Christian Album Sales – Week of 5/22/12
June 9, 2012 Leave a comment
MercyMe’s latest album debuts at #7. They are one of the biggest CCM bands these days, but their previous album’s debut remains their career-best. After several releases with increasing debut sales, this one was quite a bit lower than their last four. Casting Crowns has twice come close to being the first Christian artist to hit #1 on Billboard, and it looked like MercyMe might have a shot with their career trajectory up to this point, but it’s hard to say now. Their selected discography to date, according to Wikipedia:
Almost There – 2001 – N/A (peaked at #37)
Spoken For – 2002 – #41 (28,000)
Undone – 2004 – #12 (55,000)
Coming Up To Breathe – 2006 – #13 (58,000)
All That Is Within Me – 2007 – #15 (84,000)
The Generous Mr. Lovewell – 2010 – #3 (88,000)
The Hurt & The Healer – 2012 – #7 (33,000)
12 Stones released their first album in several years, and so far it is not looking as successful as previous releases. Their selected discography, according to Wikipedia:
12 Stones – 2002 – #147
Potter’s Field – 2004 – #29
Anthem for the Underdog – 2007 – #53 (13,000)
Beneath the Scars – 2012 = #194 (2,500)
| Artist | Album | Rk | This Week | Total | Real Total | MS% |
| MercyMe | Hurt & The Healer | 7 | 33000 | 19000 | 33000 | 58.8% |
| Mary Mary | Go Get It | 52 | 8200 | 35000 | 38000 | 93.1% |
| Zacardi Cortez | Introduction | 71 | 6200 | 3900 | 6300 | 62.3% |
| Jason Nelson | Shifting the Atmosphere | 77 | 6000 | 5200 | 6100 | 85.5% |
| Laura Story | Blessings | 86 | 5400 | 61000 | 141000+ | |
| Marvin Sapp | I Win | 100 | 4500 | 90000 | 103000 | 88.1% |
| Jon McLaughlin | Promising Promises | 111 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 99.5% |
| Casting Crowns | Come To The Well | 153 | 3000 | 197000 | 440000 | 44.9% |
| Various | Joyful Noise | 168 | 2800 | 88000 | 89000 | 98.2% |
| Various | Wow Gospel 2012 | 170 | 2800 | 94000 | 111000 | 84.7% |
| Various | Wow Hits 2012 | 185 | 2600 | 103000 | 255000 | 36.6% |
| 12 Stones | Beneath the Scars | 194 | 2500 | 2500 | 2500 | 98.0% |
| Matt Redman | 10000 Reasons | 197 | 2500 | 32000 | 32000+ | |
| Thousand Foot Krutch | The End Is Where We Begin | 199 | 2500 | 36000 | 42000 | 86.1% |
| Newsboys | God’s Not Dead | 200 | 2500 | 48000 | 141000 | 34.3% |
(For whatever reason, Soundscan includes sales from Christian outlets in their weekly totals that determine the Billboard 200 chart positions, but they don’t include them in their reported totals. So I just add up all the weekly totals and compare them to the reported totals to see how many sales are missing from Christian outlets.)
