2006 Figures Show Low CD Sales For First Week of Releases

On the Clayboard, sashntash and a few others have been busy this year tracking the sales figures from Hits Daily Double (HDD) for all of the #1 albums released thus far, including the figures from the first week and the second week of sales. This gives us some comparison figures for when Clay's second CD is released.

Sashntash says, "The thing that is striking is how low the sales totals have been so far this year for the #1 albums week after week. Of course, there haven't been any blockbuster releases yet, so this could change....."

Here are the figures that she has accumulated this year:

W/E .........Artist................... 1st wk................ 2nd wk
2/05/06....Barry Manilow........151,388.........136,916....-10%
2/12/06....Curious George ......149,226.........108,691....-27%
2/19/06....Jaheim...............144,363..........53,072....-63%
2/26/06....H.S. Musical.........105,686.........120,826....+14%
3/5/06.....Ne-Yo................305,974.........111,734....-63%
3/12/06....Juvenile.............175,756..........66,646....-62%
3/19/06....H.S. Musical(again)..134,012.........153,202....+14%
3/26/06....Prince...............184,450.........??????

As sashntash said, these figures can change, and let's hope that a change for higher sales comes during the week of Clay's new CD release!