Digital sales roundup: "Crush" #15 (11/1/08)

David Archuleta's "Crush" was the first of two songs by the artist to appear on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart for the week. "Crush" led all Idol-related tracks and rose one spot to #15 thanks to a slim 1% sales increase to 56.1k, raising its total to 861.4k. Arch's second song to appear on the chart was "Angels," which was automatically downloaded following a pre-order of his album on iTunes. It debuted at #53 with 23.6k downloads.

Jordin Sparks' "One Step At a Time" dipped 18% in sales to 27k for the week, putting it at 930.9k total. It slipped #38-43 on the chart. Jennifer Hudson's "Spotlight" witnessed an 11% increase and rose seven spots to #60. Its 20.4k downloads for the week put its total north of 260k.

And David Cook capped off the representation among Idol alums, as "Light On" fell 42% to 19.5k downloads, totaling 208.2k. It fell 31 spots to #66.

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

15 16 David Archuleta, "Crush" 56,065 1% 55,314 861,391
43 38 Jordin Sparks, "One Step At a Time" 26,966 -18% 32,833 930,907
53 -- David Archuleta, "Angels" 23,619 999% 0 23,619
60 67 Jennifer Hudson, "Spotlight" 20,350 11% 18,369 260,280
66 35 David Cook, "Light On" 19,469 -42% 33,598 208,151

Total sales are in bold.