I found these sales numbers on another board and thought I'd bring them over here. I guess these numbers aren't horrible for a jazz artist and he's not last on the list of the other idols. Maybe if some more people happen to stumble on "Red" while Christmas shopping, his numbers will go higher.

AI Contestants Soundscan Update (11/29/05)
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Season 1

Kelly Clarkson
Thankfull - 2,344,963 million
Breakaway - 3,752,417 million

Justin Guarini
Justin Guarini - 142,130

Tamyra Gray
The Dreamer - 121,822

RJ Helton
Real Life - 21,227

Jim Veraross
Rollercoaster - 2,680


Season 2

Ruben Studdard
Soulfull - 1,776,999
I Need An Angel - 428,204

Clay Aiken
Measure of a Man - 2,729,966
Merry Christmas With Love - 1,056,060

Kimberley Locke
One Love - 207,841

Josh Gracin
Josh Gracin - 584,888

Corey Clark
Corey Clark - 2,142


Season 3

Fantasia
Free Yourself - 1,639,904

Diana DeGarmo
Blue Skies - 161,574

John Stevens
Red - 16,708

George Huff
Christmas EP - 16,278
Miracles - 8,264

Latoya London
Appreciate - 35,051

Jasmine Trias
Jasmine Trias - 12,025



Thanks to TCorey from the Pulse Music Board

Thanks Queen! Now that is news that we want to here. The sales! I see John is doing ok but if he was pushed into mainstream just a little with one or two songs, he would boost those sales dramatically. I know there are more Johnny fans out there? Where the hell are they? I can't believe that they don't know about RED? Yes, if each of his fans would just buy one cd for someone for X-MAS, it would be awesome for RED. I need to start a thread for this.

Very interesting! Some of those numbers really surprise me, though I think it's best not to elaborate as to not offend any fans......okay, I'll give one: I can't believe Corey Clarke bought 2142 copies of his own album! (j/k)

eta: geez! I forgot to comment on John's numbers...they look very respectable for being a jazz artist and not getting much promo or radio play on FM stations. Go John!

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Very interesting Queen. He did better than I realized, and would be doing even better had Maverick got behind this album and promoted it. That's the saddest part of all, and again, with christmas coming he could have had a chance to do well. Kinda frustrating!

More griping on my part(hey, it's been a while)..it also irks me that some of the other contestants who did not sell as well as John are still on their labels, and still being backed by their labels and it appears Maverick gave John about 4 months. On top of that hardly any promotion.

*grumblegrumblegrumble*

For a while I was guessing his total sales to date were anywhere from 7-10 thousand sold.

I was kind of happy with the sales numbers, considering that a lot of people probably don't even know it's out there. He sold 11,000 more after his first week.

I'm still wondering what happened to the merchandising. I subscribe to George Huff's email list and I got an email today. He has a nice little store set up where you can get his merchandise. Very handy for the fans. (Forgive me for mentioning George in the John section, but it kinda relates).

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Originally posted by Queen:
I was kind of happy with the sales numbers, considering that a lot of people probably don't even know it's out there. He sold 11,000 more after his first week.

That's why im so surprised Maverick seemed to just seemed to backing this album. I think John would be doing really decent now if they were still promoting. He sold a little over 4,000 cd's opening week, so I was not sure where he would go from there.

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I'm still wondering what happened to the merchandising. I subscribe to George Huff's email list and I got an email today. He has a nice little store set up where you can get his merchandise. Very handy for the fans. (Forgive me for mentioning George in the John section, but it kinda relates).

George has a nice site, and his label keeps the fans in the know.

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Originally posted by Queen:
I'm still wondering what happened to the merchandising.

MAVERICK DOESNT HANDLE MERCHANDISING!