'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #17 (5/23/09)

Despite the potential for a new debut album from an Idol alum to be recognized as the highest-charting Idol-related entry, the leading lady of the Billboard Top 200 chart once again staved off competition for the chart week of May 23.

When all was said and done, Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted took in another 23.3k copies for a total of 550.2k, which represented a 27% sales increase and a #25-17 jump on the chart side. This Mothers' Day-related bump helped defend against newcomer Fight For Love, Elliott Yamin's sophomore release, which debuted at #26 with 19.9k copies, which was beneath both HDD's estimate of 20.2k and my own prediction of 45k units.

Up next was Carrie Underwood and her Carnival Ride, which was right behind Elliott's album at #27, up two spots from the previous week, and sold another 19.2k. It was up 23% in sales and has sold 2.839 million to date. As for last season's champ, David Cook, his self-titled release shot up 57% to 12.1k. In the rankings, it experienced a 15-spot jump to #47 and its total now sits mightily at 1.126 million copies in all.

Daughtry's debut album saw an insane 305% increase thanks to the band's appearance on last week's Idol results show, which resulted in an additional 11.6k copies being sold for the week. It advanced 127 spots to #50 and its total stands at 4.437 million. Chris Botti's Chris Botti Live In Boston also saw positive movement, albeit not on the same scale, as it increased 34% in sales to 9k and moved up #71-62 on the chart. I has sold 85k in all.

Jennifer Hudson's debut album came in at #86, down one spot from last week, despite a 20% sales spike and 6.7k copies sold for the week. It possesses cumulative sales of 726.3k. And Kellie Pickler's sophomore effort was up 16% in sales to 5.3k copies for a total take of 211.4k. On the chart itself, the album rose #111-107.

The last two Idol-related albums on the chart were David Archuleta's self-titled disc and Mandisa's Freedom. The former sold another 5k, up 21% and two spots to #119 for a total of 698.9k, and the latter moved 4k, up 7% and down 17 spots to #147 for a Billboard total of 14.1k.

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

017 025 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 23,290 27% 18,268 550,236
026 --- Elliott Yamin - Fight For Love 19,877 999% 49 20,028
027 029 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 19,206 23% 15,627 2,839,450
047 062 David Cook - David Cook 12,068 57% 7,699 1,125,933
050 177 Daughtry - Daughtry 11,630 305% 2,870 4,437,029
062 071 Chris Botti - Chris Botti Live In Boston 9,003 34% 6,719 84,952
086 085 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 6,668 20% 5,569 726,293
107 111 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 5,299 16% 4,564 211,375
119 121 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 4,994 21% 4,144 698,936
147 130 Mandisa - Freedom 4,035 7% 3,755 14,129

Total sales are in bold.