Top Idol on the top 200 album chart: Carrie. No. 6 last week, she shot to No. 4, selling 292,000 copies (up about 47% over the previous week. For purposes of comparison, overall album sales, in the week leading up to Christmas, were up 34%.). Her total is 4.59 million.
No. 2 Idol: Daughtry. His sales were up nearly 40%, 250,000 compared to 181,000, and he crossed the magic 1 million line in actual sales (1.04, to be exact, in a rounded-off kind of way). He also went down on the chart, from No. 7 to No. 8, but that won’t dampen the celebration. It’s Not Over looks like a multi-format radio hit, too.
No. 3 Idol: Taylor. He fell from 2 to 15 on the chart, and his sales dropped from 298,000 to 202,000. That approximately 32% drop would normally be in the acceptable range, but not in a week when overall sales were up 34%. If sales normalize in the next couple of weeks, he could be facing a massive plunge. On the other hand, he did top 500,000 in two weeks.
No. 4 Idol: Kellie. Held her own pretty well, taking only a slight chart drop (56 to 61) and selling 63,000, up from 45,000 the previous week. Total is 336,000.
No. 5 Idol: Fantasia. Serious fan base evaporation. The album fell from No. 19 to No. 63, selling 62,000, down about 53% from the first week. Total is 195,000, which is, in some form of consolation, better than Ruben’s total already.
No. 6 Idol: Clay. Dropped from 124 to 143 on the chart, but sold around 20% better, 23,000 compared to 19,000, and his total is 483,000, so close to half a million he can taste it. His Merry Christmas With Love album nearly equaled A Thousand Different Ways this week, selling 21,000 (22,000 the previous week; total 1.3 million).
And, sadly, there is no No. 7 Idol. Ruben dropped off the chart in the most painful way imaginable. He sold more than 50% more albums last week, a tad less than 14,800 compared to 9,700, but the No. 200 album on the chart sold 14,803! Ruben’s total stands at 181,000.
Idol Chatter
Is it wrong for me to take pleasure on the failure of Taylor, Fantasia and Ruben’s albums? I have a friend that I have argued with for years and told her that they do not have mass appeal…and I was right and she is wrong! My guys might go out early, but they last longer on the charts, ie Clay and Daugtry!!! You go boys!! Sorry Taylor your 15 minutes up, and after a few appearances on AI6 you will slowly disappear from the limelight. I also have a feeling that J-Records is going to quietly drop both Ruben and Fantasia shortly after the new year.
