Chart News: Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox - Billboard and SoundScan Numbers
From USA Today:
American Idol winner Lee DeWyze placed five tracks, plus his duet with runner-up Crystal Bowersox, on Nielsen SoundScan's Top Digital Tracks chart this week.Lee DeWyze, Beautiful Day (95,000, debut, 95,000)
Lee DeWyze, Hallelujah (63,000, debut, 63,000)
Crystal Bowersox, Up to the Mountain (49,000, debut, 49,000)
Lee DeWyze & Crystal Bowersox, Falling Slowly (44,000, debut, 44,000)
Lee DeWyze, The Boxer (26,000, debut, 26,000)
Lee DeWyze, Everybody Hurts (22,000, debut, 22,000)
Crystal Bowersox, Black Velvet (15,000, debut, 15,000)
Crystal Bowersox, Me and Bobby McGee (14,000, debut, 14,000)
Lee DeWyze, Simple Man (14,000, debut, 14,000)
Source USA Today
From Billboard:
This past week was the first of the current "Idol" season where the sales were transmitted to SoundScan, and thus, we see DeWyze and Bowersox arrive on the Digital Songs chart. DeWyze's top seller is his cover of U2's "Beautiful Day," which bows at No. 12 with 95,000. Bowersox's biggest is her rendition of Patty Griffin's "Up to the Mountain," debuting at No. 32 with 49,000.DeWyze also posts entries on the 75-position chart with "Hallelujah" (No. 20; 63,000), "Falling Slowly" (with Bowersox, No. 38; 44,000) and "The Boxer" (No. 61; 26,000). Bowersox debuts with only the two previously mentioned titles.
Last year, winner Kris Allen sold 134,000 downloads of the original tune "No Boundaries" in its first week, entering at No. 4. Runner-up Adam Lambert's best-seller was his redux of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" with 115,000 (No. 7). Each of the two gents posted five debuts on the Digital Songs chart.
Two years ago, champion David Cook moved 236,000 of "The Time of My Life" (No. 1) while second-placer David Archuleta's biggest single during finale week was his cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" (71,000; No. 16). Cook wowed the list with 14 individual debuts, while Archuleta managed three.
Source Billboard