Idol Sales: Scotty McCreery's Single Debuts "Big"!

Unlike last year, it looks like this year's American Idol champ, Scotty McCreery, is off to a big start with his coronation single, I Love You This Big. He racks up American Idol's 300th #1 as it begins atop Country Digital Songs. He also has the third best selling iTunes single for the week, the third best selling iTunes album for the week and he has sold 171K units for his coronation single alone.

He also has the record for the best selling debut week for a male country artist download track - recently set by The Voice judge, Blake Shelton’s Honey Bee at 138K. Plus, as per Billboard, this makes him the ninth of the ten winners to launch their debut track at #15 or higher. Scotty's song debuts at #11.

Lauren Alaina didn't do so bad as well. Her coronation single, Like My Mother Does, sold 122K units. This makes her single the second best selling coronation single amongst runner-ups in 10 seasons and the best selling digital runner-up coronation single seller ever - first week numbers. Not too shabby!

Sadly, we don't have the numbers - they didn't release it - for the other songs/finalists unlike the past seasons. I wonder why. Hmm.

Figures after the jump!!

Here is a recap of how each American Idol Winner has fared on the Hot 100 with their coronation singles:

#01 Kelly Clarkson (A Moment Like This)
#02 Ruben Studdard (Flying Without Wings)
#01 Fantasia Barrino (I Believe)
#01 Carrie Underwood (Inside Your Heaven)
#01 Taylor Hicks (Do I Make You Proud)
#15 Jordin Sparks (This Is My Now)
#03 David Cook (Time Of My Life)
#11 Kris Allen (No Boundaries)
#24 Lee DeWyze (Beautiful Day)
#11 Scotty McCreery (I Love You This Big)

Here is a recap of how each American Idol Runner-ups has fared on the Hot 100 with their coronation singles:

N/A Justin Guarini
#01 Clay Aiken (This Is The Night)
#14 Diana DeGarmo (Dreams)
#02 Bo Bice (Inside Your Heaven)
#12 Katharine McPhee (Over The Rainbow)
N/A Blake Lewis
N/A David Archuleta
#72 Adam Lambert (No Boundaries)
#57 Crystal Bowersox (Up To The Mountains)
#20 Lauren Alaina (Like MY Mother Does)

Here are the sales numbers for coronation singles on it's FIRST WEEK:

01. Clay Aiken - This is the Night (393,000)
02. Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings (286,000)
03. David Cook - Time of My Life  (236,024)
04. Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This  (236,000)
05. Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud (228,418)
06. Scotty McCreery - I Love You This Big (171,000)
07. Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven (170,528)
08. Fantasia - I Believe (142,141)
09. Kris Allen - No Boundaries (134,458)
10. Lauren Alaina - Like My Mother Does (122,000)
10. Bo Bice - Inside Your Heaven (121,423)
10. Lee DeWyze - Beautiful Day  (95,000)
11. Katharine McPhee - Over the Rainbow (74,965)
12. Jordin Sparks - This is My Now (74,303)
13. Diana Degarmo - Dreams (65,000)
14. Crystal Bowersox - Up to the Mountain (49,000)
15. Adam Lambert - No Boundaries (35,984)

• Justin Guarini, Blake Lewis and David Archuleta did not get coronation songs released.
• Katherine McPhee’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow was released as a double A-Side with her coronation single, My Destiny, and since the former outsold the latter on iTunes, sales of the commercial single were all attributed to Somewhere Over The Rainbow.