"Listen Up!" - Debut Week Sales (Total)

[john]

Listen Up! has faded a bit on iTunes:

Current positions are #9 (dlx) and #32 (std).

Comments from HITS Daily Double:

19/Interscope Idol contestant Haley Reinhart emerges with her well-received debut, Listen Up!, which is on target for 15-20k.

Eighth season Idol winner Kris Allen’s 19/RCA sophomore album, Thank You Camellia, is looking at 15-20k as well after his debut scored 80k out of the box in Nov. ‘09. It’s interesting to note, the contestant he defeated, Adam Lambert, entered at #1 last week with his second album, Trespassing, generating sales of 77k.

Album sales were down 9% vs. last week, down 6% vs. same week last year and down 1.5% year to date.

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage...ws08990m01

Those numbers come in lower than I had expected.

[Flask Man]

At least they said "well received", but yeah...that's definitely a disappointment. I figured she'd be 35-40k easily.

[Miguel]

Thank You Camellia, is looking at 15-20k as well

Online, the Deluxe version of Haley's album was stalking TYC (right behind it). The Standard version was pretty high as well yesterday at one point. Together they might have surpassed it.

I'm going to take a break and go by Best Buy and Wal-Mart and see how many copies of Listen Up! they have available.

[Flask Man]

It kind of annoys me that Durbin sold 28k 1st week and Haley's only looking at 15-20k. Shit, even Casey friggin James sold 14k. Let's hope they revise it upward, otherwise it's gonna take a Grammy to get her over 100k.

[brandon70]

Listen Up! has faded a bit on iTunes:

Current positions are #9 (dlx) and #32 (std).

Comments from HITS Daily Double:

19/Interscope Idol contestant Haley Reinhart emerges with her well-received debut, Listen Up!, which is on target for 15-20k.

Eighth season Idol winner Kris Allen’s 19/RCA sophomore album, Thank You Camellia, is looking at 15-20k as well after his debut scored 80k out of the box in Nov. ‘09. It’s interesting to note, the contestant he defeated, Adam Lambert, entered at #1 last week with his second album, Trespassing, generating sales of 77k.

Album sales were down 9% vs. last week, down 6% vs. same week last year and down 1.5% year to date.

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage...ws08990m01

Those numbers come in lower than I had expected.

Depressing news to me. Is that site always accurate with their predictions? I am hoping that "Undone" and "oh my", with their surging popularity will boost her sales soon.

[Miguel]

Don't forget Haley also had her album leak before it went on sale.


At Best Buy, I found Haley's album on a back endcap. AL and KA's and others were facing the mine aisle under new releases. There were 7 Haley CDs in stock. At Wal-mart, they had 2 standard and 2 deluxe albums in stock in the New Releases section.

[Flask Man]

Depressing news to me. Is that site always accurate with their predictions? I am hoping that "Undone" and "oh my", with their surging popularity will boost her sales soon.

Yeah, they're usually accurate. Sometimes they revise upward or downward the next day, but yeah, depressing is the right word.

Worse still, her biggest promo is behind her. Moving forward, the new Idols will be signed to 19/Interscope and releasing singles, albums, getting promo, etc., and Haley has no summer tour to pump up sales. Lalla is the only significant event until a still yet to be determined fall tour.

Let's hope she miraculously outsells the history that comes with that debut number. If it holds true to form, she might be looking for a new label by this time next year.

[LegallyReinhart]

Oh boo hoo. Haley didn't sell like an established artist.

Let's wallow about it instead of supporting her and being positive!

[midnightblues]

I don't know so much about how the sales work with iTunes and Amazon, and overall sales and being number three on the pop chart. When I was growing up it was black or white. You're either number one or trying to get to that position music and the industry has changed so much. But that's irrelevant, her album as only been out a few days. I would rather not come to the conclusion that she was not successful after all, when she was on Idol she wasn't a strong runner at first, but then slowly succeeded I hope people don't jump ship on her yet give it some time. The sad thing her record label could very well drop her if sales continue to decline. They did it with Crystal Bowersox. She still a young artist she will do well. I'm not to give up on the Hales. A lot of artists don't make all their profits on album sales but doing concerts ,that's where the money is. Lots of touring.

[gillyking]

Oh boo hoo. Haley didn't sell like an established artist.

Let's wallow about it instead of supporting her and being positive!

@LegallyR..., it is what it is, so obviously some folks are dissappointed because we are all such fans of hers..... Hell, she gets more support here than probably anywhere outside of her home! What I'm hoping is that her management will keep getting her some gigs.. The late night TV shows, maybe appearances on other TV shows, some more ballpark Natl Anthems, anywhere that she's on camera is a winner for our gal.. another video wouldn't be a bad thing either. Maybe a few strategic "cameo's" on the Idol Summer Tour too! Whatever.. I firmly believe that she'll become mega-established and not in the too distant future!
I'm actually thinking that although kind of off the main path of her album, the ballad UNDONE, is going to blowup huge