 from 2,200 for a total fo 641,000.
Fantasia is down to 1,700 from 2,100 for a 488,000 total.
Mandisa is consistent at 900 to bring her total to 54,000.
Katharine holds at 500 for a total of 359,000.
Clay stays at 200 for a 519,000 total.
Constantine stays at 200 for a total of 21,000.
Taylor stays at 200 and has moved up to 697,000 total.
Ruben drops to 100 from 200 for a 235,000 total.
Carmen stays at 100 and hits the 2,500 mark.
Kimberley stays at 100 and remains at 16,000 total.
Paris stays at 100 for a total of 20,000.
I was surprised some of these albums were still selling at all… By the way, did I miss something? Where’s Bo’s album?
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2 opinions for Idol Sales - October 31, 2007
Diane
Oct 31, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Bo’s album is a Walmart exclusive so he isn’t eligble for the billboard 200. If Walmart doesn’t (and the don’t always) report the #’s , we won’t get any. Thats the way I understand it anyway…
jean
Nov 1, 2007 at 10:57 am
Someone on TWOP reported that Bo was included on the billboard comprehensive album chart and that he charted at about 10K
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