Women win the week for 'Idol' downloads
The guys may be on a roll when it comes to winning American Idol, but the women still dominate when it comes to downloads. This week, the five top-selling tracks from Idols all belong to women -- including Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) at 150,000, Carrie Underwood's Good Girl at 69,000 and Haley Reinhart's Free, which debuts with 35,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Soundscan. On top of that, Kelly Clarkson reaches another 2-million milestone with her Don't You Wanna Stay duet with Jason Aldean.
Scotty McCreery is the Idol guy with the top-selling track, having moved 11,000 copies of The Trouble With Girls last week. Look for new single Water Tower Town to get a big boost next week, since Scotty will perform the song on Idol this Thursday.
Performing on Idol helped Lana Del Rey's sales, too: Weekly downloads of Video Games more than doubled following her appearance on Thursday's results show.
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (150,000, -7%, 2.414 million)
Carrie Underwood, Good Girl (69,000, -2%, 432,000)
Haley Reinhart, Free (35,000, debut, 35,000)
Kelly Clarkson, Mr. Know It All (15,000, -14%, 1.399 million)
Lana Del Rey, Video Games (13,000, +147%, 153,000)
Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo feat. Rick Ross, Think Like a Man (12,000, +7%, 83,000)
Scotty McCreery, The Trouble With Girls (11,000, 24%, 632,000)
Lauren Alaina, Georgia Peaches (9,000, -19! %, 120,0 00)
Jason Aldean/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (7,000, -5%, 2.001 million)
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood, Remind Me (7,000, -8%, 1.479 million)
Mandisa, Good Morning (3,000, +4%, 74,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (2,000, +7%, 309,000)
Mandisa, Stronger (2,000, -4%, 172,000)