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10-11-2011, 03:59 PM,
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Miguel
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Scotty McCreery Album Set For No. 1 Billboard Debut
Quote:"Clear As Day" is projected to sell somewhere between 160,000 to 170,000 copies its first week in release, according to Neilsen Soundscan. Although a far cry from the 417,000 sold by Ruben Studdard with his "Soulful" debut (2003), not to mention the 297,000 units moved by Kelly Clarkson with "Thankful" (2002), the six-day sales total (Oct. 4-9; tracking begins on Mondays although albums are traditionally released on Tuesdays, as was McCreery's) should be enough to land the North Carolina teen atop the charts.
...McCreery probably won't have too much time to bask in the glory of being No. 1. His top competitor on "American Idol" Season 10, Lauren Alaina, drops her first studio album, "Wildflower," on Oct. 11 (giving the winner the traditional one-week head start, which in the last two seasons has done them no good -- the runners-up have, Adam Lambert and Crystal Bowersox, both outsold Kris Allen and Lee DeWyze, respectively). Ben Folds, Britney Spears, Evanescence, Ryan Adams, Judas Priest, and Martina McBride are all set to release albums the same week.
Besides McCreery and Alaina, James Durbin, who placed fourth during Season 10, is set to release his first studio album, "Memories of a Beautiful Disaster," in late November. Two other Season 10 alums, Haley Reinhart (third place) and Pia Toscano (ninth place) also have albums in the works, but no set release dates as yet.
...Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" is projected to beat out new releases by Jack's Mannequin, Mayday Parade, and Feist, all of which are on target for Top 10 debuts. The main contender for the top spot seems be the best-selling album of the year, Adele's "21," which will most likely take the second spot.
In addition to being only the third "American Idol" winner to debut at No. 1 with their first album, McCreery's 12-song album will sell the most from an "Idol" winner in three years...Last year's winner, Lee DeWyze's, saw "Live It Up" debut at No. 19 (the worst showing of all "Idol" champs) with 39,000 (the worst debut sales of all "Idol" champs).
http://www.huliq.com/12092/scotty-mccree...ight-years
Guess TPTB got what they wanted.
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