'Idol' BB 200: 'Play On' #17 (1/16/10)

The doldrums of January have really set in for CD sales among all artists including those that once were a part of Idol, at least according to the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart for the chart week of Jan. 16.

Carrie Underwood's Play On led off at #17, down nine spots from the previous week to 33.5k copies for the week. It was down a massive 78% in sales and has now sold 1.183 million to date. Next up was Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment, which also was down a hefty 72% to 17.2k copies. It slid #29-36 and now boasts a total of 433.8k.

On the rock side of things, Daughtry's Leave This Town pulled in another 11.9k copies this week for a total of 881.6k. The weekly take was off 65% in sales and 10 spots to #63 from the previous week. Also making the chart once again was the band's debut, which managed 4.3k copies and landed at #185, off 12 spots and 63% in sales for a current total of 4.613 million.

Kris Allen's self-titled debut was down #59-91 as a direct result of a 71% sales decrease to 8.6k copies. It's total is now at 228k. Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted was similarly off a lot (64%) and ended up taking in another 5k for a 15-spot drop to #159. It has sold 815.5k in all.

And Allison Iraheta's Just Like You finished the Idol representation off as it dropped 21 spots to #186, also down 64%, adding another 4.3k copies to its 74.3k total.

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

017 008 Carrie Underwood - Play On 33,501 -78% 152,873 1,183,086
036 029 Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment 17,236 -72% 61,683 433,834
063 053 Daughtry - Leave This Town 11,922 -65% 34,053 881,621
091 059 Kris Allen - Kris Allen 8,565 -71% 29,495 227,970
159 144 Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted 5,020 -64% 13,948 815,483
185 173 Daughtry - Daughtry 4,323 -63% 11,681 4,613,395
186 165 Allison Iraheta - Just Like You 4,298 -64% 11,884 74,309

Total sales are in bold.