Weekly Music Sales Roundup — Album and Track Numbers
Top Highlights
This week’s sales snapshot shows a few standout performances. P!nk appears set to land her first number-one album with estimated sales of about 280,000 copies. Psy is expected to be the top digital seller this week with roughly 301,000 downloads. Meanwhile, early estimates from HDD suggest Mumford & Sons could debut as high as 525,000 copies, which would mark one of the biggest debut weeks of the year so far.
American Idol and Idol-Related Album Sales
Below are the reported weekly sales figures and cumulative totals where provided for albums by American Idol alumni and related artists.
- Carly Rae Jepsen — Kiss: 46,000 this week.
- Carrie Underwood — Blown Away: 16,000 this week (+3%), cumulative 809,000 (listed at #27 on the Billboard 200).
- Kelly Clarkson — Stronger: 4,000 this week (-6%), cumulative 934,000 (listed at #97 on the Billboard 200).
- Mandisa — What If We Were Real: 2,000 this week (-2%), currently #166 on the Billboard 200.
- Phillip Phillips — The American Idol EP: 2,000 this week (-14%), cumulative 82,000 (currently #172 on the Billboard 200).
- Scotty McCreery — Clear as Day: 2,000 this week (+21%), cumulative 1.113 million.
- Carrie Underwood — Play On: 2,000 this week (+29%), cumulative 2.138 million.
- Carrie Underwood — Some Hearts: 2,000 this week (+3%), cumulative 7.237 million.
- Bucky Covington — Good Guys: 1,000 this week (-52%), cumulative 3,000.
- Casey James — Casey James: 1,000 this week (+9%), cumulative 52,000.
- Carrie Underwood — Carnival Ride: 1,000 this week (+1%), cumulative 3.281 million.
- Lauren Alaina — Wildflower: under 1,000 this week (+60%), cumulative 294,000.
- Skylar Laine — American Idol release: under 1,000 this week (-25%), cumulative 33,000.
- Casey Abrams — Casey Abrams: under 1,000 this week (-23%), cumulative 15,000.
- Hollie Cavanagh — American Idol release: under 1,000 this week (-17%), cumulative 13,000.
Other Idol-Related and Comparable Releases
Releases connected to Idol judges, performers, or similar pop acts and their current weekly figures.
- Ben Folds Five — The Sound of the Life of the Mind: 30,000 this week (noted here as a judge-related mention).
- One Direction — Up All Night: 18,000 this week (-4%), cumulative 1.238 million (listed at #20 on the Billboard 200).
- Jason Aldean — My Kinda Party: 7,000 this week (+4%), cumulative 2.762 million (listed at #57 on the Billboard 200).
- David Guetta — Nothing but the Beat: 4,000 this week (-23%), cumulative 391,000 (listed at #96 on the Billboard 200).
- Tyga — Careless World: 2,000 this week (-8%), cumulative 300,000 (listed at #190 on the Billboard 200).
- Sparkle soundtrack — Sparkle: 2,000 this week (-36%), cumulative 67,000 (listed at #191 on the Billboard 200).
Top Tracks and Digital Downloads
Digital single sales remain strong for a number of artists, with several Idol-affiliated tracks continuing to perform well.
- Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen — “Good Time”: 112,000 downloads this week (+8%), currently sitting at #11 in the provided ranking.
- Phillip Phillips — “Home”: 100,000 downloads this week (-1%), cumulative 1.754 million.
- Carrie Underwood — “Blown Away”: 76,000 downloads this week (+12%), cumulative 880,000.
- Kelly Clarkson — “Dark Side”: 24,000 downloads this week (-13%), cumulative 543,000.
- Kelly Clarkson — “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”: 17,000 downloads this week (+5%), cumulative 3.783 million.
- Carrie Underwood — “Good Girl”: 12,000 downloads this week (+12%), cumulative 1.351 million.
- Casey James — “Crying on a Suitcase”: 10,000 downloads this week (+9%), cumulative 63,000.
- Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood — “Remind Me”: 5,000 downloads this week (+11%), cumulative 1.649 million.
- Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson — “Don’t You Wanna Stay”: 5,000 downloads this week (+8%), cumulative 2.168 million.
- Carrie Underwood — “Before He Cheats”: 5,000 downloads this week (-2%), cumulative 3.574 million.
Additional notable single: Christina Aguilera (noted as a Voice judge) — “Your Body”: 103,000 downloads this week.
Notes and How to Use This Thread
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