I believe Brian over at Idol Chatter was so relieved that Lazaro was finally "released" from the current season of American Idol that he forgot to post any updated sales numbers for Idol albums. So instead I will just have to be happy with BillBoard 200 album chart numbers for this week. I was pleased to see that Crystal Bowersox's "All That for This" managed to stay on the BillBoard 200 for a second week, so that I could add a real line on my graph for her (darker blue line). She fell from #71 last week to #126 this week and I am not sure if she will last a third week or not. Colton Dixon's "A Messenger" (green line) should be safe on the chart for another few weeks after his Idol performance a few weeks ago, but he also fell from his nice #41 spike last week to #70 this week. With her ACM show appearance, Carrie Underwood was the only Idol to positively move up the chart this week with "Blown Away" (light blue) improving from #55 to #44. Kelly Clarkson also appeared and her Greatest Hits album (magenta line) held steady slipping just barely from #42 last week to #46 this week. The only other Idol on the BillBoard 200 chart is Phillip Phillips with "The World From the Side of the Moon" (orange line) , but with his Idol appearance being a month back his sales are starting to slowly slip again as he moves from #23 to #38.
The next Idol with a new album coming out is Jessica Sanchez's "Me, You & The Music" which arrives in less than two weeks on April 30. Let's hope Interscope gives Jessica some promotion on that album. I will also be curious to see how Scotty McCreery's new album does on its upcoming release. If the response to his first single "See You Tonight" is any indication, he may have another very successful album on his hands. Luckily UMG Nashville already knows Scotty is a money machine so they are sure to help promote his album.