New Billboard Issue Praises MCWL

The new issue of Billboard mentions Clay's success with Merry Christmas With Love in 2004. None of last year's Christmas discs came close to matching Clay's sales.

From the CB's Ilovemycat0851:

It said that Diane Krall was No. 1 for 6 weeks, but the best-selling Christmas title was Il Divo. Both surpassed the half-million mark. Il Divo 544,000, and Diana 530,00.

Clay Part:

"Both fell about 50% shy of the best-selling holiday set of 2004, Clay Aiken's(their bold) "Merry Chistmas, With Love", which rang 1 million copies during that year's last eight weeks (and another 179,000) during the 2005 season"

"Thanks in part to Aiken, holiday album sales were stronger in 2004, with the year's top 50 Christmas sellers (including are released in earlier years) reaching 8.2 million copies, compared with 7 million for recent holiday crop."