Kelly Clarkson's a half-million 'Stronger'

With her most recent week's sales, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger passes the half-million mark in sales. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Stronger sold 15,000 copies last week, putting its release-to-date sales at 501,000.

Although James Durbin's Memories of a Beautiful Disaster drops out of The Billboard 200 this week, the two top finishers from American Idol Season 10 saw their weekly sales go up: Scotty McCreery's Clear as Day climbed 7%, while Lauren's Alaina's Wildflower sprang up 41%.

Idol albums

Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (15,000 weekly, -6%, 501,000 total) (#14 Billboard 200)Scotty McCreery, Clear as Day (11,000, +7%, 890,000) (#29 BB200)Daughtry, Break the Spell (8,000, -8%, 346,000) (#42 BB200)Lauren Alaina, Wildflower (5,000, +41%, 233,000) (#86 BB200)Mandisa, What If We Were Real (1,000, +12%, 140,000) (140,000)Daughtry, Daughtry (1,000, -12%)

Idol-related albums

Various, Now That's What I Call Music 40 (14,000 weekly, -19%, 605,000 total) (#15 Billboard 200)Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party (12,000, -9%, 2.304 million) (#24 BB200)David Guetta, Nothing but the Beat (7,000, +19%, 198,000) (#52 BB200)Various, WOW Hits 2012 (5,000, +7%, 206,000) (#78 BB200)The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow (5,000, -13%, 275,000) (#83 BB200)Tony Bennett, Duets II (5,000, -11%, 738,000) (#88 BB200)Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music (4,000, 0 change, 625,000) (#136 BB200)Aerosmith, Best of Aerosmith: The Millennium Collection (3,000, +21%, 406,000) (#148 BB200)