It looks like Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle is dreaming in platinum as second week sales of her debut album have pushed the total number of copies sold in the U.S. past 1.2 million according to a tally released on Tuesday. We told you yesterday that the trend on the Hits Double Daily chart showed that Boyle would retain the top selling album in the U.S. for a second week, the numbers were finalized on Tuesday and they show she sold 509,610 copies this past week, easily beating Andrea Bocelli's 437,435 in sales for the top of the charts. Last week the SoundScan numbers showed more sales than the HDD, so Boyles final tally may end up higher than the half a million copies this chart reports.
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert was less fortunate. After failing to meet the first week sales projections for his debut, this week his sales fell a staggering 74%, which dropped him out of the Top 20 entirely from his third place debut on last week's chart. His album, "For Your Entertainment" sold 50,648 copies last week according the Hits Double Daily chart. Perhaps the SoundScan numbers will give him a bump and he'll remain in the Top 20 once those numbers are finalized.
R.Kelly had the highest debut of the week, landing in fourth place for his untitled album with sales of 115,923 according to HDD. See how the other albums did last week
*An album must sell 1 million copies in the U.S. to qualify for a Platinum award. A gold album is awarded for sales of 500,000.
