Thursday, April 30, 2009

'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #21 (5/9/09)

There were declines to be found all around among Idol alums on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the chart week of May 9.

Kicking things off was Kelly Clarkson with her latest album All I Ever Wanted, which fell two spots to #21 thanks to a 6% sales decrease. It moved another 18.3k copies for the week and no has a total of 508.7k, marking official gold status. Next up was Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride, which sold 16.5k for the week, down 17% from the previous week. It has sold 2.805 million to date and was down #17-26 on the chart side.

Next up was David Cook, whose self-titled album took in another 8k despite sliding 12% for a total of 1.106 million copies. It fell eight spots to #55. And then there was Chris Botti's Chris Botti Live In Boston, which slipped #46-60 thanks to a 15% decrease in sales. It moved an additional 7.8k copies for the week and has now sold 69.2k.

Following 10 spots behind at #70 was Jennifer Hudson's debut album, which sold 6.9k copies and was 28 spots below where it was the previous week. It was down 26% in sales and now has a total of 714.1k. David Archuleta was up next at #110, up from #183 the previous week. David Archuleta was the only Idol-related album to see substantialpositive movement on the chart, as it was up 59% in sales to 4.6k copies for a total of 690k.

Kellie Pickler's Kellie Pickler slipped two spots to #133 with 3.9k copies, which was down only 3% from the previous week. It has now passed the 200k mark, standing at 201.5k copies. Daughtry's debut album declined #160-164 thanks to a 7% sales dip to 3.1k. It has now sold 4.423 million since its release back in November 2006.

And it was Mandisa and her Freedom that rounded out the Billboard 200 with 2.9k copies sold for the week for a total of 11.1k according to Billboard. On the chart side it was up three spots to #178 and stayed relatively unchanged percentage-wise from week to week.

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

021 019 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 18,290 -6% 19,402 508,678
026 017 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 16,525 -17% 19,822 2,804,617
055 047 David Cook - David Cook 8,031 -12% 9,097 1,106,166
060 046 Chris Botti - Chris Botti Live In Boston 7,768 -15% 9,111 69,230
070 042 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 6,938 -26% 9,436 714,056
110 183 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 4,587 59% 2,877 689,798
133 131 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 3,850 -3% 3,966 201,512
164 160 Daughtry - Daughtry 3,072 -7% 3,288 4,422,604
178 181 Mandisa - Freedom 2,930 0% 2,921 11,148

Total sales are in bold.

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