Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson's Don't You Wanna Stay remains the top-selling track featuring an American Idol act this week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. But, of the four acts with singles among SoundScan's top 200, only Adam Lambert sees week-to-week sales growth. Adam fell off the chart last week, partly due to the 46 Beatles tracks that swamped the chart. He's back this week, with a weekly sales increase of 22% for If I Had You. Also in this week's top 200: Carrie Underwood's Mama's Song and Daughtry's September.
Top-selling Idol tracks
Jason Aldean w/Kelly Clarkson, Don't You Wanna Stay (22,000, -24%, 126,000 total)
Carrie Underwood, Mama's Song (14,000, -15%, 204,000)
Adam Lambert, If I Had You (11,000, +22%, 659,000)
Daughtry, September (11,000, -11%, 355,000)
Additional track sales
Carrie Underwood, Undo It (7,000, -17%, 916,000)
Carrie Underwood, There's a Place for Us (5,000, -77%, 26,000)
Carrie Underwood, Cowboy Casanova (4,000, -11%, 1.524 million)
Carrie Underwood, Temporary Home (3,000, -14%, 608,000)
Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (3,000, -3%, 3.107 million)
Clay Aiken, Mary Did You Know (1,000, +96%, 107,000)
Jason Castro, You Are (1,000, -31%, 4,000)
Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (less than 1,000, -2%, 113,000)
Jason Castro, Hallelujah [Album Version] (less than 1,000, -27%, 49,000)
Chris Sligh, Only You Can Save (less than 1,000, -24%, 9,000)
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian