'Idol' BB 200: 'All I Ever Wanted' #25 (5/16/09)

After a few days delay, we finally have sales figures for Idol-related entries on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the chart week of May 16.

Once again leading the pack was Kelly Clarkson with her All I Ever Wanted, which slid four spots to #25 despite holding steady at 18.3k copies for the second week in a row. It has now sold 526.9k in all. Following Kelly was Carrie Underwood with Carnival Ride, which dipped 5% in sales and moved another 15.6k copies for the week, bringing its total to 2.820 million. It was down three spots to #29 on the chart side.

David Cook's David Cook came in third for Idol-related entries at #62, down from #55 the previous week thanks to a scant 4% sales drop. It sold 7.7k and has a current total of 1.114 million copies.

Chris Botti's live album Chris Botti In Boston was next with 6.7k copies, down 14% from the previous week, and fell #60-71. Its total is now 75.9k. Jennifer Hudson's self-titled debut came in at #85, down 15 spots from the previous week, with 5.6k copies sold, which was a sales decrease of 20%. It has now sold 719.6k.

Further down the rungs of the Billboard 200's ladder, Kellie Pickler saw her sophomore album gain 19% sales-wise and advance 22 spots to #111 thanks to another 4.6k copies sold, placing its total at 206.1k. And then David Archuleta's self-titled album fell #110-121 with 4.1k copies moved for the week, which was down 10% in sales from the previous week. The album's total now stands at 693.9k.

Mandisa's sophomore album Freedom followed at #130, up drastically from #178 the week prior with a 28% improvement in sales, to 3.8k copies for the week, placing its Billboard total at 12.5k. Daughtry's Daughtry was off 7% and 13 spots to #177 with 2.8k units sold for a grand total of 4.425 million.

And Taylor Hicks' latest effort brought up the rear at #180 as it saw a 148% resurgence in sales thanks to a performance on the Top 5 results show, with 2.8 copies sold for a total of 27.2k.

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

025 021 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 18,268 0% 18,290 526,946
029 026 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 15,627 -5% 16,525 2,820,244
062 055 David Cook - David Cook 7,699 -4% 8,031 1,113,865
071 060 Chris Botti - Chris Botti Live In Boston 6,719 -14% 7,768 75,949
085 070 Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson 5,569 -20% 6,938 719,625
111 133 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 4,564 19% 3,850 206,076
121 110 David Archuleta - David Archuleta 4,144 -10% 4,587 693,942
130 178 Mandisa - Freedom 3,755 28% 2,930 12,472
177 164 Daughtry - Daughtry 2,870 -7% 3,072 4,425,458
180 --- Taylor Hicks - The Distance 2,800 148% 1,129 27,217

Total sales are in bold.