HDD Final Numbers Are In

HDD has posted their final numbers for first week sales estimates for albums dropping 3/10/2009. Again, HDD only estimates sales, their numbers are not official and are not used for any reporting purposes. However, they tend to be extremely accurate, and it is rare that their top 50, or their sales figures, are much out of sync with Soundscan.

It comes as no surprise that Kelly Clarkson came in at #1. Kelly. The Dream and U2 are the only artists predicted with sales over 100,000 this week, with Kelly coming in at around 250K.

Out of the top 50, there are only EIGHT (8) new releases making it onto the list. The other 42 are earlier releases that are recurring top 50.

Kelly Clarkson
The Dream
U2
J. Holiday
New Found Glory
Chris Cornell
Punk Goes Pop (various)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

(am I the only one who does not recognize some of these at all?)

There are also some long timers still hanging around with Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride well into it's second year in the Top 50. The Hollywood Undead celebrated a year on the chart, and Jennifer Hudson is rapidly approaching her one year mark. Darrius Rucker and Sugarland are not far behind.

This week's projected #50 is Lonely Island with estimated sales of 10,446 units.

Soundscan will rank every CD that was registered with them for reporting, but only the top 200 are made available to the public through Billboard ranking. The entire list is available only to members who participate in the Soundscan program.