Idolator

Ken Barnes' latest analysis of the RIAA's gold and platinum awards reveals that one holiday staple is hoping for a Christmas miracle: "Can Mannheim Steamroller's [certified platinum] Christmas Song do the trick? It's currently at just 214,000, so it's got a lot of ground to make up. In its favor, though, it will probably improve on its weekly sales rate (last week it sold 62,000), and it may be sold in a lot of places SoundScan doesn't reach (chimneys). For all I know, they may have shipped a million copies out there anticipating demand." In a world blanketed with all-holiday-all-the-time stations, it's hard for me to see demand for the Steamroller's Christmastastic bombast, but if Clear Channel's overlords are to be believed, I'm probably in the minority. [Listen Up]