Hicks Comes in Decent
Despite what Drudge says on his site, Taylor Hicks debut CD is selling well. It just failed to debut at #1 this week.
“Idol" season-five winner Taylor Hicks got the good news and bad news Wednesday when his debut sold 298,000 but came in at No. 2 behind Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy, whose sophomore disc “The Inspiration” (Def Jam) sold 352,000 copies in the week ended Sunday.
As sales go, Hicks wasn’t that far behind the debut of season-four winner Carrie Underwood, whose “Some Hearts” sold 315,000 in its first week.
Hicks’ self-titled disc barely edged the debut of Kelly Clarkson, whose “Thankful” moved 297,000 copies when it was released in April 2003.
The top dog among the “Idol” champs is Ruben Studdard, who sold 417,000 copies of his debut when it was released in December 2003.
His single the Runaround has not shot up the charts yet. Hopefully it will. It seems Christ Daughtry’s CD is also doing well. I notice one of his songs is getting airplay on the Adult Contemporary channel I listen to on XM. But his CD has been out over a month now. We’ll see how Taylor does. I think many Idols do better on their second album. Both Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood really took off with their follow up CDs. I never watched Idol until season 4, so I missed Clarkson, but I have become a fan of her recent stuff. And Carrie Underwood has really gotten good.
All the season 5 Idols who recorded CDs so far have put out decent stuff. I recommend Elliot Yamin’s Christmas song on iTunes, as well.
By the way, Taylor has a book coming out in April.
Glad to see your site back up and running. I hope all goes well.
Taylor’s first week numbers have made me very proud. I think he did very well, especially while not having a single getting air play. I look forward to the CD going gold and think it will very soon. I hope the PTB don’t wait as long to make the gold announcement for this album as they did for the single over the summer.
Posted by on 12/20 at 10:09 PMThat’s the rub about Drudge…
As much as I appreciate the links to other sites on his page and the political stories NOT covered by the MSM, the overall tone of the site is decidedly very negative.
There was a time I would go over the Drudge Report many times in a day, but it’s gotten to the point I might only glance at it once or twice.
Posted by on 12/21 at 01:01 AMIt’s very tabloid. He’s going for sensation most of the time. Like his idol, Walter Winchell, who became kind of a joke in the end.
I do appreciate his site for the reasons you cite. But I prefer real news to tabloid headlines.
Posted by on 12/21 at 01:13 AM
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