David Archuleta - Photos from the CD

David-HQ has stunning -- stunning -- new pictures of David Archuleta from the CD photoshoot.

Countdown to 11/11

All in moderation guys. I have some tidbits which I will write about in the coming days.

At Rickey TV last night I talked about what we need to do on 11/11 to help David Archuleta's CD become successful. I think we need to be realistic with our goals. Since T-Pain and Taylor Swift are also releasing albums on that week, David has some competition. I think a #1 CD is not totally out of the equation, but I think we should gun for a strong #2 at the very least, much like Jennifer Hudson's debut a couple of weeks ago. In fact, I think we should beat Jennifer Hudson's first week sales of 217,000 units sold -- that's a MUST. It's all about units guys, Jennifer Hudson's sales could have easily been #1 on any other week. So if David Archuleta sells at least 217,000 units on 11/11 I am going to be ecstatic whether or not he is #1 that week.

The second stage is sustained growth for the CD. This is where Jordin Sparks comes in. Jordin had the lowest debut week in American Idol history selling 119,000 units in November last year. She however has gone on to sell 932,000 units as of last month, which indicates that she has staying power. By comparison Taylor Hicks started with 298,000 units, but ended up selling 703,000 units in 2 years. I would love to see David Archuleta's CD sell consistently throughout the year just like Jordin's. Promos by his record label will help, but we can do our part as fans to spread the word about David Archuleta -- door-to-door if we have to! There is also our "gifting" campaign which justifies one person buying multiple copies -- it's for others. We can do a "convert 11 new David Archuleta fans" from now until 11/11 and beyond.

C'mon Archeys, let's do this!

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