2007 American Idol Winner Jordin Spark’s Debut C.D. Flops!
Jordin Sparks, the winner of the sixth and most recent season of “American Idol” (who many thought was the most marketable of the shows winners) probably won’t be thrilled when she learns her album has turned out the lowest first week numbers of a debut issued by any of the shows previous winners. Jordin Sparks enters next week’s chart at #10 (the sole new release to crack the top 10) with little more than 119,100 units sold.
Comparatively, season-one victor Kelly Clarkson’s 2003 debut “Thankful” opened at #1 with 297,400 scans, while season two “Idol” Ruben Studdard’s 2003 LP “Soulful” also entered at #1, selling 416,600 units. These numbers have not been able to be duplicated by any “Idol” winner to follow.
America’s third “Idol,” Fantasia Barrino, sold more than 239,000 copies of her 2004 debut “Free Yourself” to bow at #8. While season-four champ Underwood’s 2005 opus “Some Hearts” opened at #2 with sales of 315,000. Her latest album “Carnival Ride” debuted at #1 and has already been certified a hit.
The last man standing at the conclusion of the shows fifth season, the salt-and-pepper-pelted Taylor Hicks, sold more than 298,000 copies of his 2006 eponymous debut to enter the chart at #2. At the time people thought that Hick’s debut was the beginning of the end of the “Idol” craze. As it stands it looks like the joke is actually on Sparks.
Are these the signs of the end of “American Idol”? If the writer’s strike continues this may be the biggest “Idol” yet. But apparently “Idol” viewers doesn’t mean “Idol” buyers. The formula for “Idol” is getting old, Paula Abdul has become a public joke and the talent has become stale. After the whole Sanjaya season I for one am tired of the hoopla surrounding this show.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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