Real Housewives Song Sales

Multimillionaire singer-songwriter Kandi Burruss of the Real Housewives of Atlanta wrote and produced “Tardy For The Party” for Kim Zolciak during Season 2 of the series.  She makes an interesting observation in this piece from The Hollywood Reporter:

It’s almost gimmicky now, like every Housewives show has someone trying to get a record deal,” says Burruss, who points to one key difference in her motivation. “I’m a music-industry person first and a reality-show person second. [The show] is what I do for fun. They, on the other hand, do music for fun. I’m not so into it.”

The most successful song?

“Tardy for the Party” by Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak, written and produced by fellow Housewife Kandi Burruss, which has sold some 101,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Factor in the piracy rate, and more than 1 million people own the tune — despite Zolciak’s questionable singing skills. The poorest performer: Michaele Salahi, one-half of Washington D.C.’s White House party crashing couple, whose “Bump It” moved a whopping 122 copies.

Real Housewives Song Sales:

Kim Zolciak (Atlanta)
“Tardy for the Party” – 101,000 downloads

Kandi Burruss (Atlanta)
“Fly Above” – 55,000*

Countess LuAnn (New York City)
“Money Can’t Buy You Class” – 19,000

Melissa Gorga (New Jersey)
“On Display” – 8,000

Gretchen Rossi (Orange County)
“Nothing Without You” – 5,000*

Danielle Staub (New Jersey)
“Real Close” – 3,000

Simon van Kempen (New York City)
“I Am Real” – 1,000

Michaele Salahi (Washington, D.C.)
“Bump It” – 122

For a great perspective on “Housewives” and their singing abilities, go to Anderson Cooper’s “Ridiculist”

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