'Idol' BB 200: 'David Cook' #47 (3/14/09)

There were hardly any surprises on the Billboard Top 200 for the chart week of March 14 in terms of Idol-related content. The crew was once again led by David Cook. whose self-titled album fell #36-47 thanks to a 19% drop in sales. It sold 12.9k for the week and has moved 1.006 million copies in all, officially signifying the album's platinum status.

Next up was Jennifer Hudson, whose debut album rose two spots to #50 with another 12.5k copies sold. It rose 1% in sales for the week and has sold a total of 645.9k. Carrie Underwood followed with Carnival Ride, which also rose two spots to #61 despite selling almost exactly the same amount of units as the previous week. It increased by 9.7k, pushing its total take to 2.662 million.

David Archuleta's David Archuleta was down #82-88 with a 12% drop in sales, as it sold 6.9k copies for a total of 654.5k. Melinda Doolittle also saw her debut, Coming Back to You, slip in the sales department, as it decreased by 24% and fell 19 spots to #121. It has sold 30.1k in all after another 4.7k copies were sold this past week.

Daughtry's album followed at #139, down 10 spots from the previous week, selling 4k with an 11% drop. It has now sold 4.393 million in all. David Foster's CD/DVD combo Hit Man rounded out all Idol-related entries, as it sold 3.3k copies for the week, up 1%, for a total of 155.3k. It rose #187-169 on the chart.

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

047 036 David Cook - David Cook 12,852 -19% 15,830 1,006,401
048 050 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 12,502 1% 12,344 645,883
061 063 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 9,748 0% 9,714 2,662,140
088 082 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 6,890 -12% 7,823 654,536
121 102 Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back to You 4,689 -24% 6,132 30,113
139 129 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,026 -11% 4,502 4,393,013
169 187 David Foster - Hit Man... 3,329 1% 3,292 155,280

Total sales are in bold.