With the sixth editon of “Idol” flooding our brains, I haven’t been paying as much attention to the American Idol finalists and their CD release sales. So here’s are the eight most recent releases and how they’re doing so far courtesy of Nielsen SoundScan and Billboard magazine.

Katharine McPhee is dropping fast in her third week. Her single is going to have to pick up some steam for that CD to sustain momentum. Kellie has a promising new second single “I Wonder” to prop up her sales in coming weeks. Taylor is now on tour and finally has a single out so maybe his CD will get a second life. Carrie’s latest single is about to hit the top 10 and she’s riding high on Grammy success as her CD enters its 17th month. Daughtry is just… hot! I’m not even sure what Fantasia’s second single is and she sang that “Color Purple” song last night, mitigating her chances of getting much of a sales bump this week. We’ll see. Clay’s CD is on its last legs. Ruben has a new single out. It’s too soon to say how that will play out in reviving his fortunes.

Artist, album title (last week’s rank, this week’s rank): sales for the week, total sales (weeks on Top 200)

Daughtry: Daughtry (No. 9, down from No. 3): 102,000, 1.6 million (13 weeks)

Carrie Underwood: Some Hearts (No. 13, up from No. 19): 61K, 4.9 million (66 weeks)

Katharine McPhee: Katharine McPhee (No. 29, down from 11): 35K 199K (3 weeks)

Kellie Pickler: Small Town Girl (No. 93, down from 84): 12K, 433K (16 weeks)

Taylor Hicks: Taylor Hicks (No. 96, down from 87): 11K, 634K (10 weeks)

Fantasia: Fantasia (No. 117, down from 110): 9K, 294K (10 weeks)

Clay Aiken: A Thousand Different Ways (off the chart): 1,500, 502K

Ruben Studdard: The Return (off the chart): 2,900, 207K