Carrie Underwood fans fall hard for 'Cowboy Casanova'
I realize it's late, but I do have some Nielsen SoundScan information for last week. Carrie Underwood's Cowboy Casanova had the biggest-selling American Idol track of the week, debuting with more than 110,000 downloads. Kris Allen's Live Like We're Dying, which was available only for a couple days, had nearly 16,000 downloads -- the figures that come from SoundScan this week should give a truer picture of the track's appeal.
Having been reminded that the Now That's What I Call Music! compilations usually include an Idol track or two, I've started adding them to the weekly sales totals. For instance, the Chriss Ortega Radio Mix of Kelly Clarkson's My Life Would Suck Without You appears on the new Now That's What I Call Club Hits.
Digital tracks:
Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (110,000, debut, 110,000 total)
Kelly Clarkson, Already Gone (47,000, +3 percent, 390,000)
Jordin Sparks, Battlefield [Main Version] (31,000 -8 percent, 998,000)
Daughtry, No Surprise (21,000, -10 percent, 803,000)
Kris Allen, Live Like We're Dying (16,000, debut, 16,000)
Kellie Pickler, Best Days of Your Life (9,000, -8 percent, 824,000)
Albums:
Various, Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (17,000, -23 percent, 684,000 total/23,000 digital total)
Daughtry, Leave This Town (16,000, -13 percent, 661,000/2,000 digital, -13 percent, 123,000 digital total)
Various, Now That's What I Call Club Hits (14,000, debut, 14,000/2,000 digital, debut, 2,000 digital total)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country Vol. 2 (12,000, -15 percent, 100,000)
Soundtrack, Hannah Montana 3 (8,000, -17 percent, 450,000)
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (6,000, -5 percent, 711,000/1,000 digital, -27 percent, 154,000 digital total)
Jordin Sparks, Battlefield (4,000, -9 percent, 117,000)
Various, Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (3,000, -24 percent, 699,000)
Kellie Pickler, Kellie Pickler (3,000, -4 percent, 314,000)
