Interesting.
James Fortune & FIYA’s album, The Transformation, jumped 34 chart positions on Billboard’s Gospel Albums chart this week, leaping from #41 to #7. That, alone, is pretty noteworthy. Even more incredible is that this is not the group’s most recent album; the newest project, Encore, rests at #16 on the chart.
Why in tarnation did so many buyers pass up the new album and go for the older one?! Random.
*shrugs*
Anyway, the rest of the Top 10 looks a little somethin’ like this (you’ll notice that Fortune is tied with Brian Courtney Wilson at #7– they sold the same number of units):
#1 | Marvin Sapp - Here I Am
#2 | WOW Gospel 2010
#3 | Forever Jones – Get Ready
#4 | Hezekiah Walker & LFC – Souled Out
#5 | BeBe & CeCe Winans – Still
#6 | Fred Hammond – Love Unstoppable
#7 | Brian Courtney Wilson – Just Love
#7 | James Fortune & FIYA- The Transformation
#9 | CeCe Winans – Songs of Emotional Healing
#10 | Juanita Bynum – More Passion
Shout-out to CeCe for having two albums in the Top 10, and to Forever Jones for maintaining that #3 position!
I’m predicting that the Top 5 will see quite a shake-up next week. I’m guessing the sales figures of the current top albums won’t be strong enough to beat out the first week sales of Darwin Hobbs, DeWayne Woods , Trip Lee and Juanita Bynum.
What say you???
On The Transformation by James Fortune and FIYA - It's quite possible that new listeners may not know the difference between the new album and the old one. They may have heard the name James Fortune and picked the first album that they saw. That could easily happen when people are buying physical cds.
I was just telling someone the other day that I wasn't drawn to the radio singles but I recently listened to someone else's Transformation cd and actually loved the songs. I haven't listened to any of James Fortune's other cd's but that one was pretty nice. I may have to check out the newer one. Even though I wasn't really a fan of "Encore" either. And I completely understand what A-Kay is saying a lot of people hear the buzz behind the name and wind up gett ing the cd that they thought was the latest one or just any cd of theirs.
im glad to see that forever jones didnt dissapear from the top after 1 week like sooooo many do.. here in houston when i go to stores i see the transformation album and not encore esp. at walmart..i wonder why
I hope Trip Lee cracks this next week. His album is amazing!
Eighty-four % of sales came from a Christian chain retailer that probably put Transformation on sale beginning last week. Don't ask me how I know that....;-)
Wow. That's a major increase! I wonder what sparked that one.
Go Courtney!!!!!
It's a great cd!! I work at the family christian store, and it is a $5.00 deal at the store. We have sold quite a few of them.