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DAVID COOK’S SELF TITLED DEBUT CD IS CERTIFIED PLATINUM BY THE RIAA FOR SALES EXCEEDING 1 MILLION UNITS
Last Season’s American Idol Winner, Kicks off his first Headline tour “The Declaration Tour – 2009” in Tallahassee, FL on February 13th.
(New York –NY) David Cook’s self titled debut cd has been certified platinum by the RIAA for sales exceeding 1 million units. American Idol Cook is set to kick off his first headline tour, “The Declaration Tour – 2009” in Tallahassee, FL on February 13th.
Released on November 18th, 2008, David Cook (19 Recordings / RCA Records) entered the Billboard charts at #3 and the digital album charts at #1, marking the best debut from an American Idol winner since 2006. Collectively the songs from David Cook have sold over 2 million tracks and ringtones combined. The first single, “Light On,” dominated the AOL Top 40 radio chart with 8 (non consecutive) weeks at #1 and is currently Top 10 at Hot AC radio and still growing. In late September “Light On” premiered on AOL Music’s pop culture news site, PopEater.com, receiving over 1 million plays in less than a week.
Cook’s coronation single, “The Time of My Life” recently went platinum, with over one million tracks sold. “The Time of My Life” is not only the biggest single debut but the highest selling coronation single in the show’s history. “The Time of My Life” also held the #1 position at mainstream AC radio for nearly 4 months straight. Cook is the 34th “American Idol” contestant to appear on a Billboard chart.
Cook kicked off 2009 by performing for troops during a USO tour. He visited seven different bases, singing songs off his self-titled album.
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David Cook’s post-Idol debut album David Cook was certified platinum on January 22.
David Cook was released on November 18, and has sold nearly 900K.
FYI: RIAA certification is based on units shipped to retailers, rather than sold, which explains why albums are often certified before they sell a million copies.
Congrats, Cookie! And those numbers will just get higher with his appearances and publicity on Idol and as more singles — I’m hoping for “Declaration” or “Come Back To Me” — are released. I bought the album the day it came out, and I still haven’t taken it out of the rotation of CDs I listen to when I’m driving. I wasn’t wild about his first single, “Light On,” but it has really grown on me. And it’s still blowing up on radio. That’s two years in a row now, with Jordin Sparks and David Cook, that Idol has hit a home run. Let’s make it three.
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According with Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)’s website, the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry, David Cook album got platinum on January 22th!
Do you know what it means?
David Cook sold over 1 million of copies on U.S. since the album was released!
Well, Cook, it seems you’ll have one more plaque to put on your wall soon!
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Overview: Thousands upon thousands of people flock to the preliminary auditions for American Idol each year, feeling this is their shot at stardom. Amidst the freaks, the geeks, the hobos, the psychos, the hilarious, the ridiculous, and the downright hideous from the tryouts for the iconic show’s seventh season came a dude out of Oklahoma named David Cook. He belted out a rendition of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer” which secured his golden ticket to Hollywood and just five short months later, Cook beat out David Archuleta and was crowned the 2008 winner of American Idol. Soon, David got to work on his RCA debut with producer Rob Cavallo, teaming up with the likes of Goo Goo Dolls front-man Johnny Rzeznik, Our Lady Peace vocalist Raine Maida, and producer Brian Howes to help pen the effort. On November 18, 2008, David Cook’s eponymous debut hit stores, moving 280,000 copies in its first seven days. ‘David Cook‘ has achieved gold certification for sales in excess of 500,000, and the disc’s lead single “Light On” is picking up speed at top 40 radio.
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The music rating website Rate The Music has just issued a new survey for Idol David Cook.
It’s a good indication that Cook’s label is getting ready to release a new single from his post-Idol debut David Cook, and are polling the public to figure out which song to release next.
The survey asks members to rate “Declaration”, “Lie” and “Come to Me”.
The current single is “Light On”. Which single do you think should be next? Tell us in comments!
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Idols are all over the holiday charts and there’s good news for David Cook. In addition, Idol fans can look forward to a plethora of new music after the first of the year. Read on for all this and more.
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Idol Albums on the Charts
Nothing new on the charts this week, which means all the existing releases jockeyed for position on the Billboard 200. This is good news for David Cook, whose self-titled debut sold 104,000 copies in its fourth week to keep him in the top ten (#10). The album remains on the Top Internet Albums (7) and Top Rock Albums (4) charts.
Hits Daily Double is predicting that Cook’s album will sell an additional 125,000 to 130,000 this last week before Christmas, and could end up in the top ten for the fifth week in a row. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA and has sold around 580,000 copies to date.
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Idol Singles on the Charts
Here’s a summary of all of the Idol-related singles:
“Light On” (David Cook): Hot 100 (48), Hot 100 Airplay (60), Pop 100 (32), Pop 100 Airplay (32), Mainstream Top 40 (23), Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks (11), Hot Digital Tracks (45), Hot Digital Songs (48)
“The Time of My Life” (David Cook): Hot Adult Contemporary (4)
“Crush” (David Archuleta): Hot 100 (43), Pop 100 (37), Pop 100 Airplay (41), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (11), Mainstream Top 40 (34), Hot Adult Top 40 (16), Hot Digital Tracks (32), Hot Digital Songs (37)
“Spotlight” (Jennifer Hudson): Hot 100 (47), Hot 100 Airplay (32), Pop 100 (68), Pop 100 Airplay (58), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (12), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (12), Hot Adult R&B Airplay (4)
“If This Isn’t Love” (Jennifer Hudson): Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (52), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (52), Hot Adult R&B Airplay (31)
“One Step At A Time” (Jordin Sparks): Pop 100 (42), Pop 100 Airplay (31), Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks (27)
“What About Now” (Daughtry): Hot 100 (85), Hot 100 Airplay (66), Hot Adult Contemporary (12), Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks (7)
“Feels Like Tonight” (Daughtry): Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (10)
“Just a Dream,” (Carrie Underwood): Hot 100 (61), Hot 100 Airplay (51)
Best Days Of Your Life (Kellie Pickler): Hot Country Songs (46)
“Lose My Soul” (TobyMac featuring Mandisa): Hot Christian Adult Contemporary (3), Hot Christian Songs (4)
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