While I'm sitting down for the first time this week (almost), the Best of AFL album track choices seem so odd to me. "One"?!? That was one of his least purchased and listened to of all his AI performances, wasn't it?
We have no idea what happened during Idol -- but after Idol the iTunes sales were opened up. So we know what happened after the Finale.
>> Looks like these are the 3 top sellers from Idol. 3 Adam tracks charted on the BB Hot 100 after the Idol final -- "One" was one of those tracks. So it sold.
"Mad World" #19 [performed 2 time including the Final]
"A Change Is Gonna Come" #56 [Final performance]"One" #82 [1 week before the Final, so probably outsold CIGC in total]Top 40 songs on iTunes from Idols
5.26.09
1 - Kris Allen - No Boundaries
4 - Kris Allen - Heartless
6 - Adam Lambert - Mad World
7 - David Cook - Permanent
10 - Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine
12 - Adam Lambert - Change Is Gonna Come
15 - Adam Lambert - No Boundaries
17 - Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine (Studio Version)
22 - David Cook - Permanent (Charity Version)
26 - Adam Lambert - Mad World (Studio Version)
31 - Kris Allen - Apologize (Studio Version)
34 - Adam Lambert - Change Is Gonna Come (Studio Version)
35 - Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine (Studio Version) ...there must be multiple albums
38 - Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
39 - Carrie Underwood - Home Sweet Home
40 - Kris Allen - What's Going On
My thought is that they picked three Idol performances -- Mad World (clearly most popular), TOMT (probably a top seller, but early in the season, and a great studio recording) and One (a top seller -- maybe #4 of the season).
"A Change Is Gonna Come" and "No Boundaries" we finale performances so it makes sense they were big sellers in late May. But the sales of "Mad World" must have been really quite high in total.
