'Idol' BB 200: 'Carnival Ride' #45 (10/4/08)

Kristy Lee Cook nearly led all Idol-related albums on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week of Oct. 4, but fell just short. That title belong once again to Carrie Underwood, whose Carnival Ride posted a 1% increase to 10.6k copies, putting the album's total at 2.34 million. For the week, Ride remained at #45 on the chart.

Kristy Lee's post-Idol album, Why Wait, came in at #49 for the week courtesy of 9.6k copies, up from the four copies that were scanned in street date violations the previous week. Kristy Lee's numbers are fairly poor considering she placed seventh on the most recent season, but are respectable considering she is a new artist.

After a healthy increase last week thanks to a re-release, Daughtry's self-titled album reverted back to its normal standings, falling #36-52 with a 27% decrease in sales. The album took in an additional 9.4k copies, which brings its total to 4.23 million. Jordin Sparks was next with Jordin Sparks, which shot ahead 30 spots to #71 thanks to a 19% increase in sales with 7k copies flat. This brings the album's total to 917k.

Full chart positions courtesy of 2m over on Pulse are as follows:

045 045 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 10,555 1% 10,483 2,341,166
049 --- Kristy Lee Cook - Why Wait 9,548 999% 4 9,552
052 036 Daughtry - Daughtry 9,423 -27% 12,821 4,228,777
071 101 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 7,000 19% 5,869 916,617

Total sales in bold.