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| maroon = Phillip, lt blue = Carrie, dk green = Kelly, green dot= Lee, orange = Fantasia |
I was curious how well Lee DeWyze's "
Frames" album would sell, and it seems ironic it landed only 3 positions away from another Idol. Unfortunately that was 3 positions behind a greatest hits collection that has been out for 40 weeks now, although it was from the original American Idol herself, Kelly Clarkson. Lee's "Frames" landed at #116 and Kelly's "Greatest Hits" album was at #113. Since the
Roughstock blog notes that the #112 and #118 albums both sold around 3,000 units we can presume that both Lee and Kelly sold that many albums this week too. For Season 9 fans keeping track, Crystal Bowersox's sophomore release, "
All That For This",
debuted with 8,000 in sales in its first week to place at #71 and stayed on the chart for 2 weeks back in April.
The other three Idols on the
BillBoard 200 this week are the same ones as before, with the top two again switching positions. Carrie Underwood had a nice increase to #44 last week when her live DVD came out, but now she falls back in line at #81, whereas Phillip Phillip's "The World from the Side of the Moon" improved yet again (his fifth time in the last nine weeks) to land at #53 and lead the pack. Fantasia's "Side Effects of You" slides down to #155 from #125 next week so she might slip out of the Top 200 next week, or she may not. It will also be interesting to see if Lee will remain in the Top 200 for two weeks or not.
This weekend is the end of the Season 12 Live Tour so now they can all concentrate on releasing some music. Candice Glover's "Music Speaks" has disappeared off of HitsDailyDouble's "
Upcoming Releases" for October 8, so it will be interesting to see if it is still released then or not.
As for next week, numbers for Mandisa's "Overcomer" should be released and I am hoping she does well. Her album is currently the #1 selling Christian album on
amazon.com so that is a good sign.
