'Idol' BB 200: 'Leave This Town' #1 (8/1/09)

Although the report is fairly incomplete, there are at least numbers for the latest weekly takes of all Idol-related albums on the current issue of the Billboard Top 200 chart for the chart week of Aug. 1.

Leading the pack was none other than Daughtry's sophomore release Leave This Town, taking in 269.3k in its first week of release. This number is well below my original prediction of 390k. Additionally, the band's debut album jumped 35 spots to #65 thanks to 6.8k worth of sales, resulting in a total of 4.494 million.

The next Idol-related entry was a full 48 spots behind, as the Season 8 Walmart exclusive album slid #36-49 and took in another 10k copies for a total to date of 35.1k. Brooke White followed one spot behind with the debut of her album High Hopes & Heartbreak at #50. The album sold 9.8k on digital sales alone and should see a nice increase next week thanks to traditional sales being added.

Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted continued to slip in sales as it moved 5.9k in its latest bout, down from 7.6k the previous week. It was off 21 spots to #75. Kellie Pickler also saw a decrease on the chart, but her Kellie Pickler only dropped one spot to #81 with sales of 5.6k, down from 5.7k the week before.

Carrie Underwood was the last female alum to see her album chart this past week, as her Carnival Ride saw a 13-spot drop to #82 with 5.5k copies sold, down from 6.3k. And David Cook's self-titled effort improved from 4.7k to 5.3k and was up 12 spots to #86.

Full chart positions and partial sales numbers courtesy of Taylor and Under The Radar on Pulse as follows:

001 --- Daughtry - Leave This Town 269,299 269,920
49 36 Various Artists - American Idol: Season 8 10,016 35,089
050 --- Brooke White - High Hopes & Heartbreak 9,835 9,835
065 100 Daughtry - Daughtry 6,811 4,493,988
075 054 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 5,912 7,598
081 080 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 5,575 5,660
082 069 Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride 5,546 6,267
086 098 David Cook - David Cook 5,275 4,702

Totals are in bold.