Carrie Underwood may have sold more albums than Kelly Clarkson, but the original “American Idol” winner is still the most successful, according to Billboard.
Clarkson has sold 10.6 million albums, 15.9 million tracks and has had 4.2 million radio plays, according to Billboard.com, ranking her the top graduate from “Idol.” Underwood has 11.5 million and 13.9 million for album and single sales, respectively. The country singer’s also had 2.4 million radio plays since she won “Idol” in 2005.
The third most successful “Idol” never won the crown and wasn’t even a runner up: It’s Chris Daughtry, who fronts his own band, Daughtry; they have sold 5.7 million albums.
Take a look at the complete list:
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Chris Daughtry
4. Jordin Sparks
5. David Cook
6. Clay Aiken
7. Kellie Pickler
8. David Archuletta
9. Fantasia
10. Ruben Studdard
11. Kris Allen
12. Adam Lambert
13. Jennifer Hudson
14. Josh Gracin
15. Elliot Yamin
16. Katharine McPhee
17. Bo Bice
18. Blake Lewis
19. Taylor Hicks
20. Kimberley Locke
21. William Hung
22. Danny Gokey
23. Diana DeGarmo
23. Allison Iraheta
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Pingback by Billboard Ranks The Most Successful American Idols Of All Time … - Sinnerx — May 5, 2010 @ 6:11 pm
#1. David Cook – He only has one album out and only released two singles from it (he should have released more)but…Let’s see what happens with his second “official” album. DC is really an amazing songwriter. If they ever put out the 4 albums he put out prior to American Idol, I think he would outsell all of them. They are pretty fantastic especially “Analog Heart” and “The Story Thus Far”
#2. Carrie Underwood / Kelly Clarkson – Tie…they are both fabulous
#3. Jordin Sparks – Great commercially…has an amazing voice
#4. Daughtry – Before David Cook, I loved Daughtry, and I still do, but have to say he is more commercial, but he is not as complete of an artist. His vocals are good, Cook’s are amazing.
What hurts David the most, is because he won AI (I think). If he hadn’t one I think a lot of people, especially males, would be more willing to embrace him. But hey, having a platinum album nowadays is pretty darn impressive particularly with the economy the way is.
Comment by Sam — May 5, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
I agree with the dude above except Daughtry is way better than Jordin sparks.
Comment by DocBoy — May 5, 2010 @ 8:16 pm
I think Cook is a little bit more commercial than Chris Daughtry. Daughtry seems to sing original rock where as Cook is leaving rock and singing more pop.
Comment by Marie — May 5, 2010 @ 8:19 pm