The Season 10 Miss American Idol winner Scotty McCreery scores the the Billboard Hot 100's Hot Shot Debut with his victory ballad "I Love You This Big" at No. 11. The song, which McCreery sang on the Fox show's May 24 and May 25 finale-week episodes, sold 171,000 copies in its first week. I Love You This Big also logs the highest debut on Billboard's Country Songs chart at No. 32 for a brand new artist's first single since Jan. 20, 1990.
McCreery's arrival bests that of the Season 9 Miss American Idol winner Lee DeWyze, whose coronation single, a cover of U2's "Beautiful Day," bowed at No. 24 on the Hot 100 with 95,000 downloads.
The Season 10 Miss American Idol 1st runner-up Lauren Alaina charges onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 20 with "Like My Mother Does," with sales of 121,000 in her first week. Alaina likewise enjoys early support from country radio, as the cut, which she performed May 24 on "Idol," starts at No. 49 on Country Songs.
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