posted by Administrator on Nov 29
Jordin Sparks’ self-titled debut album has debuted at No. 10 on this week’s The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling only 119,000 copies during its initial week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan data for the week ending November 25.
The American Idol sixth-season champ’s debut album sales numbers represent the lowest first-week debut album sales of any former Idol winner. “Jordin Sparks’” No. 10 ranking also ranks as the lowest initial Billboard 200 chart placement for any former Idol winner’s debut album, according to Billboard.
“Jordin Sparks’” 119,000 sales figure “shattered” the poorest-performing first-week sales record of the Idol winner debut album that previously held the dubious honor. “Free Yourself,” the 2004 debut album of American Idol third-season winner Fantasia Barrino, debuted at No. 8 on The Billboard 200 and sold 240,000 first-week copies when it was released in the same Thanksgiving week sales period that Sparks’ album hit stores this year.
“A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream),” the debut album of sixth-season American Idol runner-up Blake Lewis, is scheduled for release on December 4.
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