'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #29 (2/21/09)

It was another very healthy week on the Billboard Top 200 for the chart week of Feb. 21, as the post-Grammys bounce was in full force for a few old favorites from the Idol catalog.

As usual, David Cook's self-titled effort led the pack, as it declined 5% to 17k, falling nine spots to #29. It has totaled 953.3k. Jennifer Hudson's debut saw the greatest percentage increase, as it was up 57% to 12.1k, lunging forth #71-47, meaning it now stands at 595.5k.

The week's lone Idol debut was Melinda Doolittle's Coming Back to You, which garnered 10.9k, placing it at #58 for the week. David Archuleta's David Archuleta followed right behind at #70, down nine spots from last week despite a 2% sales increase, as the album's take of 9.1k for the week put its total at 627.6k.

Another album to see a bit of a Grammy boost was Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride, as it sold 8.2k, up 15%, but slipped two spots to #82. It has reached a total of 2.631 million. Not up for any Grammys, Daughtry's debut album slipped a scant 1% to 4.9k for the week, but fell a heavier 18 spots on the chart. It has amassed 4.378 million to date.

And David Foster's Hit Man collection took in 3.8k for the week, which was down 8% from the previous week, and marked a #128-166 drop on the chart. It has sold 144.3k copies in total.

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

029 020 David Cook - David Cook 16,954 -5% 17,770 953,279
047 071 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 12,060 57% 7,666 595,475
058 --- Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back to You 10,852 999% 9 10,803
070 061 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 9,106 2% 8,941 627,618
082 080 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 8,245 15% 7,149 2,630,804
128 110 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,851 -1% 4,896 4,378,213
166 128 David Foster - Hit Man... 3,792 -8% 4,131 144,279

Total sales are in bold.