Sales--Fall Releases from Idol Contestants (Updated)

Sales Numbers from Idol Contestants for Fall Releases:

Clay Aiken- A Thousand Different Ways (Third Album)Released 9/19
First week: 211,234 (#2)
TTD: 388,890 (Seventh Week)

Clay Aiken- Merry Christmas With Love (Second Album/Christmas)
First Week: 270,010
TTD: 1,189,295 (as of 4/23/06)

Clay Aiken- Measure of a Man (First Album)
First Week: 612,859 (#1)
TTD: 2,742,989 (as of 4/23/06)



Ruben Studdard- The Return (Third Album) Released 10/14
First Week: 70,501 (#8)
TTD: 111,491 (Third Week)

Ruben Studdard- I Need An Angel (Second Album/Gospel)
First Week: 96,389
TTD: 437,114 (as of 4/23/06)

Ruben Studdard- Soulful (First Album)
First Week: 416,569
TTD: 1,780,823 (through 4/23/06)

Kellie Pickler- Small Town Girl (First Album) Released 10/31
First Week: 79,133 (#9)


Other Sales:

Mario Vazquez
First Week: 11,812 (#80)
TTD: 34,000 (Seventh Week)

Ayla Brown*
First Week: 300 (per Ken Barnes Idol Chatter Blog)
TTD: 800 (Three Weeks)
*Independent label release




Schedule of other Idol related releases:
Kellie Pickler Oct 31
Chris Daughtry Nov 21
Katharine McPhee Dec 19
Taylor Hicks Dec 5
Fantasia Dec 12
Jon Peter Lewis Nov 7 (Independent release)

Congratlations to Carrie Underwood on winning the Horizon and Female Vocalist Country Music Awards. Her album, Some Hearts, is in its 51st week and has sold 3,650,575 copies-to-date. She is still selling strongly after nearly a year on the chart with 45,130 copies sold last week and #19 on the BillBoard Top 200 Album Chart.


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