It's interesting to note that though Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter debuted lower on The Billboard 200 at # 28 compared to Lee Dewyze's Live It Up at #19, Crystal outsold Lee's debut album by 69%. So, all things considered, I think that's pretty good news for Crystal.
Now, with that being said - no matter how you see it or try to reason with it - Season 9 will be remembered as the worst season of the entire American Idol history and statistically the worst sales EVER from any Idol alumni so far. I mean, who can argue that overall, Season 9 has been a disaster in terms of American Idol bragging rights as a selling machine. Look! The combined first week sales of each season's Idol Top 2 since 2008 were: Season 7 at 460K, Season 8 at 280,000 and Season 9 with 97,000. Obviously, that’s just not a good development for the show in general.
In comparison to the other Idol runners-up though, her debut album numbers makes her slightly above Justin Guarini but a bit short compared to Blake Lewis. Overall, this makes Crystal Bowersox the 21st highest selling first week album debut for an Idol contestant. Again, not too shabby for someone who came out of Season 9, but it's still far from excellent.
RANKINGS AFTER THE JUMP!
DEBUT ALBUM - first week of sales [Runner's Up]
1. Clay Aiken - “Measure of a Man” - 612,859 (# 1)
2. Bo Bice - “The Real Thing” - 226,976 (# 4)
3. Adam Lambert – “For Your Entertainment” – 198,466 (#3)
4. David Archuleta - “David Archuleta” - 183,000 (#2)
5. Katharine McPhee - “Katharine McPhee” - 115,761 (# 2)
6. Blake Lewis - “Blake Lewis” - 98,000 (#10)
7. Crystal Bowersox - "Farmer's Daughter" - 58K (#28)
8. Justin Guarini - “Justin Guarini” - 57,000 (# 20)9. Diana Degarmo - “Blue Skies” - 47,000 ( # 52)
DEBUT ALBUM - first week of sales [All]
01. Clay Aiken - “Measure of a Man” - 612,859 (# 1)
02. Ruben Studdard - “Soulful” - 416,569 (# 1)
03. Carrie Underwood - “Some Hearts” - 314,549 (# 2)
04. Daughtry - “Daughtry” - 303,677 (#2)05. Taylor Hicks - “Taylor Hicks” - 298,199 (# 2)
06. Kelly Clarkson - “Thankful” - 297,000 (# 1)
07. David Cook - “David Cook” - 279,578 (#3)
08. Fantasia Barrino - “Free Yourself” - 239,389 (#8)
09. Bo Bice - “The Real Thing” - 226,976 (# 4)10. Jennifer Hudson - “Jennifer Hudson” - 217,185 (#2)
11. Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment - 198,446 (#3)
12. David Archuleta - “David Archuleta” - 183,000 (#2)
13. Jordin Sparks - “Jordin Sparks” - 119,119 (#10)
14. Katharine McPhee - “Katharine McPhee” - 115,761 (# 2)15. Blake Lewis - “Blake Lewis” - 98,000 (#10)
16. Elliott Yamin - “Elliott Yamin” - 90,439 (#3)
17. Kris Allen - "Kris Allen" - 80,000 (#11)
18. Kellie Pickler - “Small Town Girl” - 79,133 (#9)19. Danny Gokey - "My Best Days" - 65,000 (#4)
20. Bucky Covington - “Bucky Covington” - 60,814 (#4)
21. Crystal Bowersox - "Farmer's Daughter" - 58K (#28)
22. Josh Gracin - “Joshua Gracin” - 57,048 (#11)23. Justin Guarini- “Justin Guarini” - 57,000 (# 20)
24. Kimberly Locke - "One Love" - 56,894 (#16)
25. Diana DeGarmo - "Blue Skies" - 47,000 (#52)
26. Tamyra Gray - "Dreamer" - 39,091 (#23)
27. Lee DeWyze - "Live It Up" - 39,000 (#19)
28. Allison Iraheta - "Just Like You" - 32,000 (#31)
3 comments:
well yeah, i really didn't like that AI season. As in I started watching it then I just stopped kasi walang personality yung mga tao :P hahaha sama eh.
I miss the season of Chris Daughtry. Panalo!
Smarla: I wanted to stop watching din when Alex Lambert got eliminated. But, the fanboy in me didn't allow it. HAHAHA.
I personally miss the Davids season. Hehe. Though I like Daughtry's season too.
I love Lee's album. Just putting that out there. Haha.
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