Kelly Clarkson's New Album Continues To Slide, Dropping to #5

I wish I had good news to report, I really do. Unfortunately, it seems Kelly Clarkson's new album, My December, is slipping fast, dropping another 46% for the #5 position. The album sold about 62K copies this week, for a 3-week total of just under 500K.

Carrie Underwood, who has announced the release date for her follow-up to Some Hearts (read post here), logged yet another week in the Top 40, this time at #30 with 23K albums sold. Fellow Idol alum Chris Daughtry saw his album Daughtry finish at #24, with 27K albums sold.

Rapper TI grabbed the week's top spot for the second straight week, moving 162K albums, with the Smashing Pumpkins' debut coming it at #2 with 146K albums sold. Disney queen Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus), Interpol, and Clarkson round out the top 5.

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