“My head is just spinning,” Scotty says. “It started out kind of low: They said 100,000 maybe. Then every day I saw the numbers climbing. It’s wild: It wasn’t a year ago that I was a normal cat, and now I’m number one on Billboard. It’s insane, it really is.”
“This is an incredible accomplishment, frankly, when you look at where he is in the marketplace as a 17-year-old country singer who no one even had heard of 10 months ago,” says Interscope Records head of sales Gary Kelly, who says the Universal Music Group initially projected 150,000 first-week sales for the title."
“Our goal with the Walmart EPs was to get something into the marketplace quickly on the heels of the finale,” Kelly says. “Often, what happens is that the finale takes place in May. Then the artist goes on tour and you don’t actually hear from them until November or December. Between the iTunes campaign that we ran throughout the season and the physical goods going into Walmart, it kept Scotty — and even Lauren Alaina — very active in front of the consumers.”
“This is an incredible accomplishment, frankly, when you look at where he is in the marketplace as a 17-year-old country singer who no one even had heard of 10 months ago,” says Interscope Records head of sales Gary Kelly, who says the Universal Music Group initially projected 150,000 first-week sales for the title."
“Our goal with the Walmart EPs was to get something into the marketplace quickly on the heels of the finale,” Kelly says. “Often, what happens is that the finale takes place in May. Then the artist goes on tour and you don’t actually hear from them until November or December. Between the iTunes campaign that we ran throughout the season and the physical goods going into Walmart, it kept Scotty — and even Lauren Alaina — very active in front of the consumers.”
Scotty McCreery hint at working on a holiday album!?
10/25/2011 Scotty took to his Twitter account to play "the travel game" with his fans/followers and tweeted the following:
ScottyMcCreery
Scotty McCreery
Im hitting the hay tho. Another day of school tmrrw. Working a bunch of songs coming up for the holidays! Cant wait for yall to hear!
Will we be hearing new Scotty McCreery songs come Christmas time? That seems awfully soon to produce a whole new album - not that his fans would mind, I'm sure!
It cannot simply be a Christmas single as he says "a bunch of songs" that we'll be hearing! What do you think?
10/25/2011 Scotty took to his Twitter account to play "the travel game" with his fans/followers and tweeted the following:
ScottyMcCreery
Scotty McCreery
Im hitting the hay tho. Another day of school tmrrw. Working a bunch of songs coming up for the holidays! Cant wait for yall to hear!
Will we be hearing new Scotty McCreery songs come Christmas time? That seems awfully soon to produce a whole new album - not that his fans would mind, I'm sure!
It cannot simply be a Christmas single as he says "a bunch of songs" that we'll be hearing! What do you think?
Idol Winner McCreery Bows with nearly 200k, #1 Debut, as Rodney Atkins, Feist, Jack's Mannequin Score Top 10 Bows
Scotty McCreery has proven a worthy American Idol winner. Celebrating his 18th birthday last Sunday (10/9), the good ole young boy from a small town in North Carolina debuts at #1 as his first studio effort, Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope’s Clear as Day, sells 198k in its first week.
That’s the most for an American Idol winner since David Cook’s debut sold 280k in Nov. 2008, and the first champ to bow at #1 with his initial release since second season champ Ruben Studdard’s Soulful topped the chart in 2003.
Source: Hits Daily Double
This is great news, as this number exceeds what had previously been estimated!
Hits - 170-190K UPDATE:
Billboard - 160-170K in sales.
Scotty McCreery has proven a worthy American Idol winner. Celebrating his 18th birthday last Sunday (10/9), the good ole young boy from a small town in North Carolina debuts at #1 as his first studio effort, Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope’s Clear as Day, sells 198k in its first week.
That’s the most for an American Idol winner since David Cook’s debut sold 280k in Nov. 2008, and the first champ to bow at #1 with his initial release since second season champ Ruben Studdard’s Soulful topped the chart in 2003.
Source: Hits Daily Double
This is great news, as this number exceeds what had previously been estimated!
Hits - 170-190K UPDATE:
Billboard - 160-170K in sales.
Scotty McCreery currently has two released singles, check out their placements on the top countdown shows this week!
CMT Top 20 11.11.2011:
#15 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
CMT Pure 12-Pack 11.11.2011:
#01 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
#02 “I Love You This Big” Scotty McCreery
GAC Top 20 Country 11.11.2011:
#02 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
#04 “I Love You This Big” Scotty McCreery
Crook & Chase Country Countdown 11.12.2011
#30 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery Debut
CMT Top 20 11.11.2011:
#15 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
CMT Pure 12-Pack 11.11.2011:
#01 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
#02 “I Love You This Big” Scotty McCreery
GAC Top 20 Country 11.11.2011:
#02 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery
#04 “I Love You This Big” Scotty McCreery
Crook & Chase Country Countdown 11.12.2011
#30 “The Trouble With Girls” Scotty McCreery Debut
Sometime next month the official nominated list should be released, but Scotty McCreery is one of the many incredible artists/groups battling it out this year to be nominated.
Unfortunately, this is not a fan-voted process, so we can only keep our fingers crossed and our hopes high! I'm sure that everyone, friends, family, and fans alike would be speechless if Scotty were to win a Grammy...but out of the thousands who auditioned for 'American Idol', a 17 year old from Garner, NC came out victorious...who's to say he can't win a Grammy too!?
SCOTTY MCCREERY
1) Record of the Year – I LOVE YOU THIS BIG
2) Song of the Year – I LOVE YOU THIS BIG
3) Country Song of the Year – I LOVE YOU THIS BIG
4) Country Solo Vocal – SCOTTY MCCREERY
5) Short Form Music Video – I LOVE YOU THIS BIG