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Chart Listings: Top Selling Album Artists in the US from American Idol
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Top Selling Album Artists in the US from American Idol
Billboard compiled a list of the Top Selling Album artists in the US from American Idol. Here they are:
1. Kelly Clarkson - 10,189,000
2. Carrie Underwood - 9,648,000
3. Clay Aiken - 4,950,000
4. Daughtry - 4,450,000
5. Ruben Studdard - 2,529,000
6. Fantasia - 2,314,000
7. David Cook - 1,151,000
8. Jordin Sparks - 1,062,000
9. Kellie Pickler - 1,036,000
10. Josh Gracin - 782,000
Source: bks (Pulse Music Board).
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Why does Billboard constantly come out with these lists? At least wait until the end of the year!
Kelly deserves that #1.
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Where Taylor Hicks at
Funny how David Cook can outsell Jordin with only one top twenty hit. Jordin had 3, 2 of which were top 10!
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Continuing the list,
11. Bo Bice, 735,000. The Season 4 runner-up reached #4 with his debut album, The Real Thing. It included the #2 hit, "Inside Your Heaven." Bice's tally also includes his follow-up album, See The Light. Bice is from Alabama, a state that has produced two Idol winners, Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard (though he was born in Germany, he grew up in Birmingham, Ala.).
12. . Taylor Hicks, 719,000. The Season 5 winner reached #2 with his debut album, Taylor Hicks. It featured his #1 hit, "Do I Make You Proud," and a remake of the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' It To The Streets," which was a hit a few months before Hicks was born in 1976. Hicks' tally also includes The Distance, his new album, and Early Works, a collection of pre-Idol recordings.
13. David Archuleta, 705,000. The Season 7 runner-up reached #2 with his debut album, David Archuleta. It featured the #2 hit "Crush," which has sold 1,642,000 downloads.
14. Jennifer Hudson, 669,000. Hudson finished seventh in Season 3. No other Idol contestant who was voted off so early has sold 500,000 albums. Her debut album, Jennifer Hudson, reached #2 and won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. It featured her top 30 hit "Spotlight." Hudson also won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls.
15. Elliott Yamin, 630,000. Yamin, who finished third in Season 5, reached #3 with his debut album, Elliot Yamin. It featured his top 15 hit, "Wait For You." Yamin's tally also includes two holiday titles, Sounds Of The Season and My Kind Of Holiday.
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13. David Archuleta, 705,000. The Season 7 runner-up reached #2 with his debut album, David Archuleta. It featured the #2 hit "Crush," which has sold 1,642,000 downloads.
Sold more than J-Hud?
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1. Kelly Clarkson - 10,189,000
2. Carrie Underwood - 9,648,000
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Originally posted by JM4ever
13. David Archuleta, 705,000. The Season 7 runner-up reached #2 with his debut album, David Archuleta. It featured the #2 hit "Crush," which has sold 1,642,000 downloads.
Sold more than J-Hud?
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I think she's selling more than him lately since he's been falling hard almost out of the Top 200, she might pass him on the long run.
1. Kelly Clarkson - 10,189,000
4. Daughtry - 4,450,000
7. David Cook - 1,151,000
8. Jordin Sparks - 1,062,000
I love those 4, hopefully Kelly won't lose the top spot, she deserves it.
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How can compare when Cook only released one album? He will get the 3rd spot with the sophomore album.
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2. Carrie Underwood - 9,648,000
9. Kellie Pickler - 1,036,000
where yo irrelevant idols?
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Kelly, Carrie and Jordin are the best from the list, and Jordin should start selling soon, while Kelly and Carrie will always sell. Other artists, not so much.
P.S. Though I really love Kelly, Carrie deserves the #1 spot, cause she sold almost ten million with just two albums, and Kelly with 4.
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Quote:
Originally posted by GreenRocks1
Billboard compiled a list of the Top Selling Album artists in the US from American Idol. Here they are:
1. Kelly Clarkson - 10,189,000
2. Carrie Underwood - 9,648,000
3. Clay Aiken - 4,950,000
4. Daughtry - 4,450,000
5. Ruben Studdard - 2,529,000
6. Fantasia - 2,314,000
7. David Cook - 1,151,000
8. Jordin Sparks - 1,062,000
9. Kellie Pickler - 1,036,000
10. Josh Gracin - 782,000
Source: bks (Pulse Music Board).
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Ruben and Fantasia need to I like the rest though.
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1. Kelly Clarkson - 10,189,000
2. Carrie Underwood - 9,648,000
I think Carrie might overtake Kelly in the US soon, & she did this with 2 album & Kelly with 4... Internationally though, Kelly rocks everyone else... If I am not mistaken, her number doubles (20 Million) if we include international sales...
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