Clay is #3 in Sales at Hits Daily Double

At Hits Daily Double, the final count of record sales for this past week came to an end on Wednesday, 5/13. When the dust settled, Clay had moved up from 5th position the day before to #3 with a total of 92,887. In first and second position were Neil Diamond and Toby Keith. Clay sold more for the week than Mariah Carey and Madonna.

Hits Daily Double, in an article, said:

Seven Debuts in Top 10 Include Neil, Keith, Aiken, DeGraw, Groban, Bentley, Miguel

May 13, 2008

Neil Diamond set another record in a career full of them. The superstar’s Rick Rubin-produced Home Before Dark is his first album to ever debut at #1, which it does this week with 140k in sales, many of them no doubt to mothers who grew up singing “Sweet Caroline.”

Kudos to Columbia’s team of Steve Barnett and Rubin for executing the feat after being teamed by Sony Music chief Rob Stringer in a bold move last year.

UMe/Show Dog’s Toby Keith bows at #2 with 35 Biggest Hits, one of seven newcomers to the Top 10, one ahead of RCA/RMG’s Clay Aiken, whose On My Way Here sports a #3 debut.

Though this week's count is history, we can still buy CD's to share with friends and family. Let's keep that count moving upward!