Two Christian Music Idols Pop Back Onto Billboard 200 Album Chart

orange = Daughtry, red = Scotty, blue = Colton, lt green = Mandisa

Just when it looked like two American Idols guys with almost rhyming names would again be the only two on the BillBoard 200 Album chart (Scotty and Daughtry rhyme, don't they?), two other Idols decided to join them and both of them are Christian artists, Colton Dixon and Mandisa. Colton is currently on tour so that may be helping his sales as he lands at #152 and Mandisa may be receiving some sales after both her "Overcomer" album and single won Grammy's at the end of January. Her album squeaked onto the chart at #198. Colton and Mandisa's success demonstrates the strength of the Christian music industry in terms of sales (Angie Miller, take note!)

The other two guys on the chart are the same two from last week. Daughtry's "Baptized" is holding pretty steady at #94 this week from #90 last week, and Scotty McCreery's "See You Tonight" actually improved from #160 last week to #133 this week. His "See You Tonight" single has finally officially become a Top 10 hit, and the increased airplay should be helping his sales. That single has been out forever, and it is good to see it finally receiving the airplay it deserves. His total sales are listed in the Roughstock blog as 3K this week, bringing his total to 198K. He should break 200K next week for sure. That will be Scotty's third album to break 200K in sales. He joins Kelly, Clay, Ruben, Fantasia, Carrie and Daughtry as the only Idols to have three albums breaking 200K in sales (Jennifer Hudson might once she releases her third album!) Interestingly, all the other Idols listed were from the first five seasons of Idol, which means starting Season 6, Scotty is the ONLY Idol to have three albums selling more than 200K. That is a pretty impressive statistic for Scotty to have!

Today is the official release of "Music Speaks" by Candice Glover. HitsDailyDouble should have some estimates tomorrow and it should be interesting to see where they fall.  She should end up being the top selling Idol after initial release, but I can see her album not having the legs that Daughtry or Scotty's albums will have since their singles are receiving a lot more airplay than Candice's "Cried". The album is currently sitting at #8 on the iTunes US album chart. At least it is in the Top 10!

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014