Leona Lewis - Echo

YaY at 'Outta My Head' being the next single! And so cool that she's doing the Avatar theme. Anyone who has watched the Titanic Special Edition 4 Disc Set will know that James Cameron just doesn't choose any old song to go on his movies.

Echo is #1 in the midweeks, having sold over 50,000 copies on its first day of release!!

No suprise!

Pretty bad sales :/
But Happy was an awful single, so it's OK.

Her sales are in the same league as Cheryl Cole and Alexandra Burke....

But Spirit sold almost 140,000 on it's first day, so I guess in that respect 50,000 is a massive drop... she might only do 140,000 for the whole week this time... But still good sales, she's just not as big as she was before...

Well, her first day is actually 10k higher than Alex', and 20k higher than Cheryl's.

But I still expected more considering not only the amazing first day/week of 'Spirit' but it's impressive longevity.

Looks like Echo might miss the Top 10 in the US...

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The fourth quarter sprint to the end of the first decade of the 21st century (and what a decade it was) begins in earnest this week and, for battered music retailers, it couldn’t come a moment to soon.

Columbia’s singer/songwriter, full-time Tweeter and tabloid lothario will bow on top next week as his Battle Studies rustles up 275-300k in sales, almost twice as much as his nearest pursuer, according to one-day reports from those hearty few still selling shiny, round discs in their stores instead of flat screen TVs.

Blue Note chanteuse Norah Jones’ The Fall is the next-highest debut at 150-160k, putting her in a four-way logjam with Aftermath/Interscope rapper 50 Cent’s Before I Self-Destruct (whoops, too late), also in its first week, Provident/Reunion Christian act Casting Crows and Decca’s Andrea Bocelli, all in the 140-150k range.

Island/IDJ teen phenom Justin Bieber appears to be poised to debut in the 110-120k neighborhood, a pleasant surprise which L.A. Reid and company have to be delighted with.

19/Jive/JLG American Idol winner Kris Allen’s debut should be between 75-80k, which will make for an interesting comparison when runner-up Adam Lambert’s album drops on Nov. 23.

DGC/Interscope rock gods Them Crooked Vultures, featuring Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Led Zep’s John Paul Jones, are on target for a total of 70-75k for their bracing, neo-psychedelic blooze-metal mash-up.

J/RMG X Factor winner Leona Lewis’ sophomore album, Echo, should do between 60-65k.

Paul McCartney’s Hear Music/Concord live DVD/CD, Good Evening New York City, is in the 50-55k area, while Interscope act OneRepublic’s Waking Up will arise with 40-45k and Janet Jackson’s A&M greatest hits album looks on track for 35-40k.

The market was up 3% vs. last week, down 21% vs. same week last year and still down 13% year to date. Is it 2010 yet?

Just luckluster sales. The promo was next to nothing. Happy hasn't been played on the radio, "Precious" trailers don't count as BIG promo either. She has not done any of the major talk shows AT ALL. Compared to her last album's promos, this one fails miserably.

I love the album but the label better get her schedule right.

She did Dancing With The Stars the other night in the US...

She did? LMAO I didn't even know.

Happy on Ellen, NOT wearing a dress!

Happy is a beautiful song but NOT as a single, and DEFINITELY NOT as one to lead your album with.
She should just forget it ever happened and start promoting the next single, especially in the US where it's not as well known.

I agree. Happy just sounds like a complete rehash of every Ryan Tedder's song out there. It is beautiful but there's no denying that formula got old quick. We already have Halo and Already Gone to be honest.

I see she's promoting the song now...which is a bit late, innit? Just move one to the next one love.

Performing Happy on Conan O'Brien... gosh, she really should be performing something else... I dont think I have ever seen an artist do so many performances for one song since... well, since Leona's Bleeing Love.... I guess that's all she can do, she's not really a celebrity yet, so I guess when she releases a new single she has to work soo hard just to get people to listen to it...

Happy and Outta My Head on Jimmy Kimmel

I didn't get any Leona tickets!

^Me neither, had sold out apart from shit seats!

Hope she adds some more! I'mma aim for Block A or B on the floor!