Carrie Underwood Is Idol’s Biggest Winner

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By Nads | Friday, May 20, 2011 | 2:30 pm | 8 Comments
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Carrie Underwood

The Hollywood Reporter did an article about Carrie Underwood surpassing Kelly Clarkson as American Idol‘s highest earner. As of last year, Kelly Clarkson had sold 15,900,000 digital tracks since 2002, and as of this past May, Carrie Underwood has sold over 18,482,000 digital tracks. WOW! Is that insane, or what? Considering Lee Dewyze couldn’t even get 100,000 albums sold in his first week, it’s crazy that these girls’ numbers are so high. It just goes to show the decline of Idol, and their talent pool. Yes, still a ton of people watch the show, but it’s more about the show these days rather than the talent.

Here’s the Idol album breakdown that The Reporter did (pasted from The Reporter):

1. Carrie Underwood

Season 4 winner

Album sales: 12,296,000

Digital track sales: 18,482,000

2. Kelly Clarkson

Season 1 winner

Album sales: 10,674,000

Digital track sales: 17,254,000

The singer who started it all, Clarkson’s 18 singles, many of them hits, set the Idol bar high.

3. Chris Daughtry

Season 5, 4th place

Album sales: 6,104,000

Digital track sales: 11,127,000

He turned out to be a winner at rock radio with a string of chart-topping singles.

4. Clay Aiken

Season 2, runner up

Album sales: 4,990,000

Digital track sales: 581,000

His debut was a hit, and while Aiken has kept a low profile of late, public outings like his recent co-headlining trek with Ruben Studdard proved successful.

5. Fantasia

Season 3 winner

Album sales: 2,809,000

Digital track sales: 1,325,000

After a 2008 stint on Broadway in The Color Purple, she launched a reality show, Fantasia For Real, which became VH1’s No. 1 rated series.

6. Ruben Studdard

Season 2 winner

Album sales: 2,556,000

Digital track sales: 445,000

Four albums, a Grammy nomination and a co-headlining tour with Aiken has kept Studdard on the radar.

7. Jordin Sparks

Season 6 winner

Album sales: 1,275,000

Digital track sales: 9,547,000

Her massive presence on pop radio translates to 9 tracks sold for every album.

8. Jennifer Hudson

Season 3, 7th place

Album sales: 1,160,000

Digital track sales: 1,964,000

After winning an Oscar and Grammy, she lost over 80 pounds and became the spokewoman for Weight Watchers in 2010.

9. David Cook

Season 7 winner

Album sales: 1,324,000

Digital track sales: 4,196,000

Soon to follow his platinum-selling debut with June 28’s This Loud Morning, Cook also tours regularly and scored a deal with Skechers.

10. Kellie Pickler

Season 5, 6th place

Album sales: 1,322,000

Digital track sales: 3,319,000

Pickler made big waves on the country scene with her 2006 debut album, Small Town Girl. Tours with Brad Paisley (2007) and Taylor Swift (2009) followed.

About

Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    iamrufus
    Posted May 20, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Just as the prophet Simon Cowell predicted all those years ago…=)

  2. 2
    jayem
    Posted May 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    Ugh. She annoys me. The first will always be the best!

  3. 3
    NotWithoutMyTV
    Posted May 20, 2011 at 7:32 pm

    Carrie Underwood makes my pants feel tight.

  4. 4
    jarthon jarthon
    Posted May 21, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    I think if you take the different music genres they are in, it shows too. Country is REALLY supportive of its artists compared to pop. But I’m not surprised those 2 are on top. Those two really were the best to come from Idol.

  5. 5
    yummy
    Posted May 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    I’m actually surprised it took her this long to pass Kelly, since she’s been raking in album sales nonstop since her win. Kelly has slowed down a lot the past few years.

  6. 6
    yummy
    Posted May 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    And I agree completely with jarthon, Carrie and Kelly are by far the best Idols!

  7. 7
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted May 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    jayem – you’re crazy! Carried Underwood is the total package. She deserves every ounce of fame she’s gotten.

  8. 8
    straighttohell
    Posted May 23, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Ahh, Carrie: I think she has mediocre singing capability, but that’s perfect for the country music industry (particularly pop/country = no originality, recycled garbage with limited skill). I mean who are we kidding? Blonde hair, big boobs, caucasion, throw in some twang, a pop beat, and generic love themes = recipe country stardom. Too bad her music sucks. I personally think Carrie acts like a phony, entitled brat and has a huge head (to go with her ego). Kelly isn’t much better (talent wise), except she did seem like a genuinly nice girl and not some pre-packaged,cardboard Southern Barbie.

    American Idol is pure crap anyway, though.

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