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I agree with the fact that
KELLY CLARKSON
is still the BEST AMERICAN IDOL of all time
In my opinion, here's why:
Her presence is quite enormous even before the rise of the digital era. During her Thankful era, her album sales were impressive but her single sales are moderate, even though Miss Independent managed to establish a presence in 2003. But that's great! Way back in early 2000s, it was the dawn of the digital era. Album sales are more focused than single sales. At the rise of iPods, MP3s and digital charts in 2005, single sales became the prime focus of the music industry. Ever wonder today why the the top 10 albums in the Billboard 200 have an average of like 100,000 in sales? Where as in the Billboard Hot 100, the top 10 singles have an average of like 200,000 in sales? If you actually look closely, the In her Breakaway era, both her album and singles sales are like crazy, in which she had to fought out the monster sellers Usher, Mariah and 50 Cent. She's lucky enough that her debut was in 2002, at the the dawn of the digital era, and her monster hits are in 2004-2006, smack in the middle of the transition. Her songs are also lucky after being carved out from the music of Avril Lavigne, P!nk, and Evanescence, which were hot way back then. Her My December era was moderate, sales are high enough to go platinum despite the resistance of the industry. Her All I Ever Wanted era had a better potential, but was plagued. Stronger era was better, with album and single sales, impressive.
But the Carrie stans shouldn't take this too deeply.
Carrie is a great country superstar. Both her album and single sales are enormous. Her Some Hearts era was impressive, along with Carnival Ride and Play On eras. I think that's because Country artists are better album sellers than Pop artists (ie. Maroon 5's Hands All Over or Rihanna's Loud sold less than Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party even though both are released in fall 2010). That fact, combined with Carrie's great vocals and songs, now that's intense. Carrie's also lucky enough to debut at 2005, right at the of the Physical-Digital transition. Country artists have more stable sales than Pop, because their competition is limited, unlike Pop, in which competition is so wide. Pop artists, meanwhile, are single sellers today. Their single sales perform better than Country artist. That's why Carrie will have higher album sales than Kelly, but Kelly will have higher single sales than Carrie at the time of their releases.
But at the end of the day, Kelly will remain Billboard's top Idol. Because she had a lot more chart-topping hits than Carrie. Carrie only faces competition with her fellow country artists on the Country Charts. Whereas Kelly faces competition with everyone else on the Hot 100. Carrie also has tough time crossing over to other genres compared to Taylor Swift or Lady Antebellum. Both are great artists, anyway.
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