Digital sales roundup: "Crush" #22 (9/13/08)

In what was a close race among Idol alums, David Archuleta ultimately came out on top with "Crush," as the single sold 51.4k copies for the week and landed at #22 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart. The song rose 3% in sales and has totaled 405k since its release. Following right behind was Jordin Sparks, whose "One Step At a Time" fell #16-23 thanks to a 10% decline in sales to 51.3k - a mere 100 downloads fewer than "Crush." "Time" now stands at 653k.

Taking the biggest tumble of all Idol-related tracks was "Just Stand Up!" which features Carrie Underwood among others. "Up!" fell #7-24 as a result of a 55% drop, and sold an additional 49.6k tracks. Aided by its re-release, Daughtry's "What About Now" jumped 38 spots to #75 from 18.1k downloads. It now stands at 338.1k. And then Jennifer Hudson brings up the rear with "Spotlight," which held steady at #97 despite a 3% drop to 13.2k for the week.

Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:

022 020 David Archuleta, "Crush" 51,400 3% 49,752 404,993
023 016 Jordin Sparks, "One Step At a Time" 51,281 -10% 57,199 653,117
24 7 Artists (Underwood), "Just Stand Up!" 49,572 -55% 109,056 173,832
075 113 Daughtry, "What About Now" 18,057 70% 10,609 338,099
097 097 Jennifer Hudson, "Spotlight" 13,184 -3% 13,599 118,495

Total sales in bold.