'Idol' BB 200: 'Carnival Ride' #43 (8/2/08)

It was another uneventful week on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, as Carrie Underwood retained her status as the highest-ranking Idol alum for the Aug. 2 chart week. Her album, Carnival Ride, stayed virtually flat, adding another 12.6k copies for a 2.24 million total take. Daughtry and Jordin Sparks both had small decreases, as the former's self-titled album dropped #80-87 with 7.3k copies and the latter's self-titled effort tumbled 15 spots to #101 with an additional 7k copies sold. Totals stand at 4.16 million and 857k, respectively.

And Season 5's seventh-place finalist finally made his debut on the chart this week, as Ace Young's self-titled album debuted at #160 with 4.1k copies sold. It does not look like it will be sticking around much longer. Full chart positions courtesy of Heidi Klum over on Pulse are as follows:

043 036 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 12,634 0% 12,657 2,243,172
087 080 Daughtry - Daughtry 7,353 -6% 7,842 4,157,539
101 086 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 6,908 -10% 7,650 857,184
160 * Ace Young - Ace Young 4,137 999% 10 4,173

Total sales are in bold.