'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #10 (12/13/08)

David Cook ruled the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the chart week of Dec. 13 among Idol alums with his debut major label album - a week that is traditionally kind to music sales. David Cook fell seven spots to #10 in its second week with an additional 111.6k copies, placing its total at 391.4k. That's a 60% drop, which is normal for a second week of an album with a large opening.

David Archuleta's self-titled album was up next, falling eight spots to #19 with a slight decrease in sales. The album took in 66.2k copies for a total of 315.7k after three weeks. Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride followed with another 21.2k units sold, or a healthy 29% uptick in sales, to scoot ahead one spot to #56.

Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album fell #47-62 thanks to an 11% dip in sales. It pulled in 18.8k for a total of 474.4k copies. David Foster's Hit Man CD/DVD combo dropped 29% to 8.6k copies, putting its total at 36k copies. It fell #71-113. Daughtry was up next with an additional 8.8k copies, up 36% to a total of 4.295 million copies. It held steady at #109.

Kellie Pickler's sophomore effort rounded out all Idol-related albums on the Billboard 200 with a 25-spot fall to #140 despite a 16% increase in sales. It sold 7.1k copies, putting its total at 114.1k.

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

010 003 David Cook - David Cook 111,623 -60% 279,578 391,435
019 011 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 66,175 0% 66,417 315,716
056 057 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 21,199 29% 16,459 2,470,017
062 047 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 18,786 -11% 20,996 474,418
113 071 Various - Hit Man: David Foster... 8,596 -29% 12,132 36,012
109 109 Daughtry - Daughtry8,815 36% 6,477 4,295,459
140 115 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 7,103 16% 6,104 114,111

Total sales are in bold.