Digital sales roundup: "Crush" #1 (8/16/08)

For the first time in 10 weeks an Idol alum other than Jordin Sparks leads all Idol-related tracks on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart. In its first week David Archuleta's debut single "Crush" sat on top of the chart at #1 with 166.2k downloads sold. This was more than enough to unseat Jordin's "One Step At a Time," which remained at #18 but rose eight percent to 54.3k downloads sold for a total of 433k.

David Cook's "The Time of My Life" once again witnessed a surge, as it jumped from #40-27 with another 43.2k for the week. Its total now stands at 793k copies and looks to reach platinum status by late September. Carrie Underwood's latest single "Just a Dream," on the other hand, is still early on in its chart run as it sold 17.9k copies for the week, landing at #79. And Jennifer Hudson capped off tracks among Idol alums with another 8.8k sold at #156. Its total is now at 68.9k. Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows.

001 --- David Archuleta, "Crush" 166,247 999% 0 166,247
018 018 Jordin Sparks, "One Step At a Time" 54,252 8% 50,347 433,034
027 040 David Cook, "The Time of My Life" 43,170 35% 32,032 792,658
079 167 Carrie Underwood, "Just a Dream" 17,856 121% 8,079 91,871
156 153 Jennifer Hudson, "Spotlight" 8,834 4% 8,508 68,855

Total sales are in bold.