ClayManiacs

I know it's not the most important thing in the world right now that Clay sold lots of books and CDs; there's lots of other more important things.  And I know that the majority of people who aren't us couldn't really care less. But with all the tragic things going on the world, it's nice to have some little piece of Good News nearly every single day.

So, in the interest of forever spreading the Good News, with a little help from Deanna and some info from the other boards, I present to you –

"Clay's Good News!"

Merry Christmas With Love
WEEK.....SOLD....TOP200..HOLIDAY..NET..CHRSTN..AMAZ..CAN
1..........270,010.......4............1..........2.........1............3.......27
2..........183,529......11...........1..........6.........1............5.......36
3..........134,292......13...........1..........9.........1............5.......34
4..........181,320......10...........1.........11........1...........17......36
5..........147,653......23...........1..........9.........1...........20......48
6..........102,181......38...........1.........22........1...........44......69
7...........11,895......149..........3.....................5......
TOTAL..1,030,880

PLATINUM SOLD IN 6 WEEKS!
Highest debut in SoundScan history (13 yrs) for a holiday CD
Highest debut for holiday album of all time (tie)
1.12 million shipped - Platinum, baby!

Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
195 sold prior to release.
Sold - NY Times Nonfiction Bestseller List #
21,370 sold week1 (#2)
9,160 sold week 2 (#4)
8,309 sold week 3 (#8)
12,212 sold week 4 (#6)
14,230 sold week 5 (#14)
13,021 sold week 6 (#17) (Total 78,497)
??? sold week 7.... (#21)
1,232 sold week 8 (#18)
829 sold week 9 (#30)

#3 Borders Bestseller list
#3 Washington Post Non Fiction Bestseller list
#5/#12 Wall Street Journal Bestseller list
#6/#11 Publisher's Weekly Bestseller list
#6 Philadelphia Inquirer Non Fiction Bestseller list
#9/#35 USA Today Bestseller list
#10 Waldens Bestseller list
#12 Barnes & Noble Bestseller list
#??/#??/#22/#21/#24/#29 Bookscan List

There’s still more…Solitaire, Aladdin, UNICEF, Toys for Tots…but we’ll focus on the book and CD for now.  Deanna, Moonshot or I will update when more Good News comes in!

It's all good, and Baby, that’s a fact!

And I don't get mine for a week!!!!

But wow, those are some stunning numbers. Not really surprising to Clay fans, we know he's even more awesome than that...

Way to be, Mr. Aiken!! :D

Thanks to PAMELA and DEANNA for starting this "feel good" thread.  Great way to start my busy Saturday!

:colors Merry Christmas, Clay!!!, :colors  and to all of us as we reap the benefits of the gifts God has given to OMC.  I'm so thankful that he wants to share those gifts with the rest of us.  Those standings are so great :skip

Tami J

Clay's Good News is a refreshing way to give a little love everyday! :ghug2  

 :thx Pamela and Deanna for spreading the "feel good" news!

HURRAY FOR CLAY!!!!!!!! MAZEL TOV!!!!!!!!

GWENN

Oh, this makes me so proud to be a fan, and so proud of Clay, what a gift he is!!! Thanks Pamela and Deanna for this feel good news!!!

Thanks Pamela and Deanne for compiling all these impressive acomplishments of Clay's.  He is a man of many talents and will be with us for a long time.   His voice just gets better and better.  

 :bouncy  Pepe

Added on 11/27 -- LTS is #3 on the Washington Post Non Fiction Best Seller list.

Here's a Mazel Tov for you Gwenn!

:cheer  :cheer  :cheer

woot woot GOOO CLAY!!!! :cheer  :cheer

THANKS PAM AND DEANNA FOR STARTING THIS THREAD.  

ALL I CAN SAY IS IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES THAT FINALLY EVERYTHING THAT CLAY STANDS FOR IS COMING TO LIGHT AND EVERYONE IS JUST NOTICING.

HE IS THAT DAM GOOD.

HUGS
LORRAINE

Wow! I am soooooo proud!  :bouncy

Thanks Pamela and Deanna!!!!

That's just incredible!!!!

#2 On the New york times bestseller list is AWESOME!!!

I just added that 1.12 million copies were shipped.  The record label can apply for platinum status with the RIAA after 1 month.  Hopefully, by then MCWL will have sold enough CD's to qualify.  I think Gold Status (500,000 CD's sold) will be very easy.  Perhaps as early as next week if sales continue at a good clip. (But, the RIAA certificate for Gold Album would still have to wait for the one month mark.) Stay-tuned!!!

Deanna

is our GOOD NEWS!!!

Thank You  Pamela and Deanna

shirl

Thanks so much Pamela and Deanna!

GOOD NEWS is right!  Congratulations Clay on all of the accomplishments this week!  Awesome, simply awesome!   :cheer  :cheer  :cheer

I knew Billboard did a special holiday chart and i'm glad he hit the top on it. the Christian chart i wasn't even thinking about so that's a surprise!! And to think some of the critics were worried that a holiday CD wouldn't sell! :laugh Right now i believe he's on a pace to hit GOLD within a few weeks

Thank goodness we don't have to pay taxes on our investment!! It just keeps growing and growing!!

GOOD FOR HIM and GOOD FOR US AS FAN!! :cheer  :cheer

We have known it all along!

Lora

THIS IS INDEED GREAT NEWS

WOOHOO CLAY WOOHOO

:cheer  :cheer  :cheer HIP HIP HORRAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!
THE WORLD IS FINALLY SEEING WHAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN SHOUTING TO THE ROOF-TOPS!!!!

Thanks to Pamala and Deana for all you do to keep us informed..
donna

All I can say is that I am sooo incredibly happy for him. NO ONE deserves it more than he does.  :cheer
Way to go CLAY !!!!

Why not imagine Platinum status by Christmas !    They have shipped out over a million,  after all.   I'm expecting a higher number with this huge Thanksgiving shopping weekend than we had last week at 270,010 !    The media is saying the numbers for the public shopping in the past few days have been huge,   larger than the past few years.

That is,  if there were enough albums out there in the stores !   Several have been reported as sold out.  

I'd like to see 300,000 by Tuesday night on HitsDailyDouble.   There is your Gold right there.   Then 150,000 to 200,000 the next three weeks to get to one million.    That would be nice.

and people wondered why we've stuck around with Clay since the beginning...this is EXACTLY why. He's awesome and always has been! Great Job Clay and fans!!!

I think we deserve a pat on teh back too :) But this is def. a great thread!!! Thanks Pam!

I went to Target over the weekend and Clays CD totally sold out!!!! :bouncy They only had two left on MOAM..... :cheer  :cheer
donna

Yahoooo for Clay!!!! :bouncy

I actually got the chills reading those numbers.  I always do when I
see good news.  He is spreading the “Good News” and singing “his
song” in so many places. I love seeing him in the Christian count too.  

Deanna and Pam, I love your avies.  Mrs. Paisley.  Very cute!
Thank you for the wonderful uplift for a Monday morning.

The numbeers are great and I wanted to make them even better, but walmart was sold out. I ask if they were getting the CD ansd the guy said I haven't seen any. i told him they had them because I bought 16,so are you getting anymore. Not sure he said. How can I share a little more Christmas spirit if the stores don't have them? Hey I also want to say that Fantasia and Ruben's cd's are in Walmart at a price of $8.88 and Clay's cd was$16.99. I don't understand the price deal. Maybe you can explain.

Yeah for Clay!!!!!!!!!! :cheer  :cheer  :cheer

I have to go buy a few more for gifts this weekend, I hope I can find some somewhere :duh

HIP HIP HURRAY!!!!!FOR OUR CLAY..... :cheer  :cheer  :cheer  :cheer  :cheer  :cheer

HEY WALMART BETTER GET SOME MORE IN.  WHAT THE HECK IS THAT.  I PLAN ON BUYING A FEW MORE COPIES THISE WEEK.  HELL I AM BROKE NOW ANYWAY.


LORRAINE

Just added that MCWL has ended up 6th on the Internet Album Sales Chart.

Just added that MCWL is #1 on the Christian Albums Chart again this week!!   :cheer

Also, just added that MCWL is #5 on the Amazon Music Top Sellers list.

Yeah  :cheer again!!

I have just updated the Publishers Weekly and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers Lists for LTS for this week.

Congrats, Clay!  You keep climbing, baby!  We're right behind you.  (And the view is spectacular!  LOL)

Indeed it is, LADY C---from every angle!!!!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/claydevotee/french06.jpg)

hahahaha LadyC....so true so true

Deanna, thanks for keeping we Canadians informed too, yeah MCWL # 36 on our charts!!!! :cheer  :cheer  :cheer

*happy dances* Clay, you're awesome!!! Congrats!

I can't believe how awesome he is....weeee!

Actually- per a correction Pamela made in the News and Appearance thread from today- Learning to sing is actually #8, not #12...even better Good News!

Lora

Whooo Hooo!   :cele   :beer

What a merry bit of news.  I'm inspired to dance.   :elefant

Ouestion? The numbers on the CD's . Do they also count the preorder ones from Amazon etc.? What about update on book sales? Also the numbers for the CD's(MOAM,MCWL,etc) are the ones sold international also counted in the numbers? I know this is a stupid question but ;I'm just trying to learn.

Yes they do!

That info is harded to find than CD sales, but I'm looking!

No, those sales numbers are just for domestic sales. I understand that international sales are factored in for RIAA certification though, which determines gold or platinum status.

There are no stupid questions; ask away!

Thanks Pamela. I can always count on you for the answer.

Hi.. i don't know which countries clay's cd is sold, but in latin america they are not being sold :(

That is sooooooooooooo awesome!

YAY CLAY!

I'm sooooooooooo excited for him!

Thanks Pamela!

Wooohooooooooooo :cheer  :cheer

All RIGHT!!!! Outstanding Mr Aiken.

Added Learning to Sing  -  14,230 sold week 5! (Total 65,184) This is most sold since the first week of release!


PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY (http://www.intuitive.com/blog/archives/000290.html)

Edited to add the MCWL was #1 on the Christian Chart and #9 on the Internet Chart this week.
 :cheer

Clay - you keep knocking the socks off the competition.  You're in a class of your own and we're with you all the way!  it's going to be a great ride - ENJOY IT!

Pamela and Deanna thanks for all the great news about the CD and Book.
Clay you are one wonderful, fantastic human being and we are all so happy to be on this ride with you.

Thanks for the updates Pamela, we have a true winner on our hands!!  but we all GOT IT long ago!!!!

Just updated the chart to reflect the rest of the above.
 :cheer

Great news for Clay, although I wish our Canadian numbers were higher!!!

Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you all my Clay experience this holiday season. It is chronicled on my blog: http://dontsneezeintothefan.blogspot.com/

This is not a plug for my blog just didn't want to go through all that formatting here again.  I love these boards!

Happy New Year!

STLClayCrazy-
Loved the blog! Glad that you enjoyed the Chicago concert. I wanted to drive up there to see that one also, but figured I was pushing my luck since I had just flown in the day before from Florida where I got to see Clay's Clearwater concert while I was graduating from my college distance learning program. I was everely disappointed that Clay was not in St. Louis this tour, but I still got to see him thankfully! Maybe the next time he is in St. Louis, we can plan to meet up- that is where I usually attend concerts since I live about 2 hours away in IL (near Hannibal, MO). Happy New Year and thanks for posting the link- it was wonderful to read your adventure diary!!

- Char

Char! I too was disappointed! But it was a blast in Chicago!  Next time he is here we can meet up!  Sounds fun!  See you on the message boards!

Thanks Pamela & clayMaine-iac for all the great updates!  

As the GOOD NEWS keeps rolling in, I am so proud of OMC!!!!!

On a side note: The Rolling Stone (special Issue) People Of The Year (Dec. 30, 2004 Issue 964/965) has Merry Christmas With Love at Number #13 in the Top 40 Albums & a small blip about Clay on pg. 32 (under The Industry section)....paraphrased,  "So why did (cd) sales drop this fall despite the big business of U2, Eminem & other post-Thanksgiving  blockbusters such as Clay Aiken's Merry Christmas with Love & Destiny's Childs Destiny Fulfilled?..."

Although I will NEVER understand the music industry & all the politics it entails, IT WAS STILL VERY COOL to see Clay's Christmas album listed & recognized as a "BLOCKBUSTER" in R.S.!!!!!!

Go Clay!!  :bouncy  :bouncy I've just ordered my Christmas CD(bit late, but hey!), listened to the clips on the HMV site and its sounds AMAZING!! Cant WAIT to get it! (http://www.mbuzztalk.com/smi/wavey.gif)

Loadsa Luv 'n' hugs
Emma

Added sales of 829 for Learning to Sing last week, for a #30 placement on the NY Times Bestseller NF List.

I think my local library needs a copy...a nice thing to do if you have a library nearby!

Good idea, Pamela! I'm going to see if our library has a copy. If they don't, I might just have to donate one!