'American Idol' on the Charts: 11 Winners, 230 Number Ones, 836 Weeks On Top
Here’s an accounting of how many No. 1s each Idol winner has earned, counting all national, domestic charts compiled by Billboard:
Kelly Clarkson 79
Carrie Underwood 65
Fantasia 31
Ruben Studdard 16
Scotty McCreery 10
David Cook 8
Jordin Sparks 7
Phillip Phillips 6
Kris Allen 4
Taylor Hicks 3
Lee DeWyze 1
That’s a total of 230 No. 1s, out of the 370 chart-toppers scored by all Idol contestants.
The order of Idols is slightly different when you count up the total number of weeks each of these 11 winners have spent leading the various Billboard charts:
Kelly Clarkson 289
Carrie Underwood 246
Fantasia 114
Kris Allen 52
Ruben Studdard 49
David Cook 34
Phillip Phillips 17
Scotty McCreery 15
Taylor Hicks 11
Jordin Sparks 8
Lee DeWyze 1
That represents 836 weeks spent on top of the Billboard charts.
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