'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #10 (12/27/08)

With only one full week of shopping left before Christmas, Idol alums saw generous returns in their album sales for the week. For the fourth week in a row, David Cook led all other Idolrelated albums on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the chart week of Dec. 27.

Cook's major label debut pulled in 103.5k, up 19%, and landed at #10 for the second week in a row. It has now tallied 582k copies sold in its first month of release. David Archuleta's debut followed at #21, down two spots from the previous week, and sold 59.1k copies, up a simple 6%. The album has sold 430.5k copies in five weeks and should attain gold status by next week.

Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride was up next, rising #53-50 thanks to a healthy 35% increase to 26.9k copies. It has sold a boastful 2.517 million since its release roughly one year ago. David Foster's Hit Man CD/DVD combo featuring Katharine McPhee and Michael Johns was up #75-58, aided by a 21.6k weekly total, up 60% from the previous week. The release has sold 71.1k copies to date.

Moving further down the chart, Jennifer Hudson's debut sold 15.2k copies, down nine spots to #81 despite an 8% sales increase. Her album now stands at 503.7k, just enough for a gold certification whenever her label gets around to it. Daughtry's Daughtry also saw positive movement, climbing 33% to 11k copies sold with a seven-spot advance on the chart to #104. Its massive total now stands at 4.315 million.

Kellie Pickler's Kellie Pickler followed, rising #141-140 with a sales gain of 24% to 8.3k copies. It has totaled 129.2k. Jordin Sparks once again rounded out all Idol-related chart entries with her newly-certified platinum debut, moving #199-191 to 5.4k copies for the week. Its 18% increase now puts its total at 970.6k.

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

010 010 David Cook - David Cook 103,544 19% 87,069 582,048
021 019 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 59,077 6% 55,699 430,492
050 053 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 26,942 35% 20,017 2,516,976
058 075 Various - Hit Man: David Foster... 21,597 60% 13,480 71,089
081 072 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 15,223 8% 14,087 503,728
104 111 Daughtry - Daughtry 11,046 33% 8,291 4,314,738
140 141 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 8,333 24% 6,745 129,189
191 199 Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks 5,431 18% 4,603 970,649

Total sales are in bold.