The Pop Idol concept may not play as well in Canada as in the U.S. -- at least not on the album sales charts.
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Nevertheless, Ryan's Home became the best-selling Canadian debut of any of the Idols in the first week, edging out American Idol 2 runner-up Clay AIken's Measure of a Man, which sold 25,200 units in its debut in October. However, Clay managed to open at #2 -- giving him the highest-charting debut among the Idols. By contrast, American Idol 1 winner Kelly Clarkson sold 10,500 copies of Thankful to open at #7 back in mid-April -- and American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard had minimal sales of his album Soulful in its debut this week, placing just 37th in Canada ... almost as bad as American Idol 1 runner-up Justin Guarini's 49th place debut.
We'll know tomorrow whether the release of his CD has brought Ryan's streak of 10 straight weeks at #1 on the Nielsen SoundScan Canadian Singles Sales chart with his single "Something More" -- a streak beginning to rival Clay Aiken's 13 straight weeks at #1 in Canada with "Bridge Over Troubled Water" b/w "This Is The Night" -- to an end.
