Kris Allen - 80K for First Week - Nielsen SoundScan
OK, this is a lower number than what we posted yesterday. USA Today posted some numbers for the Idols and Kris Allen will finish #11 this week selling just over 80,000 copies, officially giving Kris Allen the lowest opening-week sales of any American Idol winner.
Adam Lambert's early recording album Take One sold a respectable 11,000 copies.
Update: Here are the numbers from Billboard:
1. John Mayer "Battle Studies" - 286,000
2. Andrea Bocelli "My Christmas" - 185,000
3. Norah Jones "The Fall" - 180,000
4. Casting Crowns "Until the Whole World Hears" - 167,000
5. 50 Cent "Before I Self Destruct" - 160,000
6. Justin Bieber "My World" - 137,000
7. Michael Jackson "This Is It" - 96,000
8. Twilight Saga New Moon Soundtrack - 93,000
9. Carrie Underwood "Play On" - 86,000
10. Taylor Swift "Fearless" 84,000 (note that this album debuted last year at #1 when David Archuleta released his album which debuted at #2 -- wow, Taylor, beastly!)
11. Kris Allen "Kris Allen" - 80,000
So Taylor Swift beat both Kris Allen and David Archuleta and is dating Taylor Lautner. Ugh. We're rivals! LOL