American Idol acts are scattered all over albums on The Billboard 200 this week, but only two acts have their names on the albums. While Idols make guest appearances on albums charting as high as No. 5 (that's where David Guetta's Nothing but the Beat debuts, and it features Jennifer Hudson on Night of Your Life), Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina are the only Idols that have their own albums on the big chart.
Just off the chart, Mandisa more than doubles weekly sales of her What If We Were Real album, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which means the Women of Faith conferences are back in session.
Idol albums
Scotty McCreery, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery EP (14,000, +18%, 170,000) (#26 Billboard 200)
Lauren Alaina, American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina EP (4,000, -7%, 71,000) (#132 BB200)
Jennifer Hudson, I Remember Me (3,000, +9%, 396,000)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (3,000, +115%, 65,000)
James Durbin, American Idol Season 10: James Durbin EP (3,000, -1%, 58,000)
Haley Reinhart, American Idol Season 10: Haley Reinhart EP (3,000, -7%, 57,000)
Carrie Underwood, Play On (2,000, 0 change, 2.032 million)
Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (1,000, +24%, 7.126 million)
Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, +9%)
Update: I had a request for new totals on the iTunes compilation albums for Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina. The sales totals for those sets of songs performed during the American Idol season stand at 41,000 for Scotty and 17,000 for Lauren.
Idol-related albums
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (feat. Jennifer Hudson on Night of Your Life) (56,000, debut, 56,000) (#5 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (28,000, -2%, 1.79 million) (#13 BB200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (11,000, -9%, 459,000) (#36 BB200)
Various, Now That's What I Call Country, Vol. 4 (7,000, +7%, 141,000) (#64 BB200)
Big Time Rush, BTR (4,000, -3%, 578,000) (#116 BB200)
Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (4,000, -9%, 172,000) (#143 BB200)
Jennifer Lopez, Love? (3,000, -14%, 254,000) (#190 BB200)
Randy Travis, Anniversary Celebration (1,000, +26%, 43,000)
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