It’s David vs. David, again
David Cook may have gotten more votes than David Archuleta to take the American Idol crown. But it’s the younger David who is getting the numbers where it really matters — on the charts.
Crush, the first single from Archuleta’s upcoming CD debuted No. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart, one spot higher than Cook’s No. 3 opening with The Time of My Life. Crush also made its way to the No. 1 position on iTunes (it’s now at No. 6) for top downloads on the day it was released.
We haven’t seen this kind of winner vs. runner-up chart battle since Clay Aiken showed Ruben Studdard who American really liked back in 2003.
Still, Cook has plenty of reasons to smile. Time of My Life sold 236,000 digital copies in its debut week, crushing Crush, which only was downloaded 166,000 times in its opening week. In time, I’m betting the reigning Idol champion will outlast the younger David. But you just never know …
August 28th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Well, let’s just say that I think David Cook stay longer than David Archuleta. See, David Cook has got a wider range of fans compared to Archie’s fans - most of them high school kids. So what happens when these grow old? I guess they shift to Cook.