'Idol' BB 200: 'Carnival Ride' #17 (5/2/09)

For the first time in a while, Carrie Underwood regained the pole Idol-related position on the Billboard Top 200 chart with her sophomore album for the chart week of May 2.

Carnival Ride slipped one spot to #17 with another 19.8k copies sold, down 39% from the previous week. It has sold 2.788 million in all and continues its march with no signs of stopping anytime soon. Following Carrie was Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted, which slipped to the second-highest-charting album for an Idol alum for the first time in its chart life thanks to a hefty 51% drop in sales. It sold 19.4k copies for the week for a total of 490.4k and was down #12-19 on the chart side.

Next up was Jennifer Hudson and her debut album, which rocketed 60 spots to #42 thanks to a 36% sales increase from her performance on last week's Idol results show. It moved an additional 9.4k copies for a total of 707.1k. Chris Botti's CD/DVD combo came in a few spots behind at #46, down from #37 the previous week, with 9.1k units sold. The album, which features a track by Katharine McPhee, was down 44% and has sold 61.5k in all.

One spot behind at #47 was David Cook's David Cook, which fell from #28 the previous week, or a 57% sales drop. It also moved 9.1k copies for a total of 1.098 million. Kellie Pickler's sophomore effort saw a 37% decline in sales to 4k, marking a 19-spot drop to #131. Its total now stands at 197.7k copies.

Next up was Daughtry's debut album, which actually improved #161-160 despite a 23% sales dip to 3.3k copies. It has now totaled 4.420 million. Mandisa's Freedom followed at #181, down from #154 the week before. It moved another 2.9k copies for the week, adding up to a total of 9.7k according to Billboard.

And David Archuleta's debut album rounded things out with a 50-spot drop to #183 with 2.9k copies sold. It was down 47% in sales from week-to-week and has now sold 685.2k in all.

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

017 016 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 19,822 -39% 32,280 2,788,092
019 012 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 19,402 -51% 39,857 490,388
042 102 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 9,436 36% 6,925 707,118
046 037 Chris Botti - Chris Botti In Boston 9,111 -44% 16,235 61,462
047 028 David Cook - David Cook 9,097 -57% 21,365 1,098,135
131 112 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 3,966 -37% 6,276 197,662
160 161 Daughtry - Daughtry 3,288 -23% 4,279 4,419,556
181 154 Mandisa - Freedom 2,921 -35% 4,522 9,746
183 133 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 2,877 -47% 5,449 685,211

Total sales are in bold.