'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #20 (2/14/09)

After a lengthry delay, there are finally figures and chart postions available for Idol-related entries on the Billboard Top 200 for the chart week of Feb. 14. It was no surprise that David Cook's self-titled disc once again led the pack, as it slid six spots to #20 thanks to a 27% sales dip to 17.8k copies. It has nearly officially passed the platinum mark, sitting at 936.3k.

David Archuleta's debut album followed, falling #52-61 with another 8.9k copies sold for the week. The miniscule 6% drop sent its total to 618.5k. Already seeing some positive movement in anticipation of the 51st annual Grammy Awards, Jennifer Hudson's Jennifer Hudson rose 10% to 7.7k copies for the week. The debut, which advanced #77-71 on the chart, will see its 583.4k sum expand drastically in the next two weeks.

Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride was sitting pretty once again, as it fell only 3% with a 7.2k take for the week, placing its total at 2.623 million. It might have slid 10 spots to #80 for the week, but expect a nice bump thanks to Carrie's Grammy win and performance. Meanwhile, Daughtry's Daughtry sold another 4.9k copies despite a 16-spot drop to #110, placing its total at 4.373k. It still only managed to suffer a 15% week-to-week drop.

And David Foster's Hit Man compilation rounded out the Idol representation, as the CD/DVD garnered 4.1k with a #104-128 fall and a 20% sales decrease, placing its total at 140.5k.

Full sales figures and chart positions courtesy of areyoureadytojump on Pulse as follows:

020 014 David Cook - David Cook 17,770 -27% 24,417 936,325
061 052 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 8,941 -6% 9,519 618,512
071 077 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 7,666 10% 6,941 583,415
080 070 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 7,149 -3% 7,384 2,622,559
110 094 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,896 -15% 5,775 4,373,373
128 104 David Foster - Hit Man... 4,131 -20% 5,152 140,487

Total sales are in bold.