How Many Albums Will Kris Allen Sell First Week? Poll Results

Is it that time again? When I am the only person on Earth who believes in Kris Allen? Last week I wrote that Kris Allen would end up #1 on the charts when his album drops on Nov. 17 because I thought the iTunes Pre-Orders would give him a boost. A lot of you disagree.

Moreover, 60% of the votes thought Kris Allen would not reach the 100,000 mark, and 30% thought he would not even reach 50,000. Ouch. If that happens, Kris Allen would be the lowest selling American Idol winner of all time in first week of sales. Jordin Sparks holds that record right now when she sold 119,000 copies of her album during the first week, but because of a couple of great singles she sold a million copies after a year passing Taylor Hicks in total sales.

Though a lot of you disagree with me, I still believe that Kris Allen will do better than Jordin Sparks in the first week, and will have better overall sales than Taylor Hicks.

However, as I was reminded last night on our Wild Angels show, I also predicted last year that David Archuleta would be #1 -- but Taylor Swift debuted at #1 that week on the Billboard 200 selling 592,304 copies with "Fearless". Her album would then go on to sell 4 million+ copies and is still in the charts now at #17. David Archuleta also did not pass Jennifer Hudson in total sales, which was one our benchmarks. Oh well.

For this week: Adam Lambert! How do you rate "Time for Miracles"?

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