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Does William Hung belong on a list of American Idol contestants' CD sales? He was a failed auditioner, he wasn't even a contestant that got a gold ticket. AllDone ( talk) 00:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
WILLIAM HUNG HAS SOLD 990,000 OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IT WENT PLATINUM...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
There are several EPs on the list but for some reason, people keep removing the EP from Clay. There is no reason to include EPs from Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and even Haley Scarnato and NOT include Clay. We should either omit ALL EPs or include them. My own view is to exclude all EPs from this master list and people can find EPs and pre-Idol albums and other comprehensive information on the individual artist page. But the key thing is just to be consistent. MarcoNYC ( talk) 00:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree. The EPs, especially the ones only selling around 100 copies, are a waste of space. They should be excluded, or listed seperatley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.140.37 ( talk) 05:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
If EPs are not going to be listed along with other albums, which I think they should, as long as it is consistent for all AI alumni, their sales should still be reflected in the Albums Sales Total. If Clay's EP is removed, then they should all be removed. Likewise, if they are to stay then Clay's should be put back.
AllDone (
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05:46, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I feel that EP's should be included because you have: Jordin Sparks, Clay Aiken, David Cook, Sanjaya Malakar, George Huff, Diana Degarmo, Carmen Rasmusen, and several others..... When I say EP I mean actual album with 5 songs, etc. I dont mean electronic downloads —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
According to the RIAA certification scale and the Wikipedia page on Music recording sales certification and the page on RIAA an album needs to sell 1M copies to be certified Platinum. But someone marked Taylor Hicks album at 701K sales as platinum. Why? It should be listed as Gold, unless someone got the info from some other certified source. Tedying ( talk) 21:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay--I see that that RIAA site does have Taylor Hicks album certified as GOLD and PLATINUM. Now the questions is, why is Jordin Sparks album listed as GOLD when the RIAA site does not have her listed in the searchable database, i.e. they have not yet certified the album, but this Wiki page has it listed as Gold. Tedying ( talk) 18:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Since 2006 and possibly earlier, RCA has referred to Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man as "triple platinum and counting" That statement is also included in Clay's BIO on the RCA website. I believe that RCA is a reliable and legitimate source for information about their own artists. Clay should have 3x platinum on his sales summary for MOAM.
A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS is bound to please the millions of fans who loved 2003's MEASURE OF MAN (triple platinum and counting)
[2] Artists/Clay Aiken/Read Bio
AllDone ( talk) 08:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a new Bio for Clay Aiken on his artist page at RCA Records. The new one says his debut CD is double platinum so the earlier reference I cited above is no longer there or accurate.
AllDone ( talk) 23:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Clay Aiken's 4th album " On My Way Here" is officially on its way, Due May 6th, per Reuters and Billboard.com [3]
AllDone ( talk) 08:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
In addition to giving no sources for any info, this article is prone to being out-of-date frequently and being a non-encyclopedic topic. Unless there is substantial change in the near future, or reasonable discussion, I'm going to redirect this page. - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 15:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
One thing that might help make it more encyclopedic is to put reference dates for when the information was last updated. That in addition to the referenced footnotes should help make the information better. Tedying ( talk) 21:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Should her album, Songs from the Attic, go on here? I think its sold something like 16,000 copies already. icelandic hur ricane #12 (talk) 14:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
jordin sparks is the 7th best selling american idol not kellie pickler, can you change that?? because jordin sold around 800k while kellie just sold around 700k —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hungry03 ( talk • contribs) 07:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
BROOKE WHITE "SONGS FROM THE ATTIC" SOLD 22,000 COPIES-- RPaulley24 ( talk) 16:13, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Jordin Sparks fans are over-anxious to record her sales figures on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, as of 7/28/2008, she is still not certified by RIAA. Billboard lists and Idol Chatter lists are not independently certified lists. Wikipedia (and the top-AI alumni page) explicitly use the RIAA certifications. As of 7/28/2008, the RIAA searchable database (which can be found at www.riaa.com) lists the following for artist Jordin Sparks. So, only her singles have been certified by RIAA. As soon as RIAA certifies the shipment/sales, it can updated on this page.
Search Results
SPARKS, JORDIN
Title TATTOO
Certification Date 02/13/2008
Label JIVE
Award Description GOLD
Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title TATTOO Certification Date 02/13/2008 Label JIVE Award Description PLATINUM Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title NO AIR Certification Date 04/10/2008 Label ZOMBA Award Description GOLD Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title NO AIR Certification Date 04/10/2008 Label ZOMBA Award Description PLATINUM Format SINGLE
Tedying ( talk) 15:29, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Finally certified platinum. I guess Jive decided to wait until then to submit the paperwork and then do a 2-for-1? CrazyC83 ( talk) 02:44, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
so ugh, i changed the table but i guess i need to discuss it. basically, this view i feel works better, saying 1st album 2nd album 3 album doesnt really work well becuase these albums are released after different seasons. so that effects album sales since people like kelly clarkson have had a 5 year headstart against like Jordin Sparks. so if you display it in a chart with each year you can understand the album sales better. if that makes sense. just my opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.162.171 ( talk) 03:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I was watching Fox's New Year's Eve coverage and on the show David Cook was given his first platinum record, so should he be put on the first table now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.193.229 ( talk) 18:58, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
yOU NEED TO ADD "ANALOG HEART" TO DAVIDS SECTION AND HE SOLD 2,000 COPIES. HE SAID IT HIMSELF ON TV LAST NIGHT —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, shouldn't there be another table wherein the albums themselves are sorted and not the contestants. Having the contestants ranked isn't much of a fair play since Kelly Clarkson has been in the business since her win 8 or 7 years ago.
We can see, if the albums are sorted, who was the best-selling AI alumni by album, who isn't Clarkson.
-- Ja 1207 ( talk) 06:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
NIKKI MCKIBBIN "UNLEASHED" AMANDA OVERMYER "SOLIDIFY" BRANDON ROGERS "AUTOMATIC" CLAY AIKEN "ALL IS WELL" CARMEN RASMUSEN "CARMEN" GEORGE HUFF "GEORGE HUFF," "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN" DIANA DEGARMO "UNPLUGGED IN NASHVILLE" SANJAYA MALAKAR "DANCING TO THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD" DAVID COOK "ANAGLOG HEART" CARLY SMITHSON "ULTIMATE HIGH" BROOKE WHITE "SONGS FROM THE ATTIC" JORDIN SPARKS "FROM NOW" KRISTY LEE COOK "DEVOTED" MATT GIRAUD "MIND, BODY, SOUL," "MY PRESPECTIVE" SCOTT MACINTYRE "THE GUARANTEE"
YOUR MISSING SO MANY ALBUMS FROM THE LIST....................... —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Colons have been added to, "First Album," "Second Album," "Third Album," "Fourth Album," and "Fifth Album"; Obviously, after a colon numerous things can be listed, but without the usage of the colon, english grammer is wrong indicated by numerous grammatical sites.
Thanks.
74.184.100.154 ( talk) 00:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Edited March 16, 2009. == Colons Usage == corrected to == Colon Usage==
Thanks.
74.184.100.154 ( talk) 00:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Why is his new album "George Huff" which I bought from Best buy not included, as well as Amanda Overmyers "Solidify"-- RPaulley24 ( talk) 16:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
He has sold 53,000 copies of "All IS Well" which is the album in between "On My Way" and "A Thousand Days" —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Please justify why 4000+ characters of sourced material needs to be removed from this article. Unitanode 02:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
This article includes many listings that are by no means "top selling." I have attempted to remove the most outrageous ones: those that have sold only 50,000 or less, but have been repeatedly reverted by another editor here. No established industry source would consider releases that sell less than 50,000 to be "top-selling" and their inclusion in this article discredits the entire article as ill-informed. Some reasonable threshold should be established--50,000 or higher, I would propose--and this article trimmed accordingly. Here is a reasonably assembled independent source that lists "top selling" as being seven million or greater: [4]. The threshold at mainstream music sites and publications have similar thresholds, and some even higher than that. No one with a straight face can say intelligently that a release with 20,000 sales is "top-selling." Such sales are, in fact, bottom-selling, and their inclusion makes this entire article laughable. PAWiki ( talk) 03:01, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be acknowledged somewhere that these are domestic sales only? I know Clarkson's been certified in several other countries, and other Idols like Underwood have been certified in Canada, but those sales aren't included here. So this is misleading to say these are alumni album sales when they're domestic-only. 141.150.178.251 ( talk) 22:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Though I find the arguments against "top-selling" basically without merit, I have boldly renamed this article, so as to remove that issue from the table as an argument against including sales of all alumni. Unitanode 13:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay these drive-by anon edits changing Jordin Sparks's sales numbers are really starting to annoy me. According to them Jordin is sold 3,000 albums for each of the past weeks. Each edit is the only edit made by the anon editor with no new source to confirm these sales numbers and no edit summary. If these edits continue, I feel there is going to be no recourse but to seek semi-protection for the article. Aspects ( talk) 14:49, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
The work was recorded before Idol, so I consider it a pre-Idol recording. It may have been released after Idol, but the material was around before that. I don't see how it can be considered a post-Idol work. I'll wait for a consensus to stop the constant editing. 68.149.239.203 ( talk) 18:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
I was checking on some numbers and noticed that some of the references no longer work, either they have been moved elsewhere or the url deleted. For example I cannot find the webpage referenced for the sales number of Phil Stacey first album (referenced also for Eliot Yamin's My Kind Of Holiday). Spent a long time going through Idol Chatter but can't find any sign of that page. Can someone go over the references just to make sure that are all correct? Hzh ( talk) 19:33, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
It has been certified Gold [5]. Can someone please add this to the first chart? 76.1.49.0 ( talk) 18:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Can someone add Adam Lambert's Acoustic Live EP to the list? Couldn't find the sales figures but RCA may be able to provide them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guerreraflo ( talk • contribs) 15:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Mandisa's sales total should be 199,200 not 257,200. Putting Mandisa behind Kimberley Locke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:32, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Some of the references are unreliable or non-existent.
Mario Vazquez's totals for example, are sourced wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:33, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Justin Guarini's second album. His sales should be 134,000 NOT 143,000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Phil Stacy's first album. Without a reference his total albums sales should be 15,000 copies. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 23:01, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
The reference for George Huff's first album is missing. Without that reference his total sales are 5,000 units for his second album, since that is the only referenced album. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 23:57, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
The most accessible up to date figure for Constantine Maroulis is 23,000 units. The source that says 25,000 is inaccessible. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:03, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Paris Bennett's 'A Royal Christmas' album. Without it, her total sales are 20,000 units. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:07, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
The reference for Ace Young's album is inaccessible. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
As posted by Billboard may5th 2010.
Make corrections please.
Kelly Clarkson All i Ever wanted Album Sales 50,000 more. Jordin Sparks total 1,300,000 Battlefield rates need raised. Fantasia total 2,300,000. Blake Lewis 367,000. Kris Allen 310,000. Adam Lambert 685,000 Take one sold 49,000. Kellie Pickler 1,300,000. Ruben Studdard 2,600,000.
Also Adam should be certified Gold, while Kelly is Platinum
This Billboard article includes sales from preIdol recordings and EPs, and also rounds to the nearest 100,000 units for contestants exceeding 1,000,000 units. This is why there are many Idols that have not had their numbers updated. I have updated the totals for Josh Gracin, Bo Bice and Elliott Yamin, but the problem is that the individual album tallies do not match the total. Should their totals have been updated since one cannot discover how they those totals were determined? Should the individual tallies be adjusted to account for the more recent totals? Edit wars may occur if this is done. 68.149.239.203 ( talk) 01:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-thursday-fox-tv-s-lee-glee-1004092826.story
Also Lee DeWyze album slumberland landed #32 on charts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.39.7.72 ( talk) 03:02, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
I see there is some conflict about Blake's number. It seems that the 321K number comes from the Top 24 minus the EP number. The problem I see with this method is that we can't be sure about the EP number from that reference given because more may have been sold since. Are we sure not more of the EP have been sold? Perhaps we should use 315K (305K for ADD plus 10K I think the last known figure for Heartbreak on vinyl). Hzh ( talk) 18:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
A more recent number I can find for ADD is 308K - http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/07/01/blake-lewis-idol-heartbreak-on-vinyl/ Hzh ( talk) 11:05, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
I see that the album list excludes digital-only albums. I'm not sure why they are excluded, is there a reasonable explanation? This needs to be tackled because digital download is increasing, and it will only be a matter of time before you see a lot more digital-only albums. Hzh ( talk) 14:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Paul Grein number of 10,583,000 was dated June 9. The Idol Chatter numbers are dated April 21 and May 12, apart All I Ever Wanted which at June 16 was 870,000. So at June 16 the total was 10,559,000 using Idol chatter number only, a difference of 24K. Since All I Ever Wanted was selling at ~2K that week, we would need to remove that to bring it to the June 9 date, that leaves a difference ~26K. To bring the 3 albums up to the June 9 date you need to add around 18 weeks of sales in total for the 3 albums, and that's only roughly just 1.4K a week for each album. It's an entirely reasonable number, and there is absolutely no sign of any 30K+ pre-Idol album in there. I would actually expect Kelly's number to be well over 10,600,000 by now. Hzh ( talk) 02:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
One persistent problem we encountered here is the total number of units sold for each artist, because many figures include EPs and pre-Idol albums, which this table specifically excludes. Now, again, others are putting in numbers which include EPs and pre-Idol albums to the artists total. I think this is not something worth worrying about, and one solution might be to just leave the total number as it is, but list only the major album releases, and leave a note that the total includes EPs or pre-Idol albums. This might also solve one of the problems we are having with this table - too many albums listed, and some of them aren't really of great interest, especially the compilation albums which aren't really new work. Also that Clay Aiken double album shouldn't really be listed because it is just a re-release of 2 old albums, it is certainly not a new album. If we remove those (or put those in the footnote as a brief list, or just put them down as simply "others" that include pre-Idol album, EPs, compilation, double albums, etc.), that will at least relieve the issue of having too many columns, and then just include their sales figure in the total. Hzh ( talk) 22:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Taylor Hick's debut album sales numbers were recently updated to 809K but this is for world-wide sales according to the album's wiki. The last sales figure for Taylor Hicks' first album was from the week ending July 12, 2008 and total sales were 704,000 (from Idol Chatter) and the album was only selling a hundred or less a week at that point, so it is unlikely it sold another hundred thousand in 2 years. Please correct this as it makes the other rankings inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.98.245 ( talk) 03:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm wondering what is the opinion about Adam Lambert's numbers posted here. They are provided by the mod at Adam's official website set up by Sony Music/RCA, and therefore presumably someone who is affiliated with RCA who has access to official Soundscan data. Numbers have also been supplied by the mod at David Cook official website, I would assume they may turn up at other official fan sites as well. I personally have no problem with the mod as a source, and I'm fairly certain the numbers are legitimate, but I'm not sure how to treat these numbers because you would need to frequent all those official websites to know which source is trustworthy, and I don't. The Adam and David Cook ones would be OK I think, but I have no idea about any other official websites. I would like to hear other people's opinions on that. Hzh ( talk) 07:02, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm now reconsidering putting compilation albums back into the table, there are very few of these, so it may not make much difference. Would appreciate any opinion on this. Hzh ( talk) 17:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
As anyone who follows the album sales figures issued will know they have changed the way sales are calculated - there are now two sets of official numbers, one of them is the traditional album sales, the other is the album units sold, which is actually a combination of actual albums sold, plus streams and track equivalent albums (TEA). Billboard currently reports both sets of numbers, but makes the distinction between them as albums and units sold. The issue now is therefore whether we should keep the old set of numbers, or start using the new ones. Personally I think we should keep the numbers as traditional album sold because that is how all the numbers on the page are given, if we start changing only for some of them, then it will introduce errors and inconsistency.
I foresee a time when Billboard will only report the new album sales formulation, and we will need to change, but until then, I think it would be better to keep thing as it is. An alternative will to be use both sets of numbers (give one in parentheses say), but that may be too cumbersome. Hzh ( talk) 00:59, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
The figure for Kelly Clarkson's most recent album is almost a year old and needs an update. It would have sold some during her tour last year and then there was a recent large sales spike due to her emotional performance of title track on Idol. 2600:1001:B103:4847:294F:9D65:7CCD:8A4C ( talk) 21:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Why no respect for this request? 2600:1002:B110:D7D1:C0D8:D3A5:7179:820 ( talk) 13:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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What is the rationale behind dividing this list into those with RIAA certifications and those without? The list is really showing and counting sales figures, for which it doesn't matter if the artist ever had an RIAA certification or not. In other words, this list is not like List of best-selling albums in the United States, which for the most part really is based on RIAA certification numbers.
In particular, the current division scheme unfairly treats Mandisa. People who listen to contemporary Christian radio tell me that Mandisa gets played a lot on those stations, and this is reflected in her continuing strength in sales over multiple albums. If you look at the combined sales figures for her fourth and fifth albums, you will see that they are better than those of anyone's combined fourth and fifth albums in the top section other than Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. That's an indication of a real career, whereas many of the people in the top section had one big seller followed by a steep drop-off.
As a suggestion, you could make the cutoff between sections to be 500,000 in sales, which is the rough equivalent of having had one gold record. That will still make the article manageable, but will promote Mandisa to the appropriate spot in the top section and give her career more of the prominence it has merited. Wasted Time R ( talk) 23:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Will the IP editor stop using equivalent album units for sales figures? These are sales figures + streams + singles, and are therefore not true sales figures. This article is about sales. Also you cannot have a single singer using the equivalent album units while while the others are using pure sales figures. It distorts everything. Hzh ( talk) 10:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
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Does William Hung belong on a list of American Idol contestants' CD sales? He was a failed auditioner, he wasn't even a contestant that got a gold ticket. AllDone ( talk) 00:59, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
WILLIAM HUNG HAS SOLD 990,000 OF HIS FIRST ALBUM IT WENT PLATINUM...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:05, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
There are several EPs on the list but for some reason, people keep removing the EP from Clay. There is no reason to include EPs from Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and even Haley Scarnato and NOT include Clay. We should either omit ALL EPs or include them. My own view is to exclude all EPs from this master list and people can find EPs and pre-Idol albums and other comprehensive information on the individual artist page. But the key thing is just to be consistent. MarcoNYC ( talk) 00:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree. The EPs, especially the ones only selling around 100 copies, are a waste of space. They should be excluded, or listed seperatley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.69.140.37 ( talk) 05:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
If EPs are not going to be listed along with other albums, which I think they should, as long as it is consistent for all AI alumni, their sales should still be reflected in the Albums Sales Total. If Clay's EP is removed, then they should all be removed. Likewise, if they are to stay then Clay's should be put back.
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I feel that EP's should be included because you have: Jordin Sparks, Clay Aiken, David Cook, Sanjaya Malakar, George Huff, Diana Degarmo, Carmen Rasmusen, and several others..... When I say EP I mean actual album with 5 songs, etc. I dont mean electronic downloads —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:04, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
According to the RIAA certification scale and the Wikipedia page on Music recording sales certification and the page on RIAA an album needs to sell 1M copies to be certified Platinum. But someone marked Taylor Hicks album at 701K sales as platinum. Why? It should be listed as Gold, unless someone got the info from some other certified source. Tedying ( talk) 21:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay--I see that that RIAA site does have Taylor Hicks album certified as GOLD and PLATINUM. Now the questions is, why is Jordin Sparks album listed as GOLD when the RIAA site does not have her listed in the searchable database, i.e. they have not yet certified the album, but this Wiki page has it listed as Gold. Tedying ( talk) 18:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Since 2006 and possibly earlier, RCA has referred to Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man as "triple platinum and counting" That statement is also included in Clay's BIO on the RCA website. I believe that RCA is a reliable and legitimate source for information about their own artists. Clay should have 3x platinum on his sales summary for MOAM.
A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS is bound to please the millions of fans who loved 2003's MEASURE OF MAN (triple platinum and counting)
[2] Artists/Clay Aiken/Read Bio
AllDone ( talk) 08:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
There is a new Bio for Clay Aiken on his artist page at RCA Records. The new one says his debut CD is double platinum so the earlier reference I cited above is no longer there or accurate.
AllDone ( talk) 23:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Clay Aiken's 4th album " On My Way Here" is officially on its way, Due May 6th, per Reuters and Billboard.com [3]
AllDone ( talk) 08:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
In addition to giving no sources for any info, this article is prone to being out-of-date frequently and being a non-encyclopedic topic. Unless there is substantial change in the near future, or reasonable discussion, I'm going to redirect this page. - Mdsummermsw ( talk) 15:41, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
One thing that might help make it more encyclopedic is to put reference dates for when the information was last updated. That in addition to the referenced footnotes should help make the information better. Tedying ( talk) 21:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Should her album, Songs from the Attic, go on here? I think its sold something like 16,000 copies already. icelandic hur ricane #12 (talk) 14:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
jordin sparks is the 7th best selling american idol not kellie pickler, can you change that?? because jordin sold around 800k while kellie just sold around 700k —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hungry03 ( talk • contribs) 07:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
BROOKE WHITE "SONGS FROM THE ATTIC" SOLD 22,000 COPIES-- RPaulley24 ( talk) 16:13, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Jordin Sparks fans are over-anxious to record her sales figures on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, as of 7/28/2008, she is still not certified by RIAA. Billboard lists and Idol Chatter lists are not independently certified lists. Wikipedia (and the top-AI alumni page) explicitly use the RIAA certifications. As of 7/28/2008, the RIAA searchable database (which can be found at www.riaa.com) lists the following for artist Jordin Sparks. So, only her singles have been certified by RIAA. As soon as RIAA certifies the shipment/sales, it can updated on this page.
Search Results
SPARKS, JORDIN
Title TATTOO
Certification Date 02/13/2008
Label JIVE
Award Description GOLD
Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title TATTOO Certification Date 02/13/2008 Label JIVE Award Description PLATINUM Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title NO AIR Certification Date 04/10/2008 Label ZOMBA Award Description GOLD Format SINGLE
SPARKS, JORDIN Title NO AIR Certification Date 04/10/2008 Label ZOMBA Award Description PLATINUM Format SINGLE
Tedying ( talk) 15:29, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Finally certified platinum. I guess Jive decided to wait until then to submit the paperwork and then do a 2-for-1? CrazyC83 ( talk) 02:44, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
so ugh, i changed the table but i guess i need to discuss it. basically, this view i feel works better, saying 1st album 2nd album 3 album doesnt really work well becuase these albums are released after different seasons. so that effects album sales since people like kelly clarkson have had a 5 year headstart against like Jordin Sparks. so if you display it in a chart with each year you can understand the album sales better. if that makes sense. just my opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.214.162.171 ( talk) 03:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I was watching Fox's New Year's Eve coverage and on the show David Cook was given his first platinum record, so should he be put on the first table now? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.193.229 ( talk) 18:58, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
yOU NEED TO ADD "ANALOG HEART" TO DAVIDS SECTION AND HE SOLD 2,000 COPIES. HE SAID IT HIMSELF ON TV LAST NIGHT —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:07, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Hey, shouldn't there be another table wherein the albums themselves are sorted and not the contestants. Having the contestants ranked isn't much of a fair play since Kelly Clarkson has been in the business since her win 8 or 7 years ago.
We can see, if the albums are sorted, who was the best-selling AI alumni by album, who isn't Clarkson.
-- Ja 1207 ( talk) 06:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
NIKKI MCKIBBIN "UNLEASHED" AMANDA OVERMYER "SOLIDIFY" BRANDON ROGERS "AUTOMATIC" CLAY AIKEN "ALL IS WELL" CARMEN RASMUSEN "CARMEN" GEORGE HUFF "GEORGE HUFF," "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN" DIANA DEGARMO "UNPLUGGED IN NASHVILLE" SANJAYA MALAKAR "DANCING TO THE MUSIC IN MY HEAD" DAVID COOK "ANAGLOG HEART" CARLY SMITHSON "ULTIMATE HIGH" BROOKE WHITE "SONGS FROM THE ATTIC" JORDIN SPARKS "FROM NOW" KRISTY LEE COOK "DEVOTED" MATT GIRAUD "MIND, BODY, SOUL," "MY PRESPECTIVE" SCOTT MACINTYRE "THE GUARANTEE"
YOUR MISSING SO MANY ALBUMS FROM THE LIST....................... —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:11, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Colons have been added to, "First Album," "Second Album," "Third Album," "Fourth Album," and "Fifth Album"; Obviously, after a colon numerous things can be listed, but without the usage of the colon, english grammer is wrong indicated by numerous grammatical sites.
Thanks.
74.184.100.154 ( talk) 00:07, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Edited March 16, 2009. == Colons Usage == corrected to == Colon Usage==
Thanks.
74.184.100.154 ( talk) 00:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Why is his new album "George Huff" which I bought from Best buy not included, as well as Amanda Overmyers "Solidify"-- RPaulley24 ( talk) 16:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
He has sold 53,000 copies of "All IS Well" which is the album in between "On My Way" and "A Thousand Days" —Preceding unsigned comment added by RPaulley24 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
Please justify why 4000+ characters of sourced material needs to be removed from this article. Unitanode 02:33, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
This article includes many listings that are by no means "top selling." I have attempted to remove the most outrageous ones: those that have sold only 50,000 or less, but have been repeatedly reverted by another editor here. No established industry source would consider releases that sell less than 50,000 to be "top-selling" and their inclusion in this article discredits the entire article as ill-informed. Some reasonable threshold should be established--50,000 or higher, I would propose--and this article trimmed accordingly. Here is a reasonably assembled independent source that lists "top selling" as being seven million or greater: [4]. The threshold at mainstream music sites and publications have similar thresholds, and some even higher than that. No one with a straight face can say intelligently that a release with 20,000 sales is "top-selling." Such sales are, in fact, bottom-selling, and their inclusion makes this entire article laughable. PAWiki ( talk) 03:01, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be acknowledged somewhere that these are domestic sales only? I know Clarkson's been certified in several other countries, and other Idols like Underwood have been certified in Canada, but those sales aren't included here. So this is misleading to say these are alumni album sales when they're domestic-only. 141.150.178.251 ( talk) 22:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Though I find the arguments against "top-selling" basically without merit, I have boldly renamed this article, so as to remove that issue from the table as an argument against including sales of all alumni. Unitanode 13:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
Okay these drive-by anon edits changing Jordin Sparks's sales numbers are really starting to annoy me. According to them Jordin is sold 3,000 albums for each of the past weeks. Each edit is the only edit made by the anon editor with no new source to confirm these sales numbers and no edit summary. If these edits continue, I feel there is going to be no recourse but to seek semi-protection for the article. Aspects ( talk) 14:49, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
The work was recorded before Idol, so I consider it a pre-Idol recording. It may have been released after Idol, but the material was around before that. I don't see how it can be considered a post-Idol work. I'll wait for a consensus to stop the constant editing. 68.149.239.203 ( talk) 18:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
I was checking on some numbers and noticed that some of the references no longer work, either they have been moved elsewhere or the url deleted. For example I cannot find the webpage referenced for the sales number of Phil Stacey first album (referenced also for Eliot Yamin's My Kind Of Holiday). Spent a long time going through Idol Chatter but can't find any sign of that page. Can someone go over the references just to make sure that are all correct? Hzh ( talk) 19:33, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
It has been certified Gold [5]. Can someone please add this to the first chart? 76.1.49.0 ( talk) 18:07, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Can someone add Adam Lambert's Acoustic Live EP to the list? Couldn't find the sales figures but RCA may be able to provide them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guerreraflo ( talk • contribs) 15:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Mandisa's sales total should be 199,200 not 257,200. Putting Mandisa behind Kimberley Locke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:32, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
Some of the references are unreliable or non-existent.
Mario Vazquez's totals for example, are sourced wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:33, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Justin Guarini's second album. His sales should be 134,000 NOT 143,000 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 22:47, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Phil Stacy's first album. Without a reference his total albums sales should be 15,000 copies. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 23:01, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
The reference for George Huff's first album is missing. Without that reference his total sales are 5,000 units for his second album, since that is the only referenced album. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 23:57, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
The most accessible up to date figure for Constantine Maroulis is 23,000 units. The source that says 25,000 is inaccessible. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:03, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
There is no reference for Paris Bennett's 'A Royal Christmas' album. Without it, her total sales are 20,000 units. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:07, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
The reference for Ace Young's album is inaccessible. -- 69.116.103.93 ( talk) 00:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
As posted by Billboard may5th 2010.
Make corrections please.
Kelly Clarkson All i Ever wanted Album Sales 50,000 more. Jordin Sparks total 1,300,000 Battlefield rates need raised. Fantasia total 2,300,000. Blake Lewis 367,000. Kris Allen 310,000. Adam Lambert 685,000 Take one sold 49,000. Kellie Pickler 1,300,000. Ruben Studdard 2,600,000.
Also Adam should be certified Gold, while Kelly is Platinum
This Billboard article includes sales from preIdol recordings and EPs, and also rounds to the nearest 100,000 units for contestants exceeding 1,000,000 units. This is why there are many Idols that have not had their numbers updated. I have updated the totals for Josh Gracin, Bo Bice and Elliott Yamin, but the problem is that the individual album tallies do not match the total. Should their totals have been updated since one cannot discover how they those totals were determined? Should the individual tallies be adjusted to account for the more recent totals? Edit wars may occur if this is done. 68.149.239.203 ( talk) 01:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
http://www.billboard.com/#/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-thursday-fox-tv-s-lee-glee-1004092826.story
Also Lee DeWyze album slumberland landed #32 on charts —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.39.7.72 ( talk) 03:02, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
I see there is some conflict about Blake's number. It seems that the 321K number comes from the Top 24 minus the EP number. The problem I see with this method is that we can't be sure about the EP number from that reference given because more may have been sold since. Are we sure not more of the EP have been sold? Perhaps we should use 315K (305K for ADD plus 10K I think the last known figure for Heartbreak on vinyl). Hzh ( talk) 18:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
A more recent number I can find for ADD is 308K - http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/07/01/blake-lewis-idol-heartbreak-on-vinyl/ Hzh ( talk) 11:05, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
I see that the album list excludes digital-only albums. I'm not sure why they are excluded, is there a reasonable explanation? This needs to be tackled because digital download is increasing, and it will only be a matter of time before you see a lot more digital-only albums. Hzh ( talk) 14:52, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
Paul Grein number of 10,583,000 was dated June 9. The Idol Chatter numbers are dated April 21 and May 12, apart All I Ever Wanted which at June 16 was 870,000. So at June 16 the total was 10,559,000 using Idol chatter number only, a difference of 24K. Since All I Ever Wanted was selling at ~2K that week, we would need to remove that to bring it to the June 9 date, that leaves a difference ~26K. To bring the 3 albums up to the June 9 date you need to add around 18 weeks of sales in total for the 3 albums, and that's only roughly just 1.4K a week for each album. It's an entirely reasonable number, and there is absolutely no sign of any 30K+ pre-Idol album in there. I would actually expect Kelly's number to be well over 10,600,000 by now. Hzh ( talk) 02:27, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
One persistent problem we encountered here is the total number of units sold for each artist, because many figures include EPs and pre-Idol albums, which this table specifically excludes. Now, again, others are putting in numbers which include EPs and pre-Idol albums to the artists total. I think this is not something worth worrying about, and one solution might be to just leave the total number as it is, but list only the major album releases, and leave a note that the total includes EPs or pre-Idol albums. This might also solve one of the problems we are having with this table - too many albums listed, and some of them aren't really of great interest, especially the compilation albums which aren't really new work. Also that Clay Aiken double album shouldn't really be listed because it is just a re-release of 2 old albums, it is certainly not a new album. If we remove those (or put those in the footnote as a brief list, or just put them down as simply "others" that include pre-Idol album, EPs, compilation, double albums, etc.), that will at least relieve the issue of having too many columns, and then just include their sales figure in the total. Hzh ( talk) 22:31, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Taylor Hick's debut album sales numbers were recently updated to 809K but this is for world-wide sales according to the album's wiki. The last sales figure for Taylor Hicks' first album was from the week ending July 12, 2008 and total sales were 704,000 (from Idol Chatter) and the album was only selling a hundred or less a week at that point, so it is unlikely it sold another hundred thousand in 2 years. Please correct this as it makes the other rankings inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.102.98.245 ( talk) 03:17, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm wondering what is the opinion about Adam Lambert's numbers posted here. They are provided by the mod at Adam's official website set up by Sony Music/RCA, and therefore presumably someone who is affiliated with RCA who has access to official Soundscan data. Numbers have also been supplied by the mod at David Cook official website, I would assume they may turn up at other official fan sites as well. I personally have no problem with the mod as a source, and I'm fairly certain the numbers are legitimate, but I'm not sure how to treat these numbers because you would need to frequent all those official websites to know which source is trustworthy, and I don't. The Adam and David Cook ones would be OK I think, but I have no idea about any other official websites. I would like to hear other people's opinions on that. Hzh ( talk) 07:02, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm now reconsidering putting compilation albums back into the table, there are very few of these, so it may not make much difference. Would appreciate any opinion on this. Hzh ( talk) 17:06, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
As anyone who follows the album sales figures issued will know they have changed the way sales are calculated - there are now two sets of official numbers, one of them is the traditional album sales, the other is the album units sold, which is actually a combination of actual albums sold, plus streams and track equivalent albums (TEA). Billboard currently reports both sets of numbers, but makes the distinction between them as albums and units sold. The issue now is therefore whether we should keep the old set of numbers, or start using the new ones. Personally I think we should keep the numbers as traditional album sold because that is how all the numbers on the page are given, if we start changing only for some of them, then it will introduce errors and inconsistency.
I foresee a time when Billboard will only report the new album sales formulation, and we will need to change, but until then, I think it would be better to keep thing as it is. An alternative will to be use both sets of numbers (give one in parentheses say), but that may be too cumbersome. Hzh ( talk) 00:59, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
The figure for Kelly Clarkson's most recent album is almost a year old and needs an update. It would have sold some during her tour last year and then there was a recent large sales spike due to her emotional performance of title track on Idol. 2600:1001:B103:4847:294F:9D65:7CCD:8A4C ( talk) 21:19, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
Why no respect for this request? 2600:1002:B110:D7D1:C0D8:D3A5:7179:820 ( talk) 13:10, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
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What is the rationale behind dividing this list into those with RIAA certifications and those without? The list is really showing and counting sales figures, for which it doesn't matter if the artist ever had an RIAA certification or not. In other words, this list is not like List of best-selling albums in the United States, which for the most part really is based on RIAA certification numbers.
In particular, the current division scheme unfairly treats Mandisa. People who listen to contemporary Christian radio tell me that Mandisa gets played a lot on those stations, and this is reflected in her continuing strength in sales over multiple albums. If you look at the combined sales figures for her fourth and fifth albums, you will see that they are better than those of anyone's combined fourth and fifth albums in the top section other than Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. That's an indication of a real career, whereas many of the people in the top section had one big seller followed by a steep drop-off.
As a suggestion, you could make the cutoff between sections to be 500,000 in sales, which is the rough equivalent of having had one gold record. That will still make the article manageable, but will promote Mandisa to the appropriate spot in the top section and give her career more of the prominence it has merited. Wasted Time R ( talk) 23:52, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Will the IP editor stop using equivalent album units for sales figures? These are sales figures + streams + singles, and are therefore not true sales figures. This article is about sales. Also you cannot have a single singer using the equivalent album units while while the others are using pure sales figures. It distorts everything. Hzh ( talk) 10:57, 19 January 2019 (UTC)