Digital sales roundup: "Live Like We're Dying" #27 (1/23/10)

The latest edition of Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart showed that songs by Idol alums were down, but not out.

One of the big surprises, however, was how Kris Allen's "Live Like We're Dying" fell by 26% but was still able to remain at #27. The song took in 64.7k downloads for a total of 550.9k to date. Expect platinum to come up sooner than many expected just a few months ago.

Carrie Underwood had two tracks on the chart, with "Cowboy Casanova" leading at #36 with 51.3k, down four spots and 38%, while "Temporary Home" made a reappearance back onto the chart at #157 with 15k, up 7%. Current totals are 966.5k and 95.8k, respectively.

Adam Lambert saw his single "Whataya Want From Me" decrease 15% sales-wise to 32.8k, up 15 spots to #65. Its total now stands at 168.7k. Sales data for Kelly Clarkson's "Already Gone" was not available this week.

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

027 027 Kris Allen, "Live Like We're Dying" 64,667 -26% 86,824 550,907
036 032 Carrie Underwood, "Cowboy Casanova" 51,315 -38% 82,400 966,489
065 080 Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me" 32,801 -15% 38,422 168,694
157 --- Carrie Underwood, "Temporary Home" 15,033 -7% 16,181 95,768

Total sales are in bold.