Top Selling American Idol Album This Week - Same One From 75 Weeks Ago!

green = Mandisa, lt blue = Carrie, maroon = Phillip, dk green = Kelly

This week there is again one American Idol among the top 100 selling albums in the United States, but amazingly that album is one that was released 75 weeks ago, "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood. As Mandisa's "Overcomer" drops to #104 from #92 last week (after five weeks in the Top 100), Carrie leads the Idols on the chart, just as she did when her album debuted at #1 in May 2012. That is pretty incredible. The other two Idols on the chart this week are Phillip Phillips at #107 (an improvement from his #117 last week), and Kelly Clarkson, who is just barely in the Top 200 at #193 with her greatest hits album from last November. Luckily Phillip should see a boost with his new "special edition" of his album, and Kelly will see a new boost with the release of her Christmas album "Wrapped in Red" in a few more weeks.

Now all eyes will be on the early estimates next week of sales numbers for Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" album as it is released Tuesday, October 15. It is good to see that he is actually getting a good amount of promotion, even if his single is just now starting to move up the airplay charts. I doubt he will hit the lofty initial numbers from "Clear As Day", but as long as he beats his "Christmas With Scotty McCreery" numbers from last year (which he most likely should), I think his label will be pleased. It is hard to complain about a gold certified Christmas album! If Scotty can again find strong holiday sales this year (for a third autumn in a row) he is most likely "gold" bound again. The bigger question will be if he can extend his momentum into 2014 with a second, bigger hit from the album so he can hit platinum for a second time.

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Friday, October 11, 2013