List of American Idol alumni album sales in the united states - wikipedia List of American Idol alumni album sales in the united states This article provides a list of albums recorded by alumni of the popular American televised singing competition American Idol in the post-Idol career. It only lists main albums released in the alumni 's post-Idol career. American Idol compilations, individual artist 's pre-Idol recordings, EPs, and compilation albums are not listed here, however, the numbers in parentheses may include sales from these releases. For complete list of releases including those not listed here for each artist, please see their individual discography pages ( linked here in the total number in parentheses ). Sales figure listed are for U.S. only. Contents 1 Artists with sales of 500,000 or more albums 2 Artists with sales of less than 500,000 albums 3 References 4 External links Artists with sales of 500,000 or more albums This first list only includes contestants with at least 500,000 total album sales. Total albums sold listed in this pages for each artist is shown first. Certification status of album for units shipped in U.S. ( Gold, Platinum, and / or Multi-platinum ) is shown if awarded. The numbers in parentheses are for sales for all albums including EPs and compilations which may not be listed here. Contestant Total sales First album Second album Third album Fourth album Fifth album Sixth album Seventh album Eighth album 1. Carrie Underwood ( season 4, winner ) 16,540,000 Some Hearts ( November 15, 2005 ) Arista Nashville 7,450,000 8x Platinum Peak : # 2 Carnival Ride ( October 23, 2007 ) Arista Nashville 3,400,000 4x Platinum Peak : # 1 Play On ( November 3, 2009 ) Arista Nashville 2,300,000 3x Platinum Peak : # 1 Blown Away ( May 1, 2012 ) Arista Nashville 1,794,800 2x Platinum Peak : # 1 Storyteller ( October 23, 2015 ) Arista Nashville 752,100 Platinum Peak : # 2 Cry Pretty ( September 14, 2018 ) Capitol Nashville 250,700 Peak : # 1 2. Kelly Clarkson ( season 1, winner ) 14,351,250 Thankful ( April 15, 2003 ) RCA 2,800,000 2x Platinum Peak : # 1 Breakaway ( November 30, 2004 ) RCA 6,355,000 6x Platinum Peak : # 3 My December ( June 26, 2007 ) RCA 858,000 Platinum Peak : # 2 All I Ever Wanted ( March 10, 2009 ) RCA 1,004,000 N / A Peak : # 1 Stronger ( October 24, 2011 ) RCA 1,129,000 Platinum Peak : # 2 Wrapped in Red ( October 29, 2013 ) RCA 942,000 Platinum Peak : # 3 Piece by Piece ( March 3, 2015 ) RCA 284,000 Gold Peak : # 1 Meaning of Life ( October 27, 2017 ) Atlantic 201,250 N / A Peak : # 2 3. Chris Daughtry ( as Daughtry ) ( season 5, 4th place ) 7,376,000 Daughtry ( November 21, 2006 ) RCA 5,040,000 4x Platinum Peak : # 1 Leave This Town ( July 14, 2009 ) RCA 1,357,000 Platinum Peak : # 1 Break the Spell ( November 21, 2011 ) RCA 513,000 Gold Peak : # 8 Baptized ( November 19, 2013 ) RCA 270,000 N / A Peak : # 6 Cage to Rattle ( July 17, 2018 ) RCA 24,000 N / A Peak : # 10 4. Clay Aiken ( season 2, runner - up ) 5,069,000 Measure of a Man ( October 14, 2003 ) RCA 2,786,000 2x Platinum Peak : # 1 Merry Christmas with Love ( November 16, 2004 ) RCA 1,416,000 Platinum Peak : # 4 A Thousand Different Ways ( September 19, 2006 ) RCA 531,000 Gold Peak : # 2 On My Way Here ( May 6, 2008 ) RCA 165,000 N / A Peak : # 4 Tried and True / Steadfast ( June 1, 2010 ) / ( March 26, 2012 ) Decca / Universal 80,000 N / A Peak : # 9 / # 120 5. Fantasia Barrino ( season 3, winner ) 3,332,000 Free Yourself ( November 23, 2004 ) J Records 1,839,000 Platinum Peak : # 8 Fantasia ( December 12, 2006 ) J Records 530,000 Gold Peak : # 19 Back to Me ( August 24, 2010 ) J Records 490,000 N / A Peak : # 2 Side Effects of You ( April 23, 2013 ) RCA 300,000 Peak : # 2 The Definition Of... ( July 28, 2016 ) RCA 32,000 Peak : # 6 6. Ruben Studdard ( season 2, winner ) 2,644,000 Soulful ( December 9, 2003 ) J Records 1,792,000 Platinum Peak : # 1 I Need an Angel ( November 23, 2004 ) J Records 483,000 Gold Peak : # 20 The Return ( October 17, 2006 ) J Records 238,000 N / A Peak : # 8 Love Is ( May 19, 2009 ) Hickory Records 50,000 N / A Peak : # 36 Letters from Birmingham ( March 13, 2012 ) Shanachie 17,000 N / A Peak : # 150 Unconditional Love ( February 4, 2014 ) The Verve Music Group 6,000 N / A Peak : # 46 7. Scotty McCreery ( season 10, winner ) 2,248,000 Clear as Day ( October 4, 2011 ) Mercury Nashville 1,166,000 Platinum Peak : # 1 Christmas With Scotty McCreery ( October 16, 2012 ) Mercury Nashville 382,000 Gold Peak : # 4 See You Tonight ( October 15, 2013 ) Mercury Nashville 269,900 N / A Peak : # 6 Season Change ( March 16, 2018 ) Thirty Tiger 82,200 N / A Peak : # 7 8. Kellie Pickler ( season 5, 6th place ) 1,557,000 Small Town Girl ( October 31, 2006 ) BNA 900,000 Gold Peak : # 9 Kellie Pickler ( September 30, 2008 ) BNA 470,000 N / A Peak : # 9 100 Proof ( January 24, 2012 ) BNA 90,000 N / A Peak : # 7 The Woman I Am November 11, 2013 Black River Entertainment 47,000 N / A Peak : # 19 9. David Cook ( season 7, winner ) 1,510,000 David Cook ( November 18, 2008 ) RCA 1,380,000 Platinum Peak : # 3 This Loud Morning ( June 28, 2011 ) RCA 133,000 N / A Peak : # 7 Digital Vein ( September 18, 2015 ) InGrooves Music 11,000 N / A Peak : # 35 10. Phillip Phillips ( season 11, winner ) 1,495,000 The World from the Side of the Moon ( November 19, 2012 ) Interscope 1,033,000 Platinum Peak : # 4 Behind the Light ( May 19, 2014 ) Interscope 123,000 N / A Peak : # 7 Collateral ( January 19, 2018 ) Interscope 5,000 N / A Peak : # 141 11. Jennifer Hudson ( season 3, 7th place ) 1,446,000 Jennifer Hudson ( September 30, 2008 ) Arista 839,000 Gold Peak : # 2 I Remember Me ( March 22, 2011 ) Arista 459,000 Gold Peak : # 2 JHUD ( September 23, 2014 ) RCA 61,000 N / A Peak : # 10 12. Jordin Sparks ( season 6, winner ) 1,313,000 Jordin Sparks ( November 20, 2007 ) Jive 1,056,000 Platinum Peak : # 10 Battlefield ( July 21, 2009 ) Jive 190,000 N / A Peak : # 7 Right Here, Right Now ( August 21, 2015 ) Louder Than Life N / A Peak : # 161 13. Adam Lambert ( season 8, runner - up ) 1,173,000 For Your Entertainment ( November 23, 2009 ) RCA 863,000 Gold Peak : # 3 Trespassing ( May 15, 2012 ) RCA 197,000 N / A Peak : # 1 The Original High ( June 16, 2015 ) Warner Bros Records 52,000 N / A Peak : # 3 14. David Archuleta ( season 7, runner - up ) 1,156,000 David Archuleta ( November 11, 2008 ) Jive 765,000 Gold Peak : # 2 Christmas from the Heart ( October 13, 2009 ) Jive 246,000 N / A Peak : # 30 The Other Side of Down ( October 5, 2010 ) Jive 67,000 N / A Peak : # 13 Begin. ( August 7, 2012 ) Highway Records 14,000 N / A Peak : # 28 No Matter How Far ( 2013 ) E1 Music 5,000 N / A Peak : # 110 15. Mandisa ( season 5, 9th place ) 928,000 True Beauty ( July 31, 2007 ) Sparrow 226,000 N / A Peak : # 43 It 's Christmas ( October 14, 2008 ) Sparrow 64,000 N / A Peak : # 85 Freedom ( March 24, 2009 ) Sparrow 152,000 N / A Peak : # 83 What If We Were Real ( April 5, 2011 ) Sparrow 270,000 N / A Peak : # 66 Overcomer ( August 27, 2013 ) Sparrow 140,000 N / A Peak : # 29 Out of the Dark ( May 19, 2017 ) Sparrow N / A Peak : # 20 16. Josh Gracin ( season 2, 4th place ) 804,000 Josh Gracin ( June 15, 2004 ) Lyric Street 703,000 Gold Peak : # 11 We Were n't Crazy ( April 1, 2008 ) Lyric Street 86,000 N / A Peak : # 33 Redemption ( November 8, 2011 ) Average Joe 's 4,000 N / A Peak : N / A 17. Taylor Hicks ( season 5, winner ) 768,000 Taylor Hicks ( December 12, 2006 ) Arista 705,000 Platinum Peak : # 2 The Distance ( March 10, 2009 ) Modern Whomp 52,000 N / A Peak : # 58 18. Bo Bice ( season 4, runner - up ) 757,000 The Real Thing ( December 13, 2005 ) RCA 673,000 Gold Peak : # 4 See the Light ( October 23, 2007 ) StratArt 62,000 N / A Peak : # 150 ( May 18, 2010 ) Saguaro Road 11,000 N / A Peak : # 154 19. Elliott Yamin ( season 5, 3rd place ) 696,000 Elliott Yamin ( March 20, 2007 ) Hickory Records RED Distribution 527,000 Gold Peak : # 3 Sounds of the Season ( October 14, 2007 ) Hickory Records 81,000 N / A Peak : # 32 My Kind of Holiday ( October 7, 2008 ) TRP Records, Fontana Distribution 27,000 N / A Peak : # 162 Fight For Love ( May 5, 2009 ) Hickory Records 49,000 N / A Peak : # 26 Let 's Get to What 's Real ( March 27, 2012 ) E1 / Purpose Music Group 2,000 N / A Peak : N / A ^ Note 1 Aiken 's album, Tried & True was re-packaged and re-released by Decca under the new name, Steadfast, concurrent with his appearance on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2012 Artists with sales of less than 500,000 albums The following is a list of other American Idol alumni album sales and reflects that commercial success can be achieved through association with American Idol and with post-Idol promotion, although the degree of success varies considerably. This list only includes contestants who have numbers available, and again does not include EPs, American Idol compilations, or pre-Idol recordings, numbers in parentheses however may include sales from these releases : Rank Former Contestant Total Sales Albums 20. Katharine McPhee ( season 5, runner - up ) 475,000 Katharine McPhee ( 2007 ) # 2 -- 381,000 Unbroken ( 2010 ) # 27 -- 45,000 Christmas Is the Time... To Say I Love You ( 2010 ) did not chart -- 23,000 Hysteria ( 2015 ) did not chart 21. Lauren Alaina ( season 10, runner - up ) 459,500 Wildflower ( 2011 ) # 5 -- 303,000 Road Less Traveled ( 2016 ) # 31 -- 34,500 22. Bucky Covington ( season 5, 8th place ) did not chart 436,000 Bucky Covington ( 2007 ) # 4 -- 433,000 Good Guys ( 2012 ) # 178 -- 3,000 23. Blake Lewis ( season 6, runner - up ) 413,000 A.D.D. ( Audio Day Dream ) ( 2007 ) # 10 -- 350,000 Heartbreak on Vinyl ( 2009 ) # 135 -- 10,000 Portrait of a Chameleon ( 2013 ) did not chart -- 2,000 24. Kris Allen ( season 8, winner ) 401,600 Kris Allen ( 2009 ) # 11 -- 346,000 Thank You Camellia ( 2012 ) # 26 -- 35,000 Horizons ( 2014 ) # 80 -- 4,000 Letting You In ( 2016 ) 25. William Hung ( Season 3, Auditioner ) 242,000 Inspiration ( 2004 ) # 34 -- 200,000 Hung for the Holidays ( 2004 ) did not chart -- 35,000 Miracle : Happy Summer from William Hung ( 2005 ) did not chart -- 7,000 26. Kimberley Locke ( season 2, 3rd place ) 241,000 One Love ( 2004 ) # 16 -- 212,000 Based on a True Story ( 2007 ) # 160 -- 22,000 Christmas ( 2008 ) did not chart -- 3,000 27. Crystal Bowersox ( season 9, runner - up ) 230,000 Farmer 's Daughter ( 2010 ) # 28 -- 205,000 All That For This ( 2013 ) # 71 -- 8,000 28. Danny Gokey ( season 8, 3rd place ) 204,000 My Best Days ( 2010 ) # 4 -- 204,000 Hope in Front of Me ( 2014 ) # 40 29. James Durbin ( season 10, 4th place ) 194,000 Memories of a Beautiful Disaster ( 2011 ) # 36 -- 123,000 Celebrate ( 2014 ) # 83 30. Lee DeWyze ( season 9, winner ) 178,000 Live It Up ( 2010 ) # 19 -- 153,000 Frames ( 2013 ) # 116 -- 3,000 Oil & Water ( 2016 ) 31. Diana DeGarmo ( Season 3, Runner - Up ) 168,000 Blue Skies ( 2004 ) # 52 32. Justin Guarini ( season 1, runner - up ) 146,000 Justin Guarini ( 2003 ) # 20 -- 146,000 Stranger Things Have Happened ( 2005 ) did not chart 33. Haley Reinhart ( season 10, 3rd place ) 143,500 Listen Up ! ( 2012 ) # 17 -- 77,000 Better ( 2016 ) did not chart -- 7,500 34. Colton Dixon ( season 11, 7th place ) 128,000 A Messenger ( 2013 ) # 15 -- 100,000 Anchor ( 2014 ) # 23 -- 28,000 The Calm Before the Storm ( 2015 ) did not chart 35. Tamyra Gray ( season 1, 4th place ) 123,000 The Dreamer ( 2004 ) # 23 36. Jason Castro ( Season 7, 4th Place ) 105,000 Jason Castro ( 2010 ) # 18 -- 54,000 Who I Am ( 2010 ) # 198 -- 18,000 Only a Mountain ( 2013 ) did not chart -- 20,000 37. Allison Iraheta ( Season 8, 4th Place ) 103,000 Just Like You ( 2009 ) # 35 38. Melinda Doolittle ( season 6, 3rd place ) 091,000 Coming Back to You ( 2009 ) # 58 39. Casey James ( season 9, 3rd place ) 077,000 Casey James ( 2012 ) # 23 40. Chris Sligh ( season 6, 10th place ) 064,000 Running Back to You ( 2008 ) # 190 -- 54,000 The Anatomy of Broken ( 2010 ) did not chart -- 10,000 41. LaToya London ( Season 3, 4th Place ) 058,000 Love & Life ( 2005 ) # 82 42. Phil Stacey ( season 6, 6th place ) 058,000 Phil Stacey ( 2008 ) # 43 -- 40,000 Into the Light ( 2009 ) did not chart -- 18,000 43. Mario Vazquez ( season 4, Top 12 ) 056,000 Mario Vazquez ( 2006 ) # 80 44. George Huff ( season 3, 5th place ) 52,000 Miracles ( 2005 ) did not chart -- 29,000 George Huff ( 2009 ) did not chart -- 4,000 45. Brooke White ( season 7, 5th place ) 048,000 High Hopes & Heartbreak ( 2009 ) # 50 -- 29,000 Gemini ( 2011 ) did not chart -- 2,000 46. Carly Smithson ( as a part of We Are the Fallen ) ( Season 7, 6th Place ) 041,000 Tear the World Down ( 2010 ) # 33 47. Jessica Sanchez ( Season 11, Runner - up ) 38,000 Me, You & the Music ( 2013 ) # 26 -- 17,000 48. Kristy Lee Cook ( season 7, 7th place ) 032,000 Why Wait ( 2008 ) # 49 49. Candice Glover ( Season 12, Winner ) 027,000 Music Speaks ( 2014 ) # 14 50. Casey Abrams ( season 10, 6th place ) 27,000 Casey Abrams ( 2012 ) # 101 51. Constantine Maroulis ( season 4, 6th place ) 25,000 Constantine ( 2007 ) # 75 52. Caleb Johnson ( season 13, winner ) 024,000 Testify ( 2014 ) # 24 53. Paris Bennett ( season 5, 5th place ) 22,300 Princess P ( 2007 ) # 133 -- 22,000 A Royal Christmas ( 2008 ) did not chart -- 300 54. R.J. Helton ( season 1, 5th place ) 022,000 Real Life ( 2004 ) did not chart 55. John Stevens ( Season 3, 6th Place ) 021,000 Red ( 2005 ) did not chart 56. Michael Johns ( season 7, 8th place ) 020,000 Hold Back My Heart ( 2009 ) # 97 57. Jasmine Trias ( season 3, 3rd place ) 014,000 Jasmine Trias ( 2005 ) did not chart 58. Ace Young ( season 5, 7th place ) 010,000 Ace Young ( 2008 ) # 160 59. LaKisha Jones ( season 6, 4th place ) 00 7,000 So Glad I 'm Me ( 2009 ) did not chart 60. Nick Fradiani ( season 14, winner ) 00 5,000 Hurricane ( 2016 ) # 121 61. Danny Noriega ( season 7, semi ) 00 5,000 Till Death Do Us Party ( 2014 ) # 59 62. Trent Harmon ( season 15, winner ) 00 4,500 You Got ' Em All ( 2018 ) did not chart 63. Jim Verraros ( season 1, 9th place ) 00 4,300 Rollercoaster ( 2005 ) did not chart Do Not Disturb ( 2011 ) did not chart 64. Carmen Rasmusen ( season 2, 6th place ) 00 3,100 Nothin ' Like the Summer ( 2007 ) did not chart 65. Kimberly Caldwell ( season 2, 7th place ) 00 3,000 Without Regret ( 2011 ) did not chart 66. Ayla Brown ( season 5, Top 16 ) 00 3,000 Forward ( 2006 ) did not chart 67. Corey Clark ( season 2, 9th place ) 00 2,600 Corey Clark ( 2005 ) did not chart 68. Tim Halperin ( Season 10, Semifinal ) 00 2,000 Rise and Fall ( 2011 ) did not chart 69. Jon Peter Lewis ( Season 3, 8th Place ) 00 1,600 Stories from Hollywood ( 2006 ) did not chart -- 1,100 Break the Silence ( 2008 ) did not chart -- 500 70. Michael Sarver ( season 8, 10th place ) 00 1,000 Michael Sarver ( 2010 ) did not chart 71. Josiah Leming ( season 7, Hollywood round ) 00 1,000 Come On Kid ( 2010 ) did not chart 72. Kree Harrison ( season 12, runner - up ) 000 900 This Old Thing ( 2016 ) did not chart References ^ Jump up to : Trust, Gary ( September 10, 2017 ). `` Ask Billboard : Kelly Clarkson 's Career Sales & ' Wild Thoughts ' About Rihanna ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 10, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Adele 's ' 25 ' Hits 5 Million Sold in U.S. Billboard ''. Billboard. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 10. Jump up ^ `` American album certifications -- Carrie Underwood -- Some Hearts ''. Recording Industry Association of America. 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Question: who is the best selling american idol contestant
Answer: Carrie Underwood