Rivers Cuomo has 152,695 followers on Twitter, but not even half of us opted to fork over cash for Weezer’s new album. Last week, Cuomo admitted that he was disappointed with sales estimates of 60-65k, and noted that “if each follower plunked down 3.99 at amazon we’d sell 131,046.” In the week since he posted that, he’s added 20,000 followers but how many new fans? What does that even mean anymore? What is a fan?
I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure Carrie Underwood has a bunch of them. Full disclosure: I voted for her multiple times a week. But I’ve never bought any of her stuff.
1. Carrie Underwood – “Play On” – 318,000 (debut)
2. Michael Jackson – “This Is It” – 196,000 (down 48%)
3. Andrea Bocelli – “My Christmas” – 149,000 (debut)
4. “Glee” soundtrack – 113,000 (debut)
5. “Now 32” – 102,000 (debut)
6. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – 70,000 (down 36%)
7. Weezer – “Raditude” – 66,000 (debut)
8. Michael Buble – “Crazy Love” – 59,000 (down 17%)
9. Sting – “If On A Winter’s Night” – 59,000 (down 26%)
10. “New Moon” soundtrack – 52,000 (down 24%)
More sales data after the jump…
Further down:
11. Foo Fighters – “Greatest Hits” – 44,000 (debut)
12. Slayer – “World Painted Blood” – 41,000 (debut)
14. Creed – “Full Circle” – 39,000 (down 65%)
15. Jay-Z – “The Blueprint 3” – 38,000
35. Julian Casablancas – “Phrazes for the Young” – 14,000 (debut)
37. Nirvana – “Live At Reading” – 14,000 (debut)
Catalog:
• Michael Jackson – “Number Ones” – 32,000