With only two weeks until Christmas, Idol alums had a fairly strong showing on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the chart week of Dec. 20. David Cook's self-titled album spent its third week in the Top 10, holding steady at #10 with a modest 22% decline in sales. The album moved another 87.1k copies and has totaled 478.5k.
David Archuleta's debut followed for the third week in a row, holding steady at #19 and selling 55.7k copies. Despite falling 16% compared to the previous week, Arch's album has posted a total of 371.4k copies, just 100k shy of his former competitor. Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride was up next, rising three spots to #53 despite a 6% slip in sales. It sold 20k copies, putting its total at 2.490 million.
Jennifer Hudson's self-titled debut sold 14.1k copies for the week, down 25% from the previous week, sliding 10 spots to #72. It has now sold 488.5k copies since its release in October. David Foster's CD/DVD combo Hit Man saw a 57% surge in sales, selling 13.5k copies and rising #113-75. Its total now stands at 49.5k.
Daughtry and Kellie Pickler each followed, with the former's debut selling 8.3k copies, down 6%, while the latter's sophomore effort sold 6.7k copies, down 5%. Daughtry fell two spots to #111 and has a total of 4.304 million while Kellie Pickler fell one spot to #141 and has a total of 120.9k copies.
And then there's Jordin Sparks' Jordin Sparks, which made a surprising resurgence into the Top 200 at #199 with 4.6k copies, up 1% from the previous week. It has sold 965.2k to date.
Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of tony on Pulse as follows:
010 010 David Cook - David Cook 87,069 -22% 111,623 478,504
019 019 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 55,699 -16% 66,175 371,415
053 056 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 20,017 -6% 21,199 2,490,034
072 062 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 14,087 -25% 18,786 488,505
075 113 Various - Hit Man: David Foster... 13,480 57% 8,596 49,492
111 109 Daughtry - Daughtry 8,291 -6% 8,815 4,303,731
141 140 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 6,745 -5% 7,103 120,856
199 --- Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 4,603 1% 4,557 965,241
Total sales are in bold.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #10 (12/20/08)
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Despite falling 16% compared to the previous week, Arch's album has posted a total of 371.4k copies, just 100k shy of his former competitor.
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But you forget to note that Archie has been out a week more than Cook, which makes the 100K difference even better.
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