'Idol' BB 200: 'Play On' #5 (1/2/10)

In the week before Christmas, there were gains had all around by Idol alums for their albums, which made great stocking stuffers or wrapped gifts for many on Friday, at least according to the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart for the chart week of Jan. 2.

For the second week in a row, Carrie Underwood's Play On was fifth on the chart thanks to a weekly take of 153.1k. It was up 44% in sales and has sold 996.7k to date, just shy of platinum status. Far behind at #26 was Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment. Up four spots and 26% from the previous week, it sold another 58.6k for a total of 354.9k. At the same time, Adam's unauthorized pre-Idol release Take One was back on the chart at #174 thanks to a 77% hike to 6.9k for a total of 30.8k.

David Archuleta's Christmas From the Heart saw what is likely its last week inside the Top 100 for a long time, dropping #47-55 in the face of a 2% uptick in sales. It sold 31.5k copies for a total of 184.5k. Kris Allen saw his self-titled album get a big 34% boost also to 31.5k, increasing #61-56 and placing its total at 189.9k.

Daughtry's Leave This Town was also a popular Christmas gift, as it was up 37% in sales to 30.2k and seven spots on the chart to #59. Its total is now 835.7k. Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted inched closer to the 800k mark, climbing #164-143 to 12.9k copies for the week. Its was up 39% sales-wise and now stands at 796.5k. Allison Iraheta's Just Like You was the only Idol-related album to see sales decline this week, as it was down 12% to 12.4k copies for a total of 58.1k. On the chart side it was down #99-148.

Also back on the chart was Kellie Pickler's self-titled album, which rose 18% in sales to 7.5k copies. The album came in at #164 and has sold 360.4k to date.

Full sales and chart positions courtesy of beyoncethebest of Pulse below:

005 005 Carrie Underwood - Play On 153,075 44% 106,506 996,712
026 030 Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment 58,584 26% 46,429 354,915
055 047 David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart 31,476 2% 30,793 184,515
056 061 Kris Allen - Kris Allen 31,465 34% 23,460 189,910
059 066 Daughtry - Leave This Town 30,189 37% 22,107 835,745
143 164 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 12,921 39% 9,326 796,515
148 099 Allison Iraheta - Just Like You 12,352 -12% 14,108 58,127
164 --- Kellie Pickler - Kellie Pickler 7,450 18% 6,320 360,367
174 --- Adam Lambert - Take One 6,853 77% 3,866 30,787

Total sales are in bold.