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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
11/26: David Cook sells 280K in first week, Michael Johns in Atlanta Dec. 13
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
David Cook moved 280,000 copies, behind Nickelback (#2, 326K) and Beyonce (#1, 482K), according to Billboard.
That’s not half bad considering album sales are down 32% year over year and is far better than the 119K Jordin Sparks opened a year ago. She has moved 956K so far and more than 4 million downloads. It’ll be interesting to see how Cook does. He’ll need a couple of big radio hits to approach her numbers. I’m not sure the first single “Light On” will do it for him.
MJ’s Big Blog lists the seven winners and their first-week numbers:
Ruben - “Soulful” (Dec 9, 2003) - 416,569 (# 1)
Carrie - “Some Hearts” (November 15, 2005) - 314,549 (# 2)
Taylor - “Taylor Hicks” (Dec 12, 2006) - 298,199 (# 2)
Kelly - “Thankful” (April 15, 2003) - 297,000 (# 1)
David - “David Cook” (Nov 18, 2008) - 280,000 (#3)
Fantasia - “Free Yourself” (November 23, 2004) - 239,389 (#8)
Jordin - “Jordin Sparks” (November 20, 2007) - 119,119 (#10)
And out of all first-week releases, David comes in seventh. The list at MJ provides the first-week numbers for 37 debut albums
-I received this email from a promoter about a Michael Johns appearance on December 13 at Gwinnett Arena:
My name is Trevor Short and I received your contact info from my
friend Jeff Batton. I am the promoter of the Infinite Energy Atlanta
Slam on Saturday, Dec. 13th at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. This
tennis event features some of the worlds best including US open
champions the Bryan Brothers and American James Blake. Most recently
we received a commitment from American Idol Singer Michael Johns to
perform live at our event in between the matches. The event will kick
off at 7:00 Pm with doors open at 5:30 and then following the first
match between Bob and Mike Bryan and Luke and Murphy Jensen we will
take intermission and have the chance to enjoy a performance by
Michael Johns.
*Tickets ($29.75 to $200) are available here. and more event info are available at AtlantaSlam.com.
Johns, as fans may know, came to the United States from Australia as a teen-ager to play tennis at a small college in Southern Georgia but he abandoned that dream for music in Atlanta.
-And any surprise that Brooke Burke won “Dancing With the Stars”? She earned it and became the third female to take it home.
