American Idol Album Sales Numbers From This Week

We won't have figures for sales on the recent releases by Fantasia and Taylor Hicks until next week, but here are some current results for American Idol favorites:

Chris Daughtry: Drops from No. 3 to No. 7, but essentially sold the same amount as the prior week - 155,000 compared to 156,000. Total is now 614,000 CDs sold.

Carrie Underwood: Back to the top 10 at No. 10; up from 13, after selling 126,000 albums last week. Total: 4.1 million.

Clay Aiken: Christmas pickup beginning to show a little; up from 135 to 119 on the holiday sales chart, selling 15,000 (compared to 10,000 the previous week). Total: 441,000.

Ruben Studdard: Down from 176 to 182 on the chart; but up a bit in sales, around 8,400 (compared to about 7,200 the previous week). Total: 157,000.