Yes, I just had to create a line graph of Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" album BillBoard ranking now that it is again nearing the BillBoard Top 10 (#11 based on HitsDailyDouble predictions). This will be the 12th week the album has been out and it was only in the BillBoard Top 10 its first two weeks. Its worst placement was at #49 in the middle of December, but since then it has been coming on strong. It seems like "Mr. Know It All" is played all the time and now "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" is making a fast move up the radio playlists (and singles charts) everywhere too. With total album sales at the 500K point now. I can see that single helping to drive her towards platinum certification in the next few months. That could make great news for the American Idol franchise if they can say both their original Idol winner and their latest one (Scotty McCreery, of course) can reach platinum with their latest albums. Now I must wait for today's actual numbers to fill in my charts for the other Idols. One interesting tidbit I noticed though, is if the #11 ranking holds true, both "Clear As Day" and "Stronger" were #11 in their 12th week! In fact if we superimpose Scotty's BillBoard ranking with Kelly's we get a neat little graph:
They end up meeting after 12 weeks! Unfortunately, after week #12 is when Scotty's ranking started to drop back (right after Christmas sales ended) whereas just before Christmas is when Kelly's started picking back up. I think the graph of their chart rankings kind of looks like a bird in flight, but then again I am pretty weird.
