'Idol' BB 200: 'Play On' #27 (4/17/10)

There were positive gains all around for Idol-related albums as evidenced by the latest edition of the Billboard 200 album sales chart, undoubtedly thanks to the Easter weekend that fell during the last sales week.

Kicking things off as usual was Carrie Underwood and her album Play On, which was up four spots to #27 on the heels of a healthy 31% gain to 19.5k copies for the week. It has sold 1.444 million in all. Carrie also saw her first studio effort, Some Hearts, re-enter the chart at #194 with 3.5k copies. It was up 23% for the week and boasts a total of 6.963 million.

Fellow country artist Danny Gokey saw his album My Best Days add 9.9k to its total thanks to only 17 more copies than it accrued in the previous week (which explains the 0% increase). It fell #50-61 but has now sold 121k to date.

Meanwhile, Daughtry's latest effort Leave This Town continued to add to its platinum status with an additional 9.2k copies, coming in at #66 and up 21% and six spots from the previous week. Its total is now 1.011 million. And Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment increased slid four spots to #69 but was ahead 10% in sales to 9.1k copies for a new sum of 586.6k.

Full sales figures and full chart positions courtesy of Creme de la Creme of Pulse below:

Billboard 200
027 031 Carrie Underwood - Play On 19,471 31% 14,880 1,444,297
061 050 Danny Gokey - My Best Days 9,946 0% 9,929 120,992
066 072 Daughtry - Leave This Town 9,243 21% 7,652 1,011,098
069 065 Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment 9,095 10% 8,258 586,621
194 --- Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts 3,457 23% 2,814 6,963,131

Total sales are in bold.