Sales: Kelly Clarkson Back on Top
I like to tell anybody who will listen to me that Kelly Clarkson owes her career to me. I voted for her from the get go during the first season of American Idol. Multiple times a week. She had me from the moment she belted out “A Natural Woman” during “sixties week.” So I’m proud to see her with another #1 album on the Billboard 200:
1. Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted – 255,000 (debut)
2. The-Dream – Love Vs. Money – 151,000 (debut)
3. U2 – No Line on the Horizon – 132,000 (-73%)
4. J. Holiday – Round 2 – 55,000 (debut)
5. Taylor Swift – Fearless – 52,000 (-1%)
6. Lady GaGa – The Fame – 47,000 (+10%)
7. Nickelback – Dark Horse – 36,000 (-1%)
8. Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce – 28,000 (-9%)
9. Jamie Foxx – Intuition – 27,000 (-17%)
10. Chris Cornell – Scream – 26,000 (debut)
• Neko Case‘s Middle Cyclone drops from #3 to #17 (20,000). Not too shabby.
• The Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut at #32 debut for It’s Blitz! (13,000). That’s a thousand more than the Jonas Brothers’ 3D Concert Experience, so good for them.
Additional sales data via MTV.
Kelly Clarkson’s album sales history:
2003: Thankful debuts at #1 with 297,000
2004: Breakaway debuts at #3 with 250,000, and goes on to sell 6.1 million
2007: My December debuts at #2 with 291,000, and goes on to sell 788,000
2009: All I Ever Wanted debuts at #1 with 255,000
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scotty
1164 days ago
I don’t mind having Kelly Clarkson on top. No, I don’t mind one bit.
russ
1164 days ago
I still love her album MY DECEMBER, and play tracks off it.
Too bad she didn’t stick with her Pat Benetar rock stylings.
grounded5am
1164 days ago
how can the yeah yeah yeahs chart? the album isn’t even out until the 31st. i read this and got excited thinking the album was already out.
Ad
1163 days ago
It charts because it’s been on iTunes since March 10. More proof that most music fans, even those who pay for it, don’t buy cds.
The cd will be released on March 31.
grounded5am
1162 days ago
i didn’t know they counted early itunes sales. interesting. that doesn’t really seem fair, but what in life is?
Jerry "Skunk" Benson
1159 days ago
I play in a Doobie Brothers tribute band and I gotta say MUSIC TODAY SUCKS!
Enough
1159 days ago
C’Mon guys!
Enough with the puppets already. The first couple were ok, but if you don’t have enough participation this isn’t the way to fix it! Grade = Fail
Next!
Doctor Zeus
1159 days ago
Nonsense! Silence! No puppets in the forbidden zone!