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Loquatrix 640 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator" 03-28-05, 08:38 PM (EST) "Former Idols' sales figures" LAST EDITED ON 03-29-05 AT 03:45 PM (EST) LAST EDITED ON 03-29-05 AT 02:38 PM (EST) Edited to add Fantasia album sales -- thanks, Geekboy, for the extra info that allowed me to find her record in the database. A couple of people wanted to compare sales figures for former Idols. Here are some official numbers, researched from SoundScan, the industry standard for sales on this continent. Note that these are all albums. I left out singles and videos, which are irrelevant in pretty much every way. Note also that these figures reflect sales in North America only; there is no single resource for sales in Europe or the rest of the world that I can easily dip into like I can the North American figures, and I didn't want to spend a week researching this. ;) The date shown with each of these records is the release date. Kelly Clarkson BREAKAWAY 2004-11-23 1674742 THANKFUL 2003-04-15 2158106 Justin Guarini JUSTIN GUARINI 2004-11-16 (re-released, presumably - to no avail!) 1627 JUSTIN GUARINI 2003-06-10 141987 Tamyra Gray DREAMER 2004-05-25 119826 R J Helton REAL LIFE 2004-03-23 20892 Ruben Studdard I NEED AN ANGEL 2004-11-02 378497 SOULFUL 2003-08-19 1769039 Clay Aiken MEASURE OF A MAN 2003-10-14 2695203 MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH LOVE 2004-11-09 1009294 Kimberly Locke ONE LOVE 2004-05-04 201801 Josh Gracin JOSH GRACIN 2004-06-15 354772 Fantasia FREE YOURSELF 2004-11-23 1214262 Diana Degarmo BLUE SKIES 2004-10-26 143511 William Hung HUNG FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2004-09-21 29189 INSPIRATION 2004-04-06 189563   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Former Idols' sales figures volsfan 03-28-05 1    RE: Former Idols' sales figures seahorse 03-29-05 4  RE: Former Idols' sales figures bob_chester 03-28-05 2    RE: Former Idols' sales figures geekboy 03-29-05 5        Geekboy gets a cookie Loquatrix 03-29-05 8  RE: Former Idols' sales figures seahorse 03-29-05 3    RE: Former Idols' sales figures Ricky 03-29-05 6  RE: Former Idols' sales figures Ricky 03-29-05 7    RE: Former Idols' sales figures Flairmarq 03-29-05 9        RE: Former Idols' sales figures uberspoon 03-29-05 10  RE: Former Idols' sales figures uberspoon 03-29-05 11

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volsfan 19846 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-28-05, 09:24 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" So, Clay has sold more on a single album but Kelly has sold more total but it is very close! Thanks for doing this!   Top

seahorse 14337 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-29-05, 01:28 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Clay has almost doubled the sales of Ruben's albumns, too. Ruben's second albumn did extremely poor.   Top

bob_chester 243 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star" 03-28-05, 10:56 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Fantasia has a CD out since before Thanksgiving. It is under the name "Fantasia" and it is called "Truth Is" Evidently it has not done very well here in the USA (so far) but I understand it is doing very well downunder. Just an FYI   Top

geekboy 1788 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Herbal Healing Drugs Endorser" 03-29-05, 07:47 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Its actually called "Free Yourself", but under the single name Fantasia   Top

Loquatrix 640 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator" 03-29-05, 02:36 PM (EST) 8. "Geekboy gets a cookie" Fantasia FREE YOURSELF 2004-11-23 1214262 Not bad. Not bad at all. I'll edit my original post to include this info, also.   Top

seahorse 14337 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-29-05, 01:14 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Amazing William Hung has outperforformed Justin Guarini, Tamyra Gray, R J Helton, Kimberly Locke, and Diana Degarmo for total albumns sold.   Top

Ricky 1106 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 03-29-05, 08:39 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" William Hung is just a fad though. But then again so are Justin, Tamyra, RJ, Kimberly, and Diana.   Top

Ricky 1106 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 03-29-05, 08:40 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Thanks for researching and posting those sales figures ! In the end, those of us that walk away winning, win more than just a loss - Audrey, Apprentice loser   Top

Flairmarq 303 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Cooking Show Host" 03-29-05, 03:43 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" This is interesting in the fact that Clay's second album (under his new label) sold more than Kelly. I would also think Clay is getting more money out of it. "The Simon of the Wabash Valley"   Top

uberspoon 173 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-29-05, 03:48 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Clay's Xmas disc hasn't sold more than either of Kelly's, unless I'm reading the figures wrong...and I believe Merry Christmas... was released by 19, so it's probably going to be his 3rd that will be under a new label. i hope that didn't come across as sassy, because I promise I didn't mean for it to. Just sayin' is all.   Top

uberspoon 173 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-29-05, 03:57 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Former Idols' sales figures" Isn't it interesting that as of the moment Kelly and Clay are the only 2 idol contestants with a double platinum certification? A couple of things I found really interesting: Kelly's singles aside, I thought Kim Locke's Eighth World Wonder was probably the biggest A.I. radio hit(it certainly was in my area, where it was practically inescapable for quite awhile). So I think it's pretty surprising that she hasn't gone gold yet, I would have thought she would have higher totals. Ruben's sales are a little on the anemic side as well...I'd wager that his first album's total will be surpassed by Fantasia's. I mention this only because I predicted Fantasia to be the least successful winner, as far as sales...but I am the first to admit that I was wrong. She is doing very well, even without getting a ton of radio exposure. So go 'Tasia!   Top

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