As the competition on season 7 of American Idol heats up, there's no Idol alum in the Top 20 on the Album Sales Chart this week for the first time in literally years. Uh oh!
At least one former Idol has been in the Top 20 since Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway was released in late 2004, with Daughtry and Carrie Underwood spending most of the past 2 years in the Top 20. Adding insult to injury to the Idol franchise, last year's champ, Jordin Sparks, has fallen out of the Top 50!
Daughtry is the highest charting representative from the show this week, coming in at #24 with sales of about 22K. Carrie Underwood is right behind at #29 with sales just under 20K.
Sparks, meanwhile, has fallen out of the Top 50 for the first time since her album debuted in December. It's a bit surprising, as her single "Tattoo" is still the #5 song on the Pop chart, and her duet with Chris Brown ("No Air") is quickly rising.
The top five spots on the chart this week belong to Alicia Keys (63K), the soundtrack to Juno (53K), the Grammy Nominees collection (52K), Bullets for My Valentine (51K) and Mary J Blige (48K).
Numbers courtesy of Hits Daily Double
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
For the First Time in More Than Three Years There is No Idol in the Top 20 Album Chart
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Daughtry and Underwood Swap Spots for the Third Straight Week on the Album Sales Chart
Chris Daughtry and Carrie Underwood continue to swap spots on the album sales chart, with Daughtry coming out on top this week. This is the third straight week the two Idol alumni have traded places.
Daughtry sold 21K albums this week, which put him at #19 on the chart, four spots higher than he was last week. Underwood, meanwhile, sold just under 20K albums, good enough for the #22 spot, a four spot drop from last week. Looks like this back-and-forth will continue for some time to come.
Jordin Sparks is still hangin' tough in the Top 50, selling 13K albums and falling two spots from last week.
This week's top 5 albums were the soundtrack to Juno (66K), Alicia Keys (59K), Natasha Bedingfield (50K), Mary J Blige (45K) and Radiohead (35K).
Numbers courtesy of Hits Daily Double
Monday, December 10, 2007
Golden Compass Tops Box Office, Juno Huge in Limited Release
Despite some pretty rough reviews, Golden Compass managed to top the box office this past weekend, bring in $26.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Enchanted was a repeat #2, with $10.7 million, followed by This Christmas ($5 million), Fred Claus ($4.6 million) and Beowulf ($4.4 million).
In limited release news, Atonement wracked up $817K on 32 screens. while Juno did boffo business at just 7 screens, bring in $531K for a per-screen average of $60K. Wow! Word of mouth is great on this one -- I've got two friends who saw it this weekend, and both loved it.
Overall, a pretty weak showing. Here's hoping the Christmas releases spark it up a little.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
No Country, Juno, Clooney, Christie and Burton Pick Up NBR Awards
Don't you just love Awards season??
The National Board of Review has named this year's winners, with The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men claiming the top prize. Best Actor and Actress went to George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Julie Christie (Away From Her), while Casey Affleck (The Assasination of Jesse James...) and Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby, Gone) picked up awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
Tim Burton, meanwhile, grabbed the award for Best Director, while Emile Hirsch (stunning in Into the Wild) and Ellen Page (Juno) took home the Breakthrough Awards.
In addition to No Country, NBR's top 10 films of the year were:
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List
Into The Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lars And The Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd
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