Oh my goodness... Where can we buy shares in Scotty McCreery?

Since it was late Tuesday afternoon, I knew it was time to check Hits Daily Double to see what their final estimates are for the Black Friday weekend. I knew Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" was going to do well, but this is just ridiculous! An 180% increase in sales in the amount of 90K units? Last week I thought he would drop out of the Top 15, and, well, he is not ranked 11 through 15, that is for sure... now he is at #9! With the HDD estimates giving him a good 7,000 in sales over Coldplay, that position is pretty safe, so he is back in the Top 10 on week #8, and back in #1 Country, comfortably outselling Taylor Swift!

Lauren Alaina's "Wildflower" album did not make the Top 50, so her sales must be under 20K. James Durbin's "Memories of a Beautiful Disaster" did come in at #39 with about 26K in sales, but his number puts him amongst a crowded pack so his final BillBoard rank could go up or down by a bit. I also noticed that Brad Paisley's "This Is Country Music" is not in the Top 50 so it also must not have sold 20K units. That means "Clear As Day" should now be outselling "This Is Country Music". In fact, The Band Perry had another whopping sales gain themselves of almost 57K units (a 264% increase) so that shows that Brad is exceptionally good at picking hot selling tour mates. Perhaps the secret to album sales success is being picked to go on tour with Brad Paisley!