'Idol' BB 200: 'Jennifer Hudson' #4 (10/25/08)

For the second week in a row Jennifer Hudson represented all Idol alums on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week of Oct. 25. Her album Spotlight fell 71% to to 62.7k copies in its second week of release, moving it down two spots to #4. Its total now stands at 280.4k.

Falling less percentage-wise but more position-wise was Kellie Pickler's sophomore effort, which declined #9-34 while selling another 16k, putting its total at 59.2k. It decreased 63% for the week. Idol's other main country star Carrie Underwood slipped two spots to #62 with Carnival Ride, which decreased in sales by 11%. Its additional 8.2k for the week amounts to a total of 2.37 million copies.

Daughtry was up next with 6.4k for the week, pushing its total close to the 4.25 million mark. The band's album slipped #82-85 thanks to a 10% sales dip. Jordin Sparks rounded up the pack once again with her self-titled album, which fell three spots to #112. Another 5.1k copies means its total is at 932.3k.

Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of 2m on Pulse as follows:

04 02 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 62,672 -71% 217,185 280,392
034 009 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 16,004 -63% 43,165 59,196
062 064 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 8,189 -11% 9,160 2,367,669
085 082 Daughtry - Daughtry 6,408 -10% 7,136 4,249,964
112 109 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 5,058 -7% 5,431 932,292

Total sales are in bold.