The beginning of the holiday shopping season, post-Thanksgiving, boosted album sales all around (36% above last week’s total sales) and generated some good individual numbers. The best was Jay-Z’s 680,000 for Kingdom Come, his best sales week ever, although below earlier projections. The debut album by Daughtry, headed by American Idol’s No. 4 finisher, Chris Daughtry, comes in at No. 2 with 304,000, the best first-week total for an Idol so far this year. Now 23 was third, followed by The Beatles’ remix album, LOVE, with 272,000 sold, and Snoop Dogg’s Blue Carpet Treatment at No. 5 with 264,000. The rest of the top 10 is Beyonce, Hannah Montana, Akon, the debut of 2Pac’s Pac’s Life, and Keith Urban. More detail and still more fascinating facts follow.
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Good for him I knew he was going to be the biggest seller from this group of American Idols! Well I know Taylor and McPriss are not out yet, but both their albums were delayed. Hicks by a week and McPriss by over a month. It is never a good sign when they delay an album. Go Chris, you deserve this man!!!
