John Legend and Common have already added a slight boost to sales of their single "Glory" from the film Selma despite last week's sales tallies ending a short while after Sunday night's Oscars telecast. That and the rest of the songs nominated/performed on Sunday saw a rise in sales numbers, while an even bigger boost should be expected for next week's totals (from Rolling Stone).
"Glory" was the biggest winner of the night, not only winning Best Original Song at the ceremony but also encouraging 28,000 viewers to head out and download the track. That marks the best sales week yet for the track. The other four nominees—"Lost Stars" by Adam Levine, "Grateful" by Rita Ora and Diane Warren, "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" by Glen Campbell, and "Everything Is Awesome" by Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island—added up to 75,000 total downloads, a 184 percent boost from the week before. And again, expect those numbers to rise after viewers have a full week to make their purchases.
"Glory" might have won among songs but I'll Be Me, the Glen Campbell documentary that houses "I'm Not Gonna Miss You," won out among soundtrack albums. The album featuring that song received a 805 percent jump in sales following the performance, moving 3,000 copies. The five nominees totaled 7,000 albums sold among them.
A more unexpected jump came from the soundtrack to The Sound of Music, particularly the four songs that Lady Gaga sang as part of her tribute medley, gathering 3,000 song downloads for the collection. Jennifer Hudson also brought in 2,000 downloads for "I Can't Let Go," the single from the approaching-cult classic TV program Smash.
The Best Original Scores category defied the trend set in motion by Best Original Song, in that the winner of the trophy wasn't the biggest winner on iTunes. In fact, Interstellar was the top earner while The Grand Budapest Hotel was just third.
