'Idol' BB 200: 'Play On' #1 (11/21/09)

Although full numbers for Idol-related discs are not available for the latest edition of the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart, there are sales data available for country artists from the franchise.

Leading the charge was of course Carrie Underwood, whose third studio album Play On came in at #1 in its first week of sales with 317.7k copies sold. This is the second-highest bow Carrie has seen for one of her albums, as it bests the 315k her first album Some Hearts moved in its opening week and falls below the 527k her previous effort Carnival Ride pulled in.

The only other Idol-related sales to be revealed were those for Kellie Pickler's self-titled sophomore album, which was up 20% in sales to 3.2k copies for a total of 332k. It moved ahead 13 spots to #169.

Partial chart positions and sales numbers courtesy of blackandblue on Pulse as follows:

001 --- Carrie Underwood - Play On 317,695 999% 116 317,811
169 182 Kellie Pickler - Kellie Picker 3,202 20% 2,666 332,007

Total sales are in bold.