Kelly Clarkson is #1

Season One Miss American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson earns her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her new Piece By Piece debuts atop the tally.

It sold 97,000 in it's first week. Traditional album sales comprise 85.2 percent of that total (equating to nearly 83,000 copies sold -- which also makes it No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart).

She last topped the Billboard 200 in 2009 with her fourth studio effort, All I Ever Wanted. She first led the list with her debut, Thankful, in 2003. She's additionally reached the top 10 four more times: Breakaway (No. 3 in 2004), My December (No. 2 in 2007), Stronger (No. 2 in 2011) and Wrapped In Red (No. 3 in 2013).

Kelly now ties the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood, for the most No. 1 albums among Idol contestants. Underwood notched No. 1s with Carnival Ride(2007), Play On (2009) and Blown Away (2012).