'Idol' BB 200: 'Jennifer Hudson' #9 (11/8/08)

Jennifer Hudson has now led all Idol alums for a month straight on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the chart week of Nov. 8. Her self-titled album dropped four spots to #9, selling another 28.8k copies, which marks a 37% decrease in sales from the week before. Its total is now 355k.

Carrie Underwood followed with Carnival Ride, which shot up 44% in sales to 12.3k thanks to an exclusive Walmart re-release that includes five Christmas tracks. The #58-37 jump put its total at 2.389 million. Kellie Pickler's sophomore album continued its small downward journey as it fell 19 spots to #59. It netted an additional 8.2k copies, sending its total just south of 80k after four weeks.

Daughtry and Jordin Sparks once again rounded out Idol-related albums on the chart, with the former falling #80-81 and the latter declining #114-127. Daughtry sold 6.2k thanks to a 9% slide in sales, while Jordin Sparks took home another 4.2k as a result of a 16% drop in sales. Totals are now 4.263 million and 941.5k, respectively.

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

009 005 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 28,825 -37% 45,750 354,967
037 058 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 12,312 44% 8,577 2,388,558
059 040 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 8,235 -31% 11,880 79,311
081 080 Daughtry - Daughtry 6,165 -9% 6,773 4,262,878
127 114 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 4,231 -16% 5,025 941,496

Total sales are in bold.