Constantine Maroulis' album dropped last week (apparently sometime around when he also dropped his last name), and we recently read in Entertainment Weekly that the sixth place-finishing season 4 American Idol finalist was expecting his CDs to fly off the shelves. So much so, in fact, that the studly soap star started his own label, Sixth Place Records (get it?), and spent $35,000 on the self-titled debut. There are now 150,000 copies of the thing floating around in the universe somewhere, and he told EW that if he sells every single one of them he'll be "laughing all the way to the bank." So, of course, we couldn't wait to see what kind of damage he did. Yet, despite having a totally rabid fanbase of middle-aged housewives, he sold a paltry 9,000 albums in the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which landed him at No. 75. Who's laughing now? Probably his former Pray for the Soul of Betty bandmates, that's who.
Maybe it's because everyone is perfectly content calling Daughtry their rock'n'roll Idol or maybe it took Con Con way too long to release the damn thing and now no one remembers who he is. Whatever the reason, with such a slow, slow ... slow ... start out of the gate, it's clear he'll come nowhere near matching the success of other non-winners like Clay Aiken or -- yes, him again -- Daughtry. Hell, we don't even think he can catch up to Elliot Yamin or Bucky Covington!
Of course, it's only Connie's first week on the chart, but it's unlikely he's gonna pick up much steam from here on out. Sorry to crush your dream of being a wealthy man, Constantine. A word of advice: don't quit your day job on The Bold and the Beautiful.
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