'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #36 (3/7/09)

Not a single Idol alum saw their album sales increase on the Billboard Top 200 for the chart week of March 7, but that's understandable considering the Grammy effect is now history. Fortunately, the chart positions of the albums did not change all that drastically for most, showing that they are doing their best to stay competitive with the non-Idol portion of the industry.

Of course it was David Cook who once again led the alums on the chart, as his self-titled album fell four spots to #36 accompanied by a 35% sales drop to 15.8k copies, placing its total at 993.6k. It should officially cross the platinum mark sometime this weekend if it has not done so already. Following him was Jennifer Hudson, whose debut album took the largest tumble of them all this week, collapsing 52% to 12.3k. The album fell #30-50 and now sits at a total of 633.4k copies.

Carrie Underwood was third in line as usual, as her Carnival Ride remained steady at #63 but slipped 18% and moved an additional 9.7k copies this week. It has sold 2.652 million to date. David Archuleta's debut took a bigger hit, falling 22 spots to #82 and sliding 36% in the sales department. It sold 7.8k copies for the week and 647.6k in all.

Progressing down the chart at a faster pace this week was Melinda Doolittle's three-week-old debut album Coming Back to You (it looks like Billboard is still confusing it with its first single, "It's Your Love"), which fell 10 spots to #102 and sold 6.1k copies for the week. Its 30% sales dip places its total at 25.5k. Daughtry was a bit behind with its debut album, selling 4.5k for a total of 4.389 million. It was down 11 spots to #129 and down 29% in sales figures.

And then there was David Foster's Hit Man compilation, which moved another 3.3k copies for the week, down 20 spots to #187 and down 25% saleswise. Its total is now at 151.9k.

Full sales figures and chart positions courtesy of Touch That Chick on Pulse as follows:

036 032 David Cook - David Cook 15,830 -35% 993,549
050 030 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 12,344 -52% 633,381
063 063 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 9,714 -18% 2,652,392
082 060 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 7,823 -36% 647,646
102 092 Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back to You 6,132 -30% 25,498
129 118 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,502 -29% 4,388,993
187 167 David Foster - Hit Man... 3,292 -25% 151,951

Total sales are in bold.