'Idol' BB 200: 'Jennifer Hudson' #5 (11/1/08)

For the third week in a row Jennifer Hudson led all Idol alums on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the chart week of Nov. 1. Jennifer's self-titled album took in 45.8k for the week, pushing its total to a very healthy 326.1k. The 27% dip in sales was reflected in its drop from #4-5.

Also in its third week of release was Kellie Pickler by Kellie Pickler, which dropped six spots to #40 thanks to a 26% sales decrease. It shifted 11.9k copies from shelves to bring its total to 71.1k. Carrie Underwood was next with her Carnival Ride, which experienced an 8% sales gain and a four-spot jump to #58. It sold another 8.6k copies for a total of 2.38 million.

Daughtry's nearly two-year-old debut (and currently the highest-totaling album on the Billboard 200) saw its total increase to 4.26 million as a result of it scanning an additional 6.8k copies for the week. It rose #85-80 thanks to a 6% sales incline.

Rounding out all Idol-related entries on the chart was Jordin Sparks' self-titled album, which fell two spots to #114 with 5k copies sold for the week. Its scant 1% dip in sales put its total at 937.3k.

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

005 004 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 45,750 -27% 62,672 326,142
040 034 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 11,880 -26% 16,004 71,076
058 062 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 8,577 5% 8,189 2,376,246
080 085 Daughtry - Daughtry 6,773 6% 6,408 4,256,719
114 112 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 5,025 -1% 5,058 937,278

Total sales are in bold.