Digital sales roundup: "Live Like We're Dying" #23 (2/6/10)

More good news for Idol alums was found on the latest edition of Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart.

A five-spot drop for Kris Allen's "Live Like We're Dying" to #23 was accompanied by a 6% sales dip to 65.3k downloads, putting its total at 685.4k. This showing was shadowed by a 59% boost to Kris's track's main Idol-related competitor, Adam Lambert's "Whataya Want From Me," which sold another 59.4k downloads. The track, which has sold 265.6k to date and saw a 17-spot jump to #29.

Carrie Underwood's "Cowboy Casanova" was down 10% to 39.4k and slid #38-48 for the week, putting its total at 1.050 million. Her other track, "Temporary Home," moved in the opposite direction, up 10 spots to #119 thanks to a 7% sales increase. It added 17k to its now 128.7k total.

Daughtry's slow-burning single continued its journey up the chart in the face of an 11% dip in sales to 32.3k, falling 11 spots to #61. It now boasts a total of 305.9k.

The first of two new Idol-related entries on the chart came from Jennifer Hudson's collaboration with The Roots on their live recording of "Let It Be," which was done for the "Hope For Haiti Now" special that aired last Friday. The single opened at #142 with 14.6k downloads. And everyone's favorite auditioner General Larry Platt did something few believed he could when his viral hit "Pants On the Ground" debuted at #194 with 10.9k. He now has the biggest digital sales of any Season 9 alum. Go figure.

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

023 018 Kris Allen, "Live Like We're Dying" 65,325 -6% 69,155 685,387
029 046 Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me" 59,421 59% 37,430 265,545
048 038 Carrie Underwood, "Cowboy Casanova" 39,354 -10% 43,715 1,049,558
061 050 Daughtry, "Life After You" 32,338 -11% 36,366 305,937
119 129 Carrie Underwood, "Temporary Home" 17,041 7% 15,932 128,741
142 --- Jennifer Hudson, "Let It Be" (ft. The Roots) 14,626 999% 0 14,626
194 --- General Larry Platt, "Pants On the Ground" 10,863 999% 0 10,863

Total sales are in bold.