Artists With RIAA Certified Albums
This first list only includes contestants with at least one certified album for units shipped in U.S. (Gold, Platinum, and/or Multi-platinum). Total albums sold listed in this pages for each artist is shown first. The numbers in parentheses are for sales for all albums including EPs and compilations which may not be listed here.
| Idol Contestant Total Sales |
First Album | Second Album | Third Album | Fourth Album | Fifth Album | Sixth Album | |
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| 1. | Carrie Underwood 14,139,000 |
Some Hearts 7,303,000 |
Carnival Ride 3,315,000 |
Play On 2,186,000 |
Blown Away 1,335,000 |
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| 2. | Kelly Clarkson 11,891,000 |
Thankful 2,771,000 |
Breakaway 6,279,000 |
My December 837,000 |
All I Ever Wanted 966,000 |
Stronger 1,038,000 |
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| 3. | Chris Daughtry 6,679,000 |
Daughtry 4,881,000 |
Leave This Town 1,329,000 |
Break the Spell 469,000 |
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| 4. | Clay Aiken 4,969,000 |
Measure of a Man 2,785,000 |
Merry Christmas with Love 1,416,000 |
A Thousand Different Ways 531,000 |
On My Way Here 165,000 |
Tried and True 68,000 |
Steadfast 4,000 |
| 5. | Fantasia Barrino 2,859,000 |
Free Yourself 1,821,000 |
Fantasia 530,000 |
Back to Me 458,000 |
The Side Effects of You |
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| 6. | Ruben Studdard 2,579,000 |
Soulful 1,791,000 |
I Need an Angel 483,000 |
The Return 238,000 |
Love Is 50,000 |
Letters from Birmingham 17,000 |
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| 7. | Scotty McCreery 1,509,000 |
Clear as Day 1,160,000 |
Christmas With Scotty McCreery 349,000 |
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| 8. | David Cook 1,455,000 |
David Cook 1,325,000 |
This Loud Morning 130,000 |
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| 9. | Kellie Pickler 1,429,000 |
Small Town Girl 877,000 |
Kellie Pickler 451,000 |
100 Proof 74,000 |
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| 10. | Jennifer Hudson 1,314,000 |
Jennifer Hudson 839,000 |
I Remember Me 421,000 |
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| 11. | Jordin Sparks 1,222,000 |
Jordin Sparks 1,045,000 |
Battlefield 177,000 |
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| 12. | David Archuleta 1,092,000 |
David Archuleta 765,000 |
Christmas from the Heart 246,000 |
The Other Side of Down 67,000 |
Forevermore |
Begin. 14,000 |
No Matter How Far |
| 13. | Adam Lambert 986,000 |
For Your Entertainment 838,000 |
Trespassing 148,000 N/A Peak: #1 |
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| 14. | Josh Gracin 797,000 |
Josh Gracin 703,000 |
We Weren't Crazy 86,000 |
Redemption 4,000 |
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| 15. | Taylor Hicks 757,000 |
Taylor Hicks 705,000 |
The Distance 52,000 |
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| 16. | Bo Bice 746,000 |
The Real Thing 673,000 |
See the Light 62,000 |
3 11,000 |
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| 17. | Phillip Phillips 738,000 |
The World from the Side of the Moon 738,000 |
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| 18. | Elliott Yamin 686,000 |
Elliott Yamin 527,000 |
Sounds of the Season 81,000 |
My Kind of Holiday 27,000 |
Fight For Love 49,000 |
Let's Get to What's Real 2,000 |
Read more about this topic: American Idol Alumni Album Sales
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