'Idol' BB 200: 'For Your Entertainment' #3 (12/12/09)

Thanksgiving week is always a boon for the music industry, as shoppers traditionally get a jump start on their holiday gift buying. Not surprisingly, this trend was seen among albums by Idol alums according to the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart for the chart week of Dec. 12.

Entering the chart at #3 was Adam Lambert's album For Your Entertainment, which managed to sell 198.5k in its opening week. This tally was over 100k more sold than Kris Allen's debut the previous week, and despite the fact that it was less than the 210-230k originally predicted, it's a healthy number regardless.

Holding steady at #9 was Carrie Underwood's album Play On, which increased in sales by 44% to 123.9k copies. Its total now stands at 656.3k. Carrie was also represented on the chart by her debut album Some Hearts, which experienced a resurgence onto the chart at #132 at 9.8k copies thanks to a steep discount in price. It was up 160% and has sold 6.876 million copies after four years.

Sliding 24 spots to #35 was Kris's self-titled album, which moved another 32.5k copies this past week. It was the only Idol-related album to witness a decrease, though expected, as it was down 59% and is sitting at a total of 112.6k after two weeks. David Archuleta's Christmas From the Heart was up 21% to 21.5k despite slipping #44-52 for a total of 88.6k.

Further down the chart at #62 was Daughtry's Leave This Town, rising six spots and 57% in sales. Its total is now 766.5k. The band's first album re-entered the chart at #83, pulling in another 14.9k thanks to a 286% uptick in sales. Its three-year sales tally now rests at 4.575 million copies.

And Kelly Clarkson's Grammy-nominated All I Ever Wanted shot up #171-121 with 10.6k copies, up 114%, for a total of 765.7k.

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

003 --- Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment 198,466 999% 437 198,903
009 009 Carrie Underwood - Play On 123,870 44% 86,218 656,342
035 011 Kris Allen - Kris Allen 32,531 -59% 80,072 112,640
052 044 David Archuleta - Christmas From the Heart 21,449 21% 17,717 88,634
062 068 Daughtry - Leave This Town 17,976 57% 11,429 766,500
083 --- Daughtry - Daughtry 14,901 286% 3,864 4,574,843
121 171 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 10,584 114% 4,956 765,677
132 --- Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts 9,792 160% 3,764 6,876,376

Total sales are in bold.