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Sales for previous American Idol contestants
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Sales for previous American Idol contestants
Debut CD First Week Sales (with Billboard chart rank in parenthesis, where available):
Clay - "Measure of a Man" - 612,859 (# 1)
Ruben - "Soulful" - 416,569 (# 1)
Carrie - "Some Hearts" - 314,549 (# 2)
Kelly - "Thankful" - 297,000 (# 1)
Fantasia - "Free Yourself" - 239,389 (# 8)
Bo - "The Real Thing" - 226,976 (# 4)
Justin - "Justin Guarini" - 58,749 (# 20)
Josh - "Joshua Gracin" - 57,257 (# 11)
Kim - "One Love" - 56,894 (# 16)
Diana - "Blue Skies" - 47,000 ( # 52)
Tamyra - "Dreamer" - 39,091 (# 23)
LaToya - "Love and Life" - 12,546 (# 82)
Constantine - "Pray for the Soul of Betty" - 7,467 (# 129)
Jasmine Trias - "Jasmine Trias" - 4855
John Stevens - "Red" - 4349
Jim Verraros - "Rollercoster" - 1571
Corey Clark - "Corey Clark" - 557
SoundScan Sales Totals Update (through 11-27-05 unless otherwise indicated):
Albums:
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway [11-30-04] - 4,810,968 (as of 02-21-06)
Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man [10-14-03] - 2,729,966
Kelly Clarkson - Thankful [04-15-03] - 2,429,700 (as of 01-24-06)
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts [11-15-05] - 2,184,016 (as of 02-21-06)
Ruben Studdard - Soulful [12-09-03] - 1,776,999
Fantasia - Free Yourself [11-23-04] - 1,658,130 (as of 01-03-06)
Clay Aiken - Merry Christmas With Love [11-16-04] - 1,151,000 (as of 12-20-05)
Josh Gracin - Josh Gracin [06-15-04] - 584,888
Bo Bice - The Real Thing [12-13-05] - 536,387 (as of 02-21-06)
Ruben Studdard - I Need an Angel [11-23-04] - 428,204
Kimberly Locke - One Love [05-04-04] - 207,841
Diana Degarmo - Blue Skies [12-07-04]- 161,574
Justin Guarini - Justin Guarini [06-10-03] - 142,130
Tamyra Gray - Dreamer [05-25-04] - 121,822
LaToya London - Love and Life [09-20-05] - 41,348 (as of 01-03-06)
R J Helton - Real Life [03-23-04] - 21,227
John Stevens - Red [06-28-05] - 16,708
George Huff - My Christmas EP [11-09-04] - 16,278
Jasmine Trias - Jasmine Trias [07-12-05] - 12,025
George Huff - Miracles [10-11-05] - 8,264
Constantine Maroulis/PFTSOB - Pray For the Soul of Betty [05-10-05] - 7,467
Jim Verraros - Rollercoster [04-26-05] - 2,680
Corey Clark - Corey Clark [06-21-05] - 2,142
Carmen Rasmussen - Carmen [11-23-04] - no total available
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as total....kellyis the most successful!
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Member Since: 10/4/2005
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im sure breakaway sold more than that..but yeah im not surprised kelly tops
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Member Since: 1/11/2006
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breakaway just the passed the 5,000,000 mark
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Member Since: 5/3/2003
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Carrie will top everyone.
I am so glad Kelly and Carrie are doing the best. Everyone knows they are the real idols
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Member Since: 10/5/2005
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I think Simon was correct, Carrie will sell the most alblums.
And I hope Clay Aiken falls to Justin Guarini's level.
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oooh simon said that!? i dont remember lol.
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Carrie will outsell Kelly, yeah, she's only been out a couple of months...
But they are both the Best.
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Originally posted by The Letter
Carrie will outsell Kelly, yeah, she's only been out a couple of months...
But they are both the Best.
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exactly my thoughts
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Member Since: 11/18/2004
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I don't think that Carrie will outsell Kelly. I don't know if Carrie is going to get the worldwide success that Kelly has. She's already 8x platinum worldwide, and that will just keep increasing with time. I love Carrie to death, but I guess only time will tell.
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Member Since: 7/27/2005
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Are you saying that Carrie will outsell Kelly's debut cd or breakaway? Because if your referring to breakaway I dont think its possible.
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Member Since: 2/14/2005
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Kelly's got more deals, airtime, better singles and everything. Carrie better watch her panties lol
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Member Since: 12/12/2004
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Carrie's debut will outsell Kelly's but she will never be as big as Kelly. Her songs arent that known and she's just selling based on Idol. The sophomore album will prove everything. Kelly's made her even bigger & Ruben's flopped horribly. Fantasia's will probably flop and i think if Carrie doesnt have good songs, then hers will too.
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Originally posted by Sexified.
Carrie's debut will outsell Kelly's but she will never be as big as Kelly. Her songs arent that known and she's just selling based on Idol. The sophomore album will prove everything. Kelly's made her even bigger & Ruben's flopped horribly. Fantasia's will probably flop and i think if Carrie doesnt have good songs, then hers will too.
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Ruben's album went gold, and it was a gospel album, not exactly something the mainstream audience is interested in, so I think it did well for its' genre.
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Member Since: 5/12/2005
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Ryan Starr hasent released an album yet, but her iTunes exclusive single sold 134,000 worldwide according to USA Today! (granted it has been out since 2004) The number kinda does seem a bit high, but thats what it said. 
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Member Since: 7/1/2005
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The most underrated one up there is probably Jasmine Trias, as I believe that she has song 1,500,000 CDs in the Phillipines, so she is doing well too...
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No one will EVER match Kelly's unbelievable success... not even Carrie...
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Member Since: 1/26/2005
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i dont know why but i dont like carrie that much, i always loved the way she sings but she's just too shy
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