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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
12/14: Early sales for Hicks, Fantasia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Based on projected one-day sales Tuesday courtesy of hitsdailydouble.com, Atlanta’s Young Jeezy may outgun Taylor Hicks for the No. 1 slot next week but it should be a battle. Early projections have Young Jeezy at 325 to 350K while Hicks is around 300K. (That was about what I predicted with no information at all yesterday.)
Fantasia is targeted to hit 150K, a bit below my prediction of about 200K. Her single s doing okay on the mainstream urban radio charts, up to No. 27 from 32 a week earlier, according to Mediabase 24/7.
In last week’s sales news, Chris Daughtry moves another 155,000 copies in week three, dropping from 3 to 7 on the Billboard top 200 but now up to 614,000. One more week and he’ll be pass Bo Bice for second best non-winner to this point. Even if “It’s Not Over” is not a radio hit, he should clear 1 million with no sweat off his bald head. So far, “It’s Not Over” is getting a decent reaction. It’s at 37 on the top 40 charts, 24 on the Hot AC charts, 31 on active rock and 49 on alternative after just two weeks, according to Mediabase 24/7.
Kellie Pickler moves up to 52 from 57, with 34,000 in sales and 228,000 total. If “Red High Heels” keeps climbing the country charts (it’s up to 23 on Radio and Records), she could easily clear 400K or even 500K.
Carrie Underwood continues to sell boatloads of CDs more than a year after the release of “Some Hearts.” She moved 126,000 and now has sold 4.1 million. (She’s ranked No. 10, up from 13)
Clay sees a small Christmas pickup as his CD moves from 135 to 119, with 15K in sales and 441K total.
Ruben drops to 182 from 176 with 8,400 copies moved and 157K total.
All these numbers above are courtesy of USA Today’s Idol Chatter. I don’t think Ken Barnes, the writer, has ever read my blog. I can’t recall him ever citing it though MJ was nice enough to do so Wednesday on her most excellent AI blog.
