'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #14 (4/18/09)

The biggest Idol-related story on the latest Billboard Top 200 chart was without a doubt the rise of David Cook, but Kelly Clarkson was still able to hang on to the title of highest charting album by an alum for the chart week of April 18.

Kelly's All I Ever Wanted fell nine spots to #14 as a result of a 34% sales drop to 33.9k, but her total is reaching closer to the all-important gold status, currently resting at 431.1k copies. Then it was David Cook's turn, as his self-titled album spiked an admirable 239% to 24.8k copies following his performance of new single "Come Back to Me" on the Top 9 results show. On the chart side, it lunged forward 58 spots to #20 and it has now sold 1.068 million.

Following Cook was Carrie Underwood and her crazy Carnival Ride, which slipped #31-33 with a 3% sales dip to 16.2k copies for a grand total of 2.736 million. Way down the chart at #89 was Jennifer Hudson's self-titled album, down seven spots on the chart but up 8% sales-wise from the previous week. The album's weekly take of 7.6k was enough to put its total at 690.8k copies.

Next was Mandisa's Freedom, which was down #83-123 and 27% from its debut week to 5.1k copies. It now has a Billboard total of 7k. 30 spots down at #153 was David Archuleta and his self-titled album, which took in 4k for the week. It slipped five spots but saw a sales increase of 3% from the previous week and now stands at 676.9k copies overall.

Following Arch one spot behind was Daughtry, whose album moved another 4k copies thanks to a rise in sales by 12% and a one-spot advance on the chart from #155. It has sold 4.412 million to date. Someone that has not seen the Billboard 200 in a while is Clay Aiken, whose RCA quick-buck compilation Playlist: The Very Best of Clay Aiken debuted at #173 with 3.4k copies. Look for an exit on next week's chart.

And rounding out the Idol-representation on the chart was David Foster's Hit Man CD/DVD, which slipped 25% in sales and was down #128-176 on the chart, taking in another 3.3k copies. Its total is now at 179.8k.

Full sales figures and chart positions courtesy of Not Completely Useless on Pulse as follows:

014 005 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 33,897 -34% 51,608 431,129
020 078 David Cook - David Cook 24,769 239% 7,300 1,067,673
033 031 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 16,231 -3% 16,775 2,735,990
089 082 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 7,631 8% 7,085 690,757
123 083 Mandisa - Freedom 5,145 -27% 7,031 6,172
153 148 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 4,045 3% 3,939 676,885
154 155 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,034 12% 3,598 4,412,106
173 --- Clay Aiken - Playlist: The Very Best... 3,360 999% 54 3,414
176 128 David Foster - Hit Man... 3,293 -25% 4,366 179,785

Total sales are in bold.