HITS estimates: Cook 132.5k, Arch 81.7k

In a surprise early posting due to the upcoming Christmas holiday, HITS Daily Double released its estimates for the sales week earlier today. All albums saw increases on the chart as expected, including the two Idol-related entries.

David Cook's major label debut album led the Idol representation with another 132.5k copies sold, up 27% from the previous week. It came in at #13, and will mark its first week outside of the Top 10 since its release if the numbers hold.

David Archuleta followed suit with his self-titled debut, which came in at #22 with 81.7k copies sold. It was up 37% over the previous week, and unless these numbers are extremely overblown, Arch's album has now earned itself a gold certification.

Finalized figures from Billboard should be out sometime later this week.