Kelly Clarkson's 'Stronger' debuts at No. 2

Kelly Clarkson debuts at No. 2 this week on The Billboard 200, behind only Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Kelly's Stronger album sold 163,000 copies.

Looks like Scotty McCreery's got a little staying power: Clear as Day spends its fourth week in the top 10 and has sold nearly 400,000 units since its release. Lauren Alaina's Wildflower drops to No. 24 while passing the 100,000 sales mark.

And speaking of staying power, check out Mandisa: After coming back into the Billboard 200 last week, her What If We Were Real -- released in April -- leaps from No. 150 to No. 95 this week, with more than 4,000 sales.

Idol albums

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (163,000 weekly, debut, 164,000 total) (#2 Billboard 200)
Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (42,000, -25%, 384,000) (#7 BB200)
Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (16,000, -36%, 111,000) (#24 BB200)
Mandisa, What If We Were Real (4,000, +38%, 83,000) (#95 BB200)

Idol-related

Tony Bennett, Duets II (31,000, -21%, 465,000) (#9 Billboard 200)
Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (18,000, -1%, 1.958 million) (#21 BB200)
Various, WOW Hits 2012 (8,000, -8%, 50,000) (#45 BB200)
Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (5,000, +4%, 516,000) (#79 BB200)
David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (5,000, -11%, 123,000)0 (#93 BB200)
Aerosmith, B! est of A erosmith: The Millennium Collection (3,000, -8%, 356,000) (#162 BB200)