Stupid American Idol Fangirl of the Week – The Daughtry Edition

This one’s for you Nevada.

Happy Christmas.

Enjoy.

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Comments (15)

#1 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

These come from the poser’s sales thread at the infamous “scary boards,” and we start by looking back, to the week before the cretin’s sophomoric album was released. It starts innocently enough, but before long…

Jul 07, 2009 – 1:33AM canadaforchris
Almost here. Only a week and we can buy the CD!!!

Jul 7, 2009 — 8:31AM AltRock4U:
I have my CD pre-ordered.

Jul 07, 2009 – 10:57AM BonJovi
VH1 has the entire album streaming now!

…the delusions set in.

Jul 07, 2009 – 1:06PM Waverider07
WOW! We are listening to another immortal album.

Immortal? Seriously?

Jul 07, 2009 – 2:07PM BonJovi
I totally agree, Wave. Daughtry have once again produced an album that’s going to be talked about for years to come. So many atists have trouble with their second album not living up to their first, but Daughtry have managed to make one that not only does, but I think even exceeds what they did on the first one. It is just amazing!

You might think that such an album would stand on its own merits, but fangirls aren’t willing to stand idly by:

Jul 08, 2009 – 6:06AM NubiaEck
By the way, WE need to make sure Chris will have great debut sales. I’m waiting for the 3 copies I ordered, but I am buying a new one at Waltmat to obtain the bonus tracks. I’m very excited!

Jul 08, 2009 – 9:14AM BonJovi
I’ve already ordered a few different versions too, but I want to actually go to WalMart too, and buy their version on the day it comes out.

And speaking of different versions, I got an email from Amazon today about the Target CD/DVD combo, so that’s another one that I need to get. It’s really cool that you can order it through Amazon.

Jul 08, 2009 – 12:59PM Waverider07
I’ve lost track of how many copies of the CD I’ve ordered from what vendors. I will go out on the 14th and buy a couple more. I’m sure there are some bonus tracks out there that I’m missing!

So yes, the power-buying continues beyond the first crappy album.

Jul 08, 2009 – 5:33PM FutureUnknown
You guys should check out the Daughtry discussions on Amazon. People are arguing and guessing what first week’s sales will be. They span all the way from about 100,000 to 1 million. LOL.

Jul 08, 2009 – 9:05PM BonJovi
LOL There’s a very big difference between those two numbers We’ve still got to all take a guess, and see how close we can get. I was reading in one of the articles I posted, that they’re predicting that only Daughtry and Whitney Houstons comeback album will be million sellers, out of all the summer releases.

SoundScan numbers haven’t shown up for last week, but here are the totals for the week ending 12-07-09:

68 daughtry leave this town 17117 -5 17976 783583
99 HOUSTON*WHITNEY I LOOK TO YOU 12033 -34 18143 830669

Jul 09, 2009 – 11:45AM BonJovi
Can you believe that we’ve only got 5 days left now, Nubia? We’ve waited for this for so long, and it’s hard to believe that the days almost here. It’s definitely been worth the wait. I can understand why Daughtry took their time making this CD, because a sophomore album is so impotant, and they definitely made one that not only exceeded their first, but will be talked about, and enjoyed, for years to come.

Eh, somehow I doubt that.

Jul 09, 2009 – 12:50PM canadaforchris
The wait is fun but as the days count down I want it NOW!!! I am glad they took their time to get such great songs together. No use rushing it to put out a not so good album.

Jul 09, 2009 – 6:21PM FutureUnknown
That really is awesome that they are predicting big success for the new album! We really do need to start taking guesses at first week’s sales. Who wants to go first?

Jul 09, 2009 – 9:06PM BonJovi
I’m glad they didn’t rush it either, even though a rushed Daughty album would have still be awesome. With the way they’ve grown as a band and as song writers, and as amazing as Chris’s voice sounds, I don’t think they’re capable of anything short of perfection.

*cough*

Jul 11, 2009 – 10:08AM BonJovi
Next week is going to be amazing. It’s going to be like having a Daughtry Christmas in July, with the CD and all the appearances.

If anyone thinks that the competition ever ends…

Jul 11, 2009 – 11:39AM FutureUnknown
In total U.S. sales, Daughtry is only 362,400 albums behind Clay Aiken. Daughtry’s first album sold 304,000 in it’s first week, so I’m willing to bet that “Leave This Town” will sell more than their first album. Within a week or two, Daughty will steal the #3 Top-Selling Idol spot from Clay.

Jul 11, 2009 – 9:09PM BonJovi
It’s going to be the best July ever! And since it’s now after 12, it means that we’ve only got 2 days to go until the Hottest Band in the Country is once again, on bestseller CD racks all around the country!

So the excitement builds…
#2 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Continuing on at the scary boards, the fangirls make a few breathless predictions:

Jul 12, 2009 – 5:25PM NubiaEck
I’m having great feelings about the debut. Just came back from a 3 days short weekend trip and the first thing I did was browsing Daughtry’s updates, LOL. The CD position at Amazon shows a considerable leap. I’m pretty sure They’ll be # 1, not sure about 1st week sales. I can guess it will be between 295,000 and 360,000, I hope more. I can’t wait anymore!

Jul 12, 2009 – 10:28PM BonJovi
I think those are very good guesses I’m going to be conservative and guess that the sales will be about 310,000, but they could be a lot more. With all the positive press and reviews, there’s going to be even more people rushing out to buy it, and we know they won’t be disappointed This is such an amazing CD!

Jul 13, 2009 – 6:03PM FutureUnknown
Daughtry’s first album sold 304,000 in it’s first week.
So…I’m going to guess that it will sell about 400,000 the first week!

Jul 13, 2009 – 7:09PM BonJovi
It really would be No Surprise if they did sell that many, Future

Jul 14, 2009 – 8:17AM metal_chik
We purchased the new CD at midnight last night. Saw Daughtry on the Today show this morning. He looks great, the band sounds great and I’m hopeful this newest album will continue the trend that is Daughtry. Looking forward to hearing the album is quadruple platinum again just like the first one. Only this time, I hope the news is even bigger than quadruple.

Clearly some fangirls are more delusional than others…

Jul 14, 2009 – 10:04AM BonJovi
Great to see you, MC! I think that LTT could end up doing even better than their first, even though CD sales are down, just because it’s such an amazing album.

Jul 14, 2009 – 1:37PM BonJovi
I think their sales are going to be awesome! I know CD sales are down overall, but that won’t stop the Hottest Band in the country from having amazing sales.

Jul 14, 2009 – 4:00PM sue1959
My hubby just got back from wallyworld with my LTT, and he said that the salesperson said that she has been selling lots of them. and she said they had plenty more in the back. She must have been a fan too, cause she went a got another cd to put in place of the one my DH bought.

I LOVE THIS CD AS MUCH OR MAYBE MORE THAN THE FIRST.

Then Hits Daily Double makes its prediction:

July 15, 2009 Sony Music will continue to rule the HITS Album chart next week, but not with Michael Jackson. After three straight weeks of Jackomania, yet another American Idol, this one named Daughtry, should be #1 on next week’s HITS Top 50 with Leave This Town, his sophomore 19/RCA/RMG album, which will bow in the 240-260k range.

Which of course leads to further fangirl fantasies:

Jul 15, 2009 – 4:55PM BonJovi
Rob Thomas debuted at just over 100,000 last week, so sales are really down right now, but that doesn’t stop Hottest Band in the country from having a very strong debut! Those numbers are amazing.

Jul 15, 2009 – 5:56PM Waverider07
Yes, a quarter of a million sold in this economy is really, really impressive.

Jul 15, 2009 – 8:28PM FutureUnknown
Yes, that’s true. I really think they will sell more than that the first week though! It’s only Wednesday so they can’t know for sure quite yet. That’s just a prediction, right? I really think it will be higher! Either way, sales will be amazing, and will continue to stay amazing!

Pop quiz: What are the two favorite words of the fangirls at the scary boards? Answer: awesome & amazing.

Jul 15, 2009 – 11:43PM BonJovi
It is only a prediction, Future, and it could definitely end up going higher. But even if it doesn’t, selling 250,000 CD’s in one week is just amazing. They are doing so awesome!

Meanwhile, the Idol competition continues as well…

Jul 16, 2009 – 3:29AM Waverider07
I think the list of artists selling a quarter of a million albums the first week is a short one, in today’s economy. If we just talk about Idols, then the list is quite a bit shorter.

One of the alpha fangirls back in 2006 returns to the scene of the crime:

Jul 16, 2009 – 6:48AM AltRock4U
Hi Everyone! Squeeeeeeeee I just know that Leave This Town is going to have incredible sales #. My cd has been in continueous loop. It is so good. The Hottest Band in the Land rides again.

Jul 16, 2009 – 3:45PM NubiaEck
Hi my dear friend, How are you? I got the copies I ordered at Amazon yesterday and I’ve been playing the CD too. I need to go tomorrow though and buy my copy at Walmart to get bonus songs, too.

Jul 16, 2009 – 4:56PM FutureUnknown
I absolutely agree that 250k is amazing in the first week with the economy! I didn’t want you guys to get the wrong impression with what I was saying, LOL! I was just excited and am saying maybe they will be a LITTLE higher after all of their appearances are done at the end of the sales week. Kelly sold 255,000 her first week with her new album back in March, so yeah, only a few Idols can pull that off and Daughtry is definitely one of them!

Jul 16, 2009 – 6:16PM Waverider07
Kelly and Chris are in a very, very small group of Idols who can sell a quarter of a million albums the first week!

Jul 16, 2009 – 8:23PM BonJovi
Daughtry are always exceeding all expectations, so it would be “No surprise” if they did this time as well. But 250,00 is just awesome. I didn’t realise that was Kelly’s first week sales also, so that’s really cool. Chris and Kelly are definitely both Idol Superstars.

Yeah, too bad neither of them can sell out an arena these days.
#3 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Moving along, we find what passes for “research” at the scary boards:

Jul 17, 2009 – 6:06PM FutureUnknown
Since we’re talking about it, I did some research, and here are the only Idols to sell 250K or more in their first week. I’ve listed them in order by who has sold the most. So, only 7 Idols have accomplished this:

•Clay Aiken’s debut album – 613,000
•Carrie Underwood’s sophomore album – 527,000
•Ruben Studdard’s debut album – 400,000
•Carrie Underwood’s debut album – 315,000
•Daughtry’s debut album – 304,000
•Taylor Hicks’ debut album – 298,000
•Kelly Clarkson’s debut album – 297,000
•Kelly Clarkson’s third album – 291,000
•David Cook’s debut album – 279,000
•Clay Aiken’s sophomore album – 270,000
•Kelly Clarkson’s fourth album – 255,000
•Kelly Clarkson’s sophomore album – 250,000

Jul 17, 2009 – 8:20PM BonJovi
Great research, Future But since season 2, CD sales have been on a decline, so selling 250,000 in todays market is really the equivalent of selling 500,000+ back in season 2, and is a major accomplishment.

Jul 18, 2009 – 10:51AM FutureUnknown
Jovi, you just reminded me! I was going to type a little disclaimer about how albums sales aren’t like that anymore with the way the economy is! I just thought it was interesting to see how sales used to be, etc

Oh really? Then how do you explain this:

Week 01: 12-01-09 1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 700779 999 632 699205
Week 02: 12-08-09 1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 527345 -25 700779 1224196
Week 03: 12-15-09 1 BOYLE*SUSAN I DREAMED A DREAM 581966 [] 527345 1803375

Jul 18, 2009 – 1:25PM BonJovi
I think that if Daughtry were releasing LTT back in season 2, that their first weeks sales would be close to a million. But it is really interesting to see how sales have changed over the years, and to see that Daughtry are still in great company, with selling 250,000+ their first week.

Jul 18, 2009 – 3:04PM FutureUnknown
That’s true, Jovi! I can only imagine how crazy sales would be now if they were like Season 2′s sales! I can’t wait to hear Daughtry’s official sales numbers! Only a few more days!

Jul 18, 2009 – 8:11PM BonJovi
I’m really looking forward to seeing their sales come in next week, Future. It’s been way too long since we’ve had the excitement of it. It’s going to be awesome! I predict that their sales are going to be around a quarter of a million, or more

Jul 19, 2009 – 9:13PM BonJovi
Tomorrow’s the big day, when we get to watch the numbers start coming in. It’s going to be so great to see Daughtry at the top of the charts again.

How very exciting.
#4 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Day 1 of reporting:

Jul 20, 2009 – 10:08AM BonJovi
The numbers are finally starting to come in. Daughtry are just 1,000 less than MJ, who’s at #1. 2. Daughtry 97,054

Jul 20, 2009 – 11:51AM Waverider07
That’s with 36.20% reporting. That translates into around 270,000, but it could be higher or lower. And if Daughtry has to be #2 to anyone, Michael Jackson is the appropriate one to be #1.

Jul 20, 2009 – 3:22PM NubiaEck
Daughtry at # 1 145,474 with 54.2% in. WHOOOOOT! I love this race! It seems LTT sales could be a little higher than previously estimated. I do really hope so!

Jul 20, 2009 – 3:27PM NubiaEck
Daughtry # 1 Whooot! 198,952 units 69% in Numbers are changing in matter of minutes

Jul 20, 2009 – 3:48PM Waverider07
That translates into… LOTS! WOOT!

Jul 20, 2009 – 5:33PM FutureUnknown
Nubia, I love that you’ve joined in on being one of our little news reporters! That’s translates into about 288,000 at 100% reporting, but it could be higher.

Jul 20, 2009 – 9:35PM BonJovi
Nubia, you just really made my night I must have left right before the numbers clicked over again, so it’s awesome to come back and see them at #1, with numbers this close to 200,000! I think the Hottest Band in the country just might go over the HDD prediction.

Jul 20, 2009 – 9:38PM BonJovi
Selling 288,000 would be awesome, but if anyone can exceed all predictions, it would be Daughtry But whether they end up with 250,000 or 288,000 or 300,000…it’ll be amazing numbers.

Day 2 of reporting:

Jul 21, 2009 – 3:32AM Waverider07
Good morning, Daughtry Nation! Time to start the number watch again. I will predict 272,899 just to be conservative.

Jul 21, 2009 – 11:18AM BonJovi
That sounds like a very good prediction, but I think I’ll go a little higher, and guess 290,000.

Jul 21, 2009 – 11:34AM grannyhutch
I guess I will go out on a limb, and say 300,000!!!

Jul 21, 2009 – 11:56AM BonJovi
I like your guess better than mine, Granny! The Wal-Mart sales are in this last update, so that’s going to give them a big boost.

Jul 21, 2009 – 12:15PM ECC123
Its just like the old days, here with my peeps watching the amazing numbers come in!!! Daughtry are amazing.

Jul 21, 2009 – 12:51PM NubiaEck
Daughtry # 1 now in Final(100%), with 270,070 first week units sold. I’m extremely exited Whoooo! Great figures taking into account the declining of the music market. The album is at # 4 at Amazon as well. Well guys, we have a lot of reasons to celebrate!

Nothing quite like an “exited” fangirl, is there?
#5 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

The sad little celebration continues among the handful of fangirls who remain at the scary boards:

Jul 21, 2009 – 2:18PM henrysmom
Oh my God!!!! I’m so happy right now!!! Those numbers are FANTASTIC!!!!! I’m practically tearing up right now I’m so proud of our boys! *does happy dance*

Whatever.

Jul 21, 2009 – 2:31PM grannyhutch
WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!! AMAZING!! AMAZING!! AMAZING!! DAUGHTRY ARE THE END-ALL AND BE-ALL!!!!!!

Jul 21, 2009 – 3:37PM BonJovi
LOL I’ve been hanging around the computer all day, to see what they’d end up at, so I guess you could say I was a little bit anxious. This is seriously so much fun. Like Ecc said, it’s just like old times. Wave did an awesome job at predicting!

Jul 21, 2009 – 3:42PM BonJovi
I’m so proud of them too, HM. It’s just amazing what they’ve accomplished. Now we’ve got next weeks numbers to look forward to!

Jul 21, 2009 – 6:31PM FutureUnknown
Hooray for great sales and our boys at #1 where they belong! The official article about it will be on Billboard’s website tomorrow morning, so make sure to check it out! I will read it at work!

Jul 22, 2009 – 2:32PM chaotica
Congrats to Daughtry! Soundscan #s for Leave this Town: Week 1 – 269,299

Jul 22, 2009 – 2:36PM grannyhutch
Just checked and Daughtry is now No. 2 on Amazon, they are kicking butt!!!!!!

Jul 22, 2009 – 3:56PM Waverider07
They are now #1! This looks good for second-week sales.

Jul 22, 2009 – 4:20PM grannyhutch
when I went over and saw Daughtry was No.1 on Amazon, I just cried, I think it’s because he has been down at 4 for so long!!!

And what do you know…the alpha fangirl returns…

Jul 22, 2009 – 5:45PM squishy
DAUGHTRY #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just LOVE THIS CD!!!!!!

Jul 22, 2009 – 5:46PM squishy
I am sooo proud!!!!

The other fangirls try to engage her…

Jul 22, 2009 – 5:51PM Waverider07
Hi squishy! The news is all great, and it’s really nice to see you.

Jul 22, 2009 – 6:16PM grannyhutch
It is super great to see you, I really do miss you!! Isn’t Daughtry just so amazing and the cd, what can you say, it is fabulous, I am with you Squishy, love the whole cd!!

Jul 22, 2009 – 6:45PM BonJovi
Squishy, it is so awesome to see you here! The CD is just amazing! It’s better than I could have even imagined, but Daughtry always manage to exceed all expectations. I’m so proud of them too.

But Squishy disappears as quickly as she came.
#6 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Nevertheless, another rather pathetic celebration ensues:

Jul 23, 2009 – 8:13AM grannyhutch
Like we have been saying, “and so the ride begins!” and I cannot wait!!

Ah, but it will be a rather short ride, fangirl. Just wait and see.

While some fangirls reminisce…

Jul 23, 2009 – 11:21AM AltRock4U
Chaotica, Granny Hutch, Squishy, Nubia woot this is like old home week with everyone coming by. Makes me so happy and reminicient of old times. Hugs everyone.

Others admit to having moved along…

Jul 23, 2009 – 7:17PM chaotica
Hey guys. I may have inhaled a ton of glitter this year and will never be the same thanks to Glambert but I still have a little thing for Daughtry. I’m so proud of them debuting at #1. Best wishes for another 5x platinum album!

Except, of course, that the smug slug’s debut album is not 5x platinum. Only fools and fangirls believe that 19-orchestrated myth.

Jul 24, 2009 – 12:06AM BonJovi
LOL I think that most of us inhaled some of that same glitter It looks like Daughtry could end up with a second week at number one, which would be awesome! If they’re not at #1, then they’ll be close to it. But so far, they’ve got the #1 spot on Amazon this week.

Jul 27, 2009 – 3:28AM Waverider07
HDD is predicting another 100,000 or so in sales for LTT, so it should be in either first or second place this week. More celebrating coming up!

And the second week sales estimates begin to come in…

Jul 27, 2009 – 10:32AM BonJovi
With 36.20% reporting…2.Daughtry -41,633

Jul 27, 2009 – 10:39AM BonJovi
It’s looking really awesome so far. I think they could end up at #1.

Jul 27, 2009 – 11:35AM NubiaEck
My predictions …..118,000-120,000. HDD predicted 95,000-105,000. I hope they’ll be wrong and I’ll be right. You know, they are always a little bit off the real figures. Let’s see……. How exciting!

Jul 27, 2009 – 12:03PM BonJovi
I predict that you’re going to right, Nubia The HDD prediction seemed too low, especially after seeing the sales so far. And btw, they’re still #1 on Amazon!

Jul 27, 2009 – 12:28PM Waverider07
I will predict 112,000-114,000, and hope I’m too low! The album will go gold in another week or two. Platinum won’t be far behind!

Only in your dreams, fangirl, only in your dreams.

Jul 27, 2009 – 12:38PM NubiaEck
Daughtry # 3, 57,253 with 54.02 % in. Well…………. let’s wait to see what happen.

Jul 27, 2009 – 1:11PM BonJovi
Remember that WalMart sales at the end will give them a really good boost, so the sales are going to be a lot higher. They’re at about 326,253 now, which is an awesome two week total, and there’s still more to come.

Jul 27, 2009 – 1:12PM Waverider07
That still puts it on track for over 100,000, which is a very big deal.

Jul 27, 2009 – 1:17PM BonJovi
It’s a very major accomplishment, Wave. Like you said a few posts back, they’re well on their way to Gold, and then it’ll Platinum time again.

Jul 27, 2009 – 3:42PM NubiaEck
Daughtry at # 3 right now, 69,398 units sold, 69.46% in. Looking good!

Jul 27, 2009 – 6:08PM BonJovi
That’s awesome, Nubia! I had to go out earlier, even though it was hard to leave the chart watching for even a few hours, but it’s great to come back to this news! And this is without the WalMart sales, so it’s looking very good.

Jul 28, 2009 – 3:06PM Waverider07
Two weeks away from gold! Yay!

Jul 28, 2009 – 3:08PM Waverider07
…LTT sold close to 100,000 this week, which puts them on track for gold in two or three weeks. Much to celebrate!

Jul 28, 2009 – 6:20PM FutureUnknown
Hooray for right under 100,000! That AWESOME for 2nd week sales! 3rd week will be great too and LTT is still #1 on Amazon!!!!!

Jul 29, 2009 – 3:46AM Waverider07
These are great numbers, and we know there are many good sales weeks ahead!

I suppose that depends on how you define “good sales weeks.”

Jul 29, 2009 – 5:58AM NubiaEck
Daughtry is selling HOT and re-YEY, 2 weeks from gold!!

And the Idol competition continues…

Jul 29, 2009 – 6:06AM NubiaEck
99,300 is a great figure! I couln’t report the last numbers because I went to a game with my son, but I’m pleased . By the way Future, do you know if Chris now is behind or ahead of Clay regarding Idol’s total sales? I know, you do have those figures somewhere! Bring them on, again! plus # 1 at Amazon is GREAT!

Jul 29, 2009 – 8:04AM AltRock4U
WOOT great 2nd week sales #’s for Daughtry! Yep GOLD in 2 weeks.

Jul 29, 2009 – 11:46AM henrysmom
Excellent numbers once again!

Jul 29, 2009 – 12:43PM canadaforchris
Another great sales week for Daughtry!!!! It is a tough time and still the big numbers. Go Dauhgtry!!!

Jul 29, 2009 – 7:15PM FutureUnknown
Because of the 2nd week sales, Daughtry has officially kicked Clay Aiken out of 3rd place for Top Selling Idols in the U.S.!!!! Here are TOTAL U.S. sales!

1) Kelly Clarkson – 10,255,000
2) Carrie Underwood – 9,753,000
3) Chris Daughtry – 4,868,000
4) Clay Aiken – 4,850,000

Jul 29, 2009 – 8:28PM BonJovi
Before I read back, I’ve got to say how awesome it is to come here, and see that Chris now at #3! And it only took two weeks to happen! Daughtry have done amazing, and just think of what that number will be like in another year or two, after they’ve had 5 or more hit singles from LTT.

Jul 29, 2009 – 8:35PM BonJovi
The Soundscan numbers were higher than the HDD ones
2 DAUGHTRY Leave This Town 100826 -269299 Total 370,125
So they’re only 129,875 away from Gold!! Now those are amazing numbers!

Jul 30, 2009 – 2:40AM frenchie5
Go Daughtry!!! (Does Happy Dance) Yep, Gold def in 2 weeks time.

Jul 30, 2009 – 8:35AM AltRock4U
Hey Leave This Town may go Gold Next Week. It is still selling like crazy.
But 1 week or two how many artist’s would love to sell over 358,000 in two week? ALL OF THEM!

Jul 30, 2009 – 3:45PM Waverider07
Chris just tweeted this!
We went gold in Canada!!! Thank U Canada!!!!

Et tu Canada?

Jul 31, 2009 – 8:04AM frenchie5
Daughtry really makes me proud to be a fan. They are kicking all sorts of a$$ right now. I remember when Paula told Chris when he was on Idol “I never worry, l just sit back and enjoy’. I feel just like that.

Jul 31, 2009 – 11:08AM BonJovi
I love that line too, Frenchie. When we were waiting on the CD to come out, I never worried about the CD not living up to their first, because we all knew it would be just as amazing…and we were right

Keep telling yourself that, fangirl…

Jul 31, 2009 – 11:14AM BonJovi
Isn’t it awesome to see so much great news coming in everyday? I remember back when everything had slowed down, while they were on break, we talked about how great it would be once the new CD came out, but it has been better than I could have even imagined.

And yet it gets even better for some of us…

Jul 31, 2009 – 7:01PM AltRock4U
Paula also said Chris would be selling out STADIUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Daughtry is doing that as well.

Clearly, this fangirl has lost touch with reality. Stadiums? Really? When he can’t sell out an arena? And speaking of arenas…

Aug 01, 2009 – 3:57AM Waverider07
Arena shows with pyro… Chris is going to love doing those big shows! And we’ll be right there to see.

Except, of course, they turned out not to be “so big” after all. But back to sales…

Aug 01, 2009 – 7:48AM FutureUnknown
I’m also so excited to see them being the 3rd top selling Idol alum in the U.S. AND I am sure they will go Gold here in 2 WEEKS!!!!

Aug 02, 2009 – 8:52AM FutureUnknown
Okay HDD trackers, how are 3rd week’s sales looking?!

Aug 02, 2009 – 11:49AM Waverider07
Excerpt from HDD, showing another 65-70,000 this week, which means gold is only about a week away now!

Michael Jackson Number Ones (Epic) 100-110k
Fabolous (Def Jam/IDJ debut) 95-100k
Daughtry (19/RCA/RMG) 65-70k
Essential Michael Jackson (Epic) 65-70k
Maxwell (Columbia) 55-60k
Now 31 (Sony/Legacy) 50-55k
Thriller (Epic) 45-50k

Aug 02, 2009 – 8:27PM FutureUnknown
PERFECT! I LOVE IT!

Aug 02, 2009 – 10:26PM BonJovi
Two weeks to Gold sounds awesome, Wave!! I noticed that they’re back up to #3 on Amazon, so the next weeks numbers are going to be amazing as well.

Aug 03, 2009 – 7:22AM NubiaEck
Great! It means the next week we’ll be celebrating gold!

Such a tiresome lot.
#7 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

I’m going to move things along now, skipping ahead a few weeks:

Aug 18, 2009 – 12:47PM BonJovi
Sales are in Final now, and LTT is officially Gold!!! I can’t tell you guys how excited I am right now, and just proud and happy for Daughtry, all at the same time. They deserve this so much. 8. Daughtry 38,659

Aug 18, 2009 – 12:53PM BonJovi
The five week total for LTT is 514,689

Aug 18, 2009 – 1:47PM BonJovi
The articles about the tour are already starting
“After finishing a sold out club tour this month, Chris Daughtry says the band is busy preparing for its upcoming arena tour. “We dreamed about how it would feel playing these songs to packed arenas, and we’re excited to get our chance,” Chris says. “We have a great show planned and can’t wait to hit the road to share it with our fans.”

Packed arenas, right. That aside, the summer club tour was NOT sold out, which should have told them something about what was to come. Selling only 6,765 tickets for the 23,500-capacity Greensboro Coliseum in the wanker’s “home town” is beyond pathetic.

Aug 18, 2009 – 4:11PM NubiaEck
Happy GOLD plus day, everyone! I’m very honor and proud to be part of the Daughtry Clan. Cheers! For a never ending, route to success!

Eh, I think they missed the onramp.

Aug 18, 2009 – 10:47PM BonJovi
Gold is a color that Daughtry is very familar with

Aug 19, 2009 – 9:44AM canadaforchris
Wow Gold!!!!!!!!! Daughtrini anyone. It is GoldPartyTime

Aug 20, 2009 – 11:52PM BonJovi
This next week will start our “Countdown till Platinum”, so it’s going to be a lot of fun watching them get closer and closer to it.

Aug 21, 2009 – 7:52PM Waverider07
I can’t wait until the arena concerts start up.

I was looking forward to that myself, albeit (!) for very different reasons.

Aug 22, 2009 – 8:52AM FutureUnknown
I really LOVE LTT being GOLD! I wish we could put a cheerleader or dancing smiley on here, LOL! Platinum, here we come!

Aug 22, 2009 – 11:42PM BonJovi
We’ll start the countdown to platinum next week

23, 2009 – 6:27AM AltRock4U
Sorry I missed the Gold Party but wOOT Daughtry went Gold ! Work should slow down so I can make the Platinum Party.

Aug 23, 2009 – 7:23PM BonJovi
The Gold party won’t end until the Platinum party starts

Aug 24, 2009 – 11:12AM BonJovi
With 36% reported…10 Daughtry 14,900

Aug 24, 2009 – 3:57PM BonJovi
With 51.61% reported…12 Daughtry 17,346

Aug 25, 2009 – 1:15PM BonJovi
The numbers are looking awesome this week! Even better than we predicted
11 Daughtry 33,360

Aug 25, 2009 – 1:19PM BonJovi
Their 6 week total is 548,049, so there’s only 451,951 to go, until it’s Platinum Party Time!

Don’t hold your breath, fangirl.
#8 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

This is kind of fun:

Sep 03, 2009 – 3:07AM frenchie5
I don’t post here oftren but I’m a Daugtry fan. Do you guys have a platinum projection game going on somewhere. Those are always fun. It shouldn’t be long before they hit platinum.

Sep 03, 2009 – 3:58PM BonJovi
We haven’t got a Platinum game going yet, but that’s a great idea. I think they’ll reach it before the end of the year, but I have a feeling that they might be presented with their Platinum plaque on AI next season.

Pretty vague prediction there, fangirl.

Sep 04, 2009 – 6:58AM frenchie5
I also think they’ll go platinum before year end, probably a few weeks before the holiday season.

Sep 04, 2009 – 12:18PM BonJovi
That would be a really nice Christmas present for them

This is a persistent fangirl fantasy, that touring invariably leads to an increase in album sales:

Sep 04, 2009 – 5:25PM Waverider07
Once the big arena tour starts in the fall, sales will go up significantly, so I agree that we might see platinum by year-end.

Well, that and the “next single” myth:

Sep 05, 2009 – 12:24AM BonJovi
I also think that the next single is going to give the sales a big boost as well

Sep 05, 2009 – 8:58AM FutureUnknown
I was thinking the same thing! I think we can celebrate a LTT platinum holiday right around the other holidays!

Sep 07, 2009 – 11:19AM BonJovi
The Platinum party is going to be awesome! Maybe we should all predict when it will happen.

Sep 07, 2009 – 1:07PM FutureUnknown
We’re all predicting around Christmas or New Year’s, so I wonder if anyone has a DIFFERENT prediction!

Sep 07, 2009 – 4:27PM Waverider07
My scientific calculations put Platinum at December 26, 2009. Hey, isn’t that a coincidence — it’s also Chris’s birthday.

Sep 07, 2009 – 8:49PM BonJovi
I’m going to change my prediction and say that they’ll make it to Platinum the week after Black Friday

SoundScan numbers for the week after Black Friday: 62 daughtry leave this town 17976 57 11429 766500

Oops.

Sep 08, 2009 – 9:42AM henrysmom
I’m guessing platinum before Christmas!

Sep 08, 2009 – 10:29AM BonJovi
With 54% reported…20 Daughtry Leave This Town 15,281

Sep 08, 2009 – 4:49PM BonJovi
Final………. 22 DAUGHTRY Leave This Town 25,952
And the total is————————605,952
Less than 400,000 till our next party, guys!

Sep 08, 2009 – 6:34PM NubiaEck
YEAH! Thanks Jovi, On the holidays, we’ll be celebrating big platinun

I doubt it.

Sep 09, 2009 – 4:23AM frenchie5
Thanks for the numbers Bon. That’s yet another solid week in sales. Me likey

Sep 09, 2009 – 1:58PM BonJovi
You’re welcome, Frenchie! I was glad to see them go over 600,000 this week, so they’re on track for Platinum by the end of the year.

Sep 14, 2009 – 10:44AM BonJovi
With 36.20% reported…24 Daughtry Leave This Town 9,988

Sep 14, 2009 – 5:52PM Waverider07
68.46% reporting …14,076
Looks like another 20,000+ week!

Sep 15, 2009 – 1:44PM BonJovi
Now in Final
31 Daughtry Leave This Town 21,169

Sep 15, 2009 – 6:20PM BonJovi
I’m really hoping that we will be celebrating by Christmas, and I think we will be. I just worked it out, and if their sales average just under 27,000 a week, until the week of Christmas, then we’ll be having our Platinum party before the holidays

Ah, but what makes you think that sales would go up at this point? Surely you’re all done power-buying?

Sep 16, 2009 – 6:57PM NubiaEck
YEY! I hope sales maintain steady, even I believe they will increase in December; I’m buying a few more units to give away as Christmas present.

I guess not.

Sep 16, 2009 – 8:32PM BonJovi
I think that the sales will have an increase in December, and one just as soon as they release Ghost Of Me. And I’m sure the arena tour will give them a boost too. And black friday. And their new video that probably hasn’t been made yet. In other words, I think they’ll have no problem going Platinum by the holidays, so get ready for a party

Oh right, right. The arena tour starts in October, and then there’s that second single waiting in the wings…

Sep 18, 2009 – 8:48PM BonJovi
It looks like Life After You is the next single….

Sep 21, 2009 – 1:38PM BonJovi
With 36.20 reported…23 Daughtry Leave This Town 9668

Sep 22, 2009 – 10:48AM henrysmom
with 69.42% reporting: 31 25 DAUGHTRY 19/RCA/RMG 14,124
This is slightly ahead of where they were at this point last week!

Awww, isn’t that cute! The fangirl actually thinks the poser’s sales are going to go up!

Sep 22, 2009 – 3:39PM BonJovi
These are the final numbers for the week.
30 Daughtry Leave This Town 18,492

It’s less than what they need each week to reach Platinum by Christmas, but as soon as the next single is released, and the arena tour starts, their sales are going to get a boost again, so it’ll all even out I’m still predicitng Platinum by Christmas.

In other words, as they watched the bald mutant’s sales decrease every week, the fangirls clung to their delusions as tightly as a child clings to a teddy bear on a stormy night…
#9 written by Lisa
about 8 months ago

Where’s Lassie?

His success depended so much on her.

I might have to shed a tear………then again maybe not.
#10 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Squishy is Lassie.

I knew Squishy at the scary boards long before I had ever heard of Lassie, but the first time I came across Lassie at the blob, I knew who it was.
#11 written by Lisa
about 8 months ago

So did I, but Lassie was a great name for her ‘dog with a bone’.

She doesn’t seem as vocal as she once was, maybe she needs a new set of teeth?
#12 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Back to the scary boards and the diehard fangirls with their increasingly desperate mantras:

Sep 25, 2009 – 2:42PM ECC123
I think your prediction will come true for sure!!

Sep 27, 2009 – 6:26PM canadaforchris
When the tour starts that should give the album a nice sales bump too.

Sep 27, 2009 – 7:14PM BonJovi
I think it will too, and as soon as the next single is released, they’ll get a nice boost from that as well.

Sep 28, 2009 – 10:59AM BonJovi
With 37.17% reported…18 Daughtry Leave This Town 8,863

Sep 28, 2009 – 11:03AM henrysmom
Looks like we’re headed toward another strong week!

I have absolutely no idea what she’s looking at.

Sep 28, 2009 – 6:01PM Waverider07
Looking good for an increase in sales this week!

An increase? Hardly.

Sep 29, 2009 – 1:57PM BonJovi
Final sales…33. Daughtry Leave This Town 16,156
I’ll be right back with the countdown till Platinum info

No hurry, fangirl, you have MONTHS to go.

Sep 29, 2009 – 2:08PM BonJovi
Total Soundscan Sales From Last Week…..645,000
Total Sales This Week……………………………..16,156
Total Sales…………………………………………..661,156
Sales Until Platinum……………………………….338,844

Sep 29, 2009 – 4:23PM NubiaEck
We are getting there!

Sep 29, 2009 – 5:36PM BonJovi
As soon as the next single is released, we’ll start getting there even faster

Oct 02, 2009 – 7:09PM BonJovi
Daughtry are going to be filming the video for Life After You this weekend, so it won’t be long before they’ve got a new video on the countdown, and we’ve got a new Hot video to watch

Oh goody, some new pipe dream to talk about.

Oct 02, 2009 – 11:51PM BonJovi
I can’t wait until this new video comes out. Did you see the thread on the GD board, about the Grammy Submissions? Their labels submitted Life After You for several different awards, so they must know that it’s going to be a big hit. Of course, we could have told them that too

Oct 04, 2009 – 4:14PM Kellyfan3
I’m glad to see Daughtry doing so well. Their album deserves to be 100x platinum

Getting a little ahead of yourself there, Kelly fangirl.

Oct 06, 2009 – 11:27AM Waverider07
56.90%
9,511

A little anxiety is going around…

Oct 06, 2009 – 12:26PM henrysmom
I wish they’d hurry up and release LAY!

Right, because when they do, album sales will go up. I remember now.

Oct 06, 2009 – 1:33PM BonJovi
Soundscan total from last week…….661,000
Sales this week…..14,429
Total Sales………..675,429
Sales Until Platinum….324,571

And if the single doesn’t cut it, there’s always the tour…

Oct 06, 2009 – 5:36PM Waverider07
Platinum will come! The tour is going to be BIG.

Oct 07, 2009 – 11:08PM canadaforchris
Nice now once the tour starts the sales should go up nicely.

Oct 12, 2009 – 11:47AM BonJovi
With 36.20% reporting….33 Daughtry Leave This Town 5951

Cue Mel Brooks, this is High Anxiety!

Oct 12, 2009 – 12:54PM henrysmom
God I wish they’d hurry up and release the new single and video.

Oct 13, 2009 – 1:03PM BonJovi
There is an awesome behind the scenes video from the making of Life After You at DO, and it says that the video premieres this Thursday on AOL music!!

Thanks for the warning.

Oct 14, 2009 – 11:43AM BonJovi
Daughtry- Leave This Town
Sales This week…… 12,000
Total…………………..687,000

Oct 14, 2009 – 1:12PM henrysmom
That’s sure to boost right back up again once the new single is released.

Oct 14, 2009 – 3:16PM Waverider07
Next week they’ll probably break the 700,000 mark, with the release of the video.

These fangirls are like a broken record, eh?

Oct 14, 2009 – 3:26PM henrysmom
And with the holidays coming numbers will be up even more.

Oct 14, 2009 – 7:29PM BonJovi
And don’t forget about the tour just starting. That will also boost the numbers a lot.

Oct 15, 2009 – 5:06AM henrysmom
yes, the tour will boost things up too!

Is there an echo in here?

For the record, the wanker’s “arena tour” started on October 19th at the Kansas Expocentre, Landon Arena, in Topeka.

Stay tuned!
#13 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Moving along to the premiere of the music video for the noxious gnome’s second single, Life After You….

Oct 15, 2009 – 11:19AM BonJovi
HM, the video for LAY is on AOL now!!
This has been such an awesome Daughtry day!!

Oct 15, 2009 – 1:00PM henrysmom
The video is fantastic! Chris is such a good actor….he really should do some more acting on TV…I LOVED the ending where he walks out on stage and the you hear the crowd cheer…..Jovi you’re right – this has been the best Daughtry day since July 14th!

And that’s pretty much all there was to that. Gnats have longer attention spans. Although perhaps they were distracted by watching their Idol’s sophomoric album drop out of HDD’s Top 50 chart in only its 13th week of release…hmm, wonder if they heard me celebrating?

Oct 17, 2009 – 11:01AM DaughtryfanNY
Daughtryfan here just wanting to say hi! I am excited that he is going to be on the CMAs I love the song with him and Vince Gill

While sales continue to slide…

Oct 19, 2009 – 11:51AM BonJovi
With 36.20% reported….34 Daughtry Leave This Town 5,539

Oct 19, 2009 – 4:42PM Waverider07
69.42% 7,702

The sales-boosting arena tour began on October 19th.

Oct 21, 2009 – 11:47AM Waverider07
I’m loving all the “big arena tour” hoopla.

I detected no hoopla, however. Perhaps hoopla is in the eye of the beholder?

Oct 22, 2009 – 5:46PM BonJovi
Daughtry Leave This Town 11,000 Total 698,000

Egads, you mean his sales continued to slide? Must be time for another distraction…

Oct 25, 2009 – 9:35AM BonJovi
I’m glad you’ll be here for the CMA Awards! That’s going to be an awesome night! It’ll be Daughtry’s debut to Country Music fans. I’m sure they’re going to love them!

Oct 27, 2009 – 1:04PM Waverider07
Can’t wait for the CMA’s and AMA’s! We’ll see tomorrow how close this week’s sales were to 10,000.

I know the answer! 54 daughtry leave this town 9770 -10 10856 707453

And the week after: 60 daughtry leave this town 8536 -13 9770 715970

Would you look at that! These sales cover the first two weeks of the “anena tour,” and yet…

Nov 08, 2009 – 8:20AM Waverider07
Big week coming up! This is going to be the best CMA awards show ever.

Oh look, the second single has been released!

Nov 08, 2009 – 5:05PM Waverider07
Life After You is being heard on radio stations around the country. I can’t wait to hear it on mine!

And there are fan-voted awards to consider…

Nov 10, 2009 – 11:11AM BonJovi
It’s official now…Daughtry got the nomination for Best Rock Band at the PCA awards! Congrats to the Hottest Band in the country!

Finally, the bald mutant performs on the CMAs on November 11th.

The 43rd annual CMA Awards dominated the night for ABC leading it to victory in all the major advertising demographics averaging a 5.2/14 (rating/share) with adults 18-49 and 16.85 million viewers.

16.85 million viewers, eh? I wonder what percentage of them will rush out and buy the arrogant poser’s sophomoric album?

Nov 12, 2009 – 1:44PM BonJovi
I just checked on Amazon, and last night, right before their performance on the CMA’s, LTT was at #111. Then by late last night, it had moved up to #61, and now it’s at #43! It looks like they impressed some country fans last night

Nov 12, 2009 – 2:23PM BonJovi
Daughtry, Leave This Town 8,000 Total- 724,000

Nov 12, 2009 – 6:22PM Waverider07
I don’t know if this has been posted already, but I read that over 40 country stations played Tennessee Line after last night’s stellar performance.

Nov 15, 2009 – 4:53AM Waverider07
LTT is #62 on Amazon. Maybe we’ll have a sighting on the HDD chart this week.

Nov 16, 2009 – 3:37AM Waverider07
LTT is back up to #59 on Amazon, so the CMA bump is still in effect.

Nov 16, 2009 – 10:21AM BonJovi
The CMA’s definitely gave them a sales bump this week I knew Country fans would love Tennessee Line.

With 36.20% reported…. 32 Daughtry Leave This Town 6,343

Nov 17, 2009 – 11:11AM BonJovi
With 70.38% reported…42 Daughtry Leave This Town 8,137

Nov 17, 2009 – 2:29PM henrysmom
Have we gotten final sales yet?

Nov 17, 2009 – 3:39PM BonJovi
We haven’t yet, HM, but I think it’ll be around 11,000, which is a really nice increase. But we’ll know for sure tomorrow.

Wait a minute…16.85 million viewers and only a few thousand bothered to buy the toxic sludge that little d™ calls music?

Nov 19, 2009 – 2:02AM BonJovi
We were right about the sales increase
Daughtry, Leave This Town- 13,000, +60 percent, 737,000

Nov 19, 2009 – 7:10PM Waverider07
It’s great to see the sales increase this week.

I don’t know, that’s a pretty anemic sales increase, but life gives you lemons, I suppose you have no choice but to pucker up…
#14 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

Okay, so anyway, time passes. The “arena tour” continues, and as expected, the faux rawker can’t fill the seats. Ticket prices are slashed, but even at bargain basement levels, the majority go unsold. Even with the “pyro” and other rock embellishments, the fourth place loser isn’t much of a draw beyond his initial Idol fanbase.

There is some good news for the fangirls, however…the combination of what was almost certainly a mewling performance at the AMAs, Black Friday, and holiday sales (fangirls buying Xmas gifts) inflate his sales somewhat.

Dec 02, 2009 – 11:52PM BonJovi
Leave This Town had a 57% sales increase this week!
Daughtry, Leave This Town -18,000, +57 percent, 767,000

Dec 03, 2009 – 5:26AM henrysmom
Yay for the sales increase!!!!

But expectations clearly have been lowered…

Dec 09, 2009 – 9:32AM BonJovi
LTT also had a really good week. It’s not far off from 800,000 now.

Daughtry, Leave This Town -17,000, Total 784,000

Dec 09, 2009 – 5:26PM Waverider07
Great numbers! LTT might reach 800,000 next week.

Although a few fangirls cling to their fantasies:

Dec 14, 2009 – 4:13AM Waverider07
LTT is still #1 in Amazon’s “Hard Rock & Metal” category; #61 overall. This album has found its legs.

Dec 16, 2009 – 10:20AM BonJovi_
Wait until you guys see their sales number They’ve even better than what I expected!Daughtry, Leave This Town -22,000, +29 percent, 806,000

And talk of platinum returns…

Dec 16, 2009 – 10:22AM BonJovi
I know that originally we had predicted that LTT would go Platinum by Christmas, but it’s obvious that with the current market, that it won’t happen as quick as it should have. But with the increase in sales now, it’ll probably only be a few more months, so when it does happen, they just might make an AI appearance, and be presented with the plaque on the show again

Dec 17, 2009 – 10:22PM BonJovi
LTT is at #63 on Amazon, and LAY is at #43 on Itunes. It looks like another great week of sales.

Dec 18, 2009 – 2:53AM frenchie5
Wouldn’t it be cute if both LTT and NS went platinum the same time?

Cute isn’t the word I’d use.

Regardless, we’ve got two relatively strong weeks of sales left but something tells me there will be no Xmas miracle for the few remaining fangirls at the scary boards and when the January sales freeze sets in, they’ll have very little to celebrate.
#15 written by Nevada
about 8 months ago

The last date on the smug slug’s “arena tour” is tonight, December 20th, at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.

Here are the cumulative stats for the venues that have reported so far:

For 20 shows, October 19, 2009 thru November 20, 2009
Actual capacity = 221,998
Reported capacity = 115,251
Tickets sold = 92,136
Actual percentage sold (averaged) = 41.5%
Reported percentage sold (averaged) = 79.9%