'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #20 (5/30/09)

It was not a pretty week for Idol alums on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the chart week of May 30, as their albums took sizable hits for the most part after a few weeks of good gains.

Leading the way was Kelly Clarkson with her latest disc All I Ever Wanted, which slid three spots to #20 after suffering a 25% sales decrease to 17.5k. The album has sold 567.7k in all. Another popular female winner, Carrie Underwood, followed with Carnival Ride, which moved 12.6k copies and witnessed a steeper 34% decline. The album slipped #27-33 on the chart and now has a total of 2.852 million.

Next up was David Cook and his self-titled post-Idol CD, which also was down 34% in sales to 7.9k. Its total stands at 1.134 million and it receded 14 spots to #61 for the week. Following Cook, the other Idol-related rock act, Daughtry, saw its album slide 38% in sales to 7.2k copies, which explains its 16-spot slide to #66.

Last week's debut by an alum, Elliott Yamin's Fight For Love, tumbled 67% to 6.5k for the week, and falling 48 rankings to #74. It has sold 26.5k after two weeks. Chris Botti's live album Chris Botti In Boston sold another 5.2k copies, slipping 42% and #62-89 on the chart. Its total now sits at 90.1k.

Jennifer Hudson's Jennifer Hudson followed at #96, down 10 spots from the previous week, and sold 4.9k copies for the week while decreasing sales-wise by 26% and adding up to a 731.2k. Kellie Pickler's sophomore album actually rose a spot to #106 in the face of a 12% sales dip to 4.7k and now stands at 216k copies.

And David Archuleta finished things off with his self-titled album at #161, down from #119, and sold another 3.2k copies for a total of 702.1k. It was down 37% from the previous week.

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

020 017 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 17,509 -25% 23,290 567,745
033 027 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 12,604 -34% 19,206 2,852,054
061 047 David Cook - David Cook 7,926 -34% 12,068 1,133,859
066 050 Daughtry - Daughtry 7,226 -38% 4,444,234
074 026 Elliott Yamin - Fight For Love 6,514 -67% 19,877 26,542
089 062 Chris Botti - Chris Botti In Boston 5,190 -42% 9,003 90,142
096 086 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 4,919 -26% 6,668 731,212
106 107 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 4,653 -12% 5,299 216,028
161 119 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 3,150 -37% 4,994 702,086

Total sales are in bold.