Digital sales roundup: "No Boundaries" #8 (5/29/09)

After a week of impressive sales by the eighth season's batch of finalists on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, it was apparent that the Idol magic is already wearing off...and fast.

Still, Kris Allen was king of the chart, as his coronation single "No Boundaries" led the crop of Idol-related tracks with another 86.1k downloads sold, off 36% from the previous week, for a total of 220.5k. On the chart side, it fell four spots to #8. This week, Kris was represented by five songs on the chart for a total of 219,020 downloads.

Next up was Adam Lambert, whose "Mad World" slipped 14 spots to #21 and sold 59.7k downloads, down 48% from last week, for a total of 174.5k. In all, he had nine songs featured for a total of 160,516 downloads.

With the exception of Allison Iraheta, who got another 12k in sales added to her total for her duet on "Slow Ride" with Adam, the rest of the tracks on the chart were from non-Season 8 finalists. Kelly Clarkson's latest single "I Do Not Hook Up" held steady at #30 despite a 16% sales dip to 42.8k for a total of 328.3k. David Cook's "Permanent" took a heftier tumble, as it collapsed by 69% to 32k for a total of 158.9k. On the chart side, it was down #10-45.

Just one spot behind Cook was Kellie Pickler and her "Best Days of Your Life," which was the only Idol-related track on the chart to see positive movement (up 11%) and moved another 31.6k downloads for the week. Its upward movement was even more noticeable in the chart rankings, as it was up 20 spots to #46. And Daughtry's "No Surprise" was the third track in a row by an Idol alum (at #47), as it slipped 6% in sales to 31.5k and was actually down only one spot from the previous week. Its total now stands at 237.6k.

The only other alum to have a single appear on the chart for the week was Jordin Sparks, whose "Battlefield" fell #60-83 thanks to a 31% sales dip to 20.3k downloads. It has sold 124.7k in all.

Full numbers and chart positions courtesy of bks on Pulse as follows:

008 004 Kris Allen, "No Boundaries" 86,081 -36% 134,458 220,539
011 005 Kris Allen, "Heartless" 78,131 -38% 125,344 203,475
021 007 Adam Lambert, "Mad World" 59,695 -48% 114,763 174,458
030 030 Kelly Clarkson, "I Do Not Hook Up" 42,757 -16% 50,633 328,256
045 010 David Cook, "Permanent" 32,030 -69% 102,595 158,935
046 066 Kellie Pickler, "Best Days of Your Life" 31,572 11% 28,391 408,236
047 046 Daughtry, "No Surprise" 31,541 -6% 33,684 237,592
068 017 Kris Allen, "Ain't No Sunshine" 24,685 -66% 72,080 96,765
069 044 Adam Lambert, "No Boundaries" 23,708 -34% 35,984 59,692
083 060 Jordin Sparks, "Battlefield" 20,258 -31% 29,430 124,695
086 038 Kris Allen, "Apologize" 19,318 -52% 40,173 59,491
103 032 Adam Lambert, "A Change Is Gonna Come" 14,720 -69% 48,068 62,788
105 057 Adam Lambert, "One" 14,658 -52% 30,851 45,509
124 084 Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta, "Slow Ride" 11,977 -45% 21,742 33,719
138 072 Kris Allen, "Falling Slowly" 10,805 -60% 27,087 37,892
151 075 Adam Lambert, "Cryin'" 10,067 -59% 24,580 34,647
173 102 Adam Lambert, "The Tracks of My Tears" 8,830 -48% 17,130 25,960
182 107 Adam Lambert, "Feeling Good" 8,459 -48% 16,178 24,637
184 112 Adam Lambert, "Ring of Fire" 8,402 -44% 14,970 23,372

Total sales are in bold.