List of American Idol alumni album sales in the United States

Table columns:
Contestant Total sales
First album
Second album
Third album
Fourth album
Fifth album
Sixth album
Seventh album
Eighth album

Table rows:
cells: 1.0
Carrie Underwood (season 4, winner) 16,389,000[1]
Some Hearts (November 15, 2005) Arista Nashville 7,450,000[2] 8x Platinum[3] Peak: #2
Carnival Ride (October 23, 2007) Arista Nashville 3,400,000[4] 4x Platinum[5] Peak: #1
Play On (November 3, 2009) Arista Nashville 2,300,000[4] 3x Platinum[6] Peak: #1
Blown Away (May 1, 2012) Arista Nashville 1,794,800[7] 2x Platinum[8] Peak: #1
Storyteller (October 23, 2015) Arista Nashville 752,100[9] Platinum[10] Peak: #2
Cry Pretty (September 14, 2018) Capitol Nashville[11]
cells: 2.0
Kelly Clarkson (season 1, winner) 14,351,250
Thankful (April 15, 2003) RCA 2,800,000[1] 2x Platinum[12] Peak: #1
Breakaway (November 30, 2004) RCA 6,355,000[1] 6x Platinum[13] Peak: #3
My December (June 26, 2007) RCA 858,000[1] Platinum[14] Peak: #2
All I Ever Wanted (March 10, 2009) RCA 1,004,000[1] N/A Peak: #1
Stronger (October 24, 2011) RCA 1,129,000[1] Platinum[15] Peak: #2
Wrapped in Red (October 29, 2013) RCA 942,000[1] Platinum[16] Peak: #3
Piece by Piece (March 3, 2015) RCA 284,000[1] Gold Peak: #1
Meaning of Life (October 27, 2017) Atlantic 201,250[17] N/A Peak: #2
cells: 3.0
Chris Daughtry (as Daughtry) (season 5, 4th place) 7,352,000[18]
Daughtry (November 21, 2006) RCA 5,040,000[2] 4x Platinum[19] Peak: #1
Leave This Town (July 14, 2009) RCA 1,357,000[20] Platinum[19] Peak: #1
Break the Spell (November 21, 2011) RCA 513,000[21] Gold[22] Peak: #8
Baptized (November 19, 2013) RCA 270,000[23] N/A Peak: #6
TBA (2018) RCA
cells: 4.0
Clay Aiken (season 2, runner-up) 5,069,000[18]
Measure of a Man (October 14, 2003) RCA 2,786,000[24] 2x Platinum[25] Peak: #1
Merry Christmas with Love (November 16, 2004) RCA 1,416,000[26] Platinum[25] Peak: #4
A Thousand Different Ways (September 19, 2006) RCA 531,000[27] Gold[25] Peak: #2
On My Way Here (May 6, 2008) RCA 165,000[27] N/A Peak: #4
Tried and True / Steadfast (June 1, 2010) / (March 26, 2012) Decca / Universal 80,000 note 1[28] N/A Peak: #9 / #120
cells: 5.0
Fantasia Barrino (season 3, winner) 3,332,000[18]
Free Yourself (November 23, 2004) J Records 1,839,000[24] Platinum[29] Peak: #8
Fantasia (December 12, 2006) J Records 530,000[30] Gold[29] Peak: #19
Back to Me (August 24, 2010) J Records 490,000[31] N/A Peak: #2
Side Effects of You (April 23, 2013) RCA 300,000[32] Peak: #2
The Definition Of... (July 28, 2016) RCA 32,000[33] Peak: #6
cells: 6.0
Ruben Studdard (season 2, winner) 2,644,000[18]
Soulful (December 9, 2003) J Records 1,792,000[24] Platinum[34] Peak: #1
I Need an Angel (November 23, 2004) J Records 483,000[35] Gold[34] Peak: #20
The Return (October 17, 2006) J Records 238,000[35] N/A Peak: #8
Love Is (May 19, 2009) Hickory Records 50,000[36] N/A Peak: #36
Letters from Birmingham (March 13, 2012) Shanachie 17,000[37] N/A Peak: #150
Unconditional Love (February 4, 2014) The Verve Music Group 6,000[38] N/A Peak: #46
cells: 7.0
Scotty McCreery (season 10, winner) 2,229,000[18]
Clear as Day (October 4, 2011) Mercury Nashville 1,166,000[39] Platinum[40] Peak: #1
Christmas With Scotty McCreery (October 16, 2012) Mercury Nashville 382,000[41] Gold[42] Peak: #4
See You Tonight (October 15, 2013) Mercury Nashville 269,900[43] N/A Peak: #6
Season Change (March 16, 2018) Thirty Tiger 63,700[44] N/A Peak: #7
cells: 8.0
Kellie Pickler (season 5, 6th place) 1,557,000[18]
Small Town Girl (October 31, 2006) BNA 900,000[45] Gold[46] Peak: #9
Kellie Pickler (September 30, 2008) BNA 470,000[45] N/A Peak: #9
100 Proof (January 24, 2012) BNA 90,000[45] N/A Peak: #7
The Woman I Am November 11, 2013 Black River Entertainment 47,000[47] N/A Peak: #19
cells: 9.0
David Cook (season 7, winner) 1,510,000[4]
David Cook (November 18, 2008) RCA 1,380,000[20] Platinum[48] Peak: #3
This Loud Morning (June 28, 2011) RCA 133,000[49] N/A Peak: #7
Digital Vein (September 18, 2015) InGrooves Music 11,000[50] N/A Peak: #35
cells: 10.0
Phillip Phillips (season 11, winner) 1,495,000[18]
The World from the Side of the Moon (November 19, 2012) Interscope 1,033,000[51] Platinum[52] Peak: #4
Behind the Light (May 19, 2014) Interscope 123,000[53] N/A Peak: #7
Collateral (January 19, 2018) Interscope 5,000 N/A Peak: #141
cells: 11.0
Jennifer Hudson (season 3, 7th place) 1,446,000[54]
Jennifer Hudson (September 30, 2008) Arista 839,000[55] Gold[56] Peak: #2
I Remember Me (March 22, 2011) Arista 459,000[57] Gold[56] Peak: #2
JHUD (September 23, 2014) RCA 61,000[53] N/A Peak: #10
cells: 12.0
Jordin Sparks (season 6, winner) 1,313,000[58]
Jordin Sparks (November 20, 2007) Jive 1,056,000[20] Platinum[59] Peak: #10
Battlefield (July 21, 2009) Jive 190,000[60] N/A Peak: #7
Right Here, Right Now (August 21, 2015) Louder Than Life N/A Peak: #161
cells: 13.0
Adam Lambert (season 8, runner-up) 1,291,000[61]
For Your Entertainment (November 23, 2009) RCA 863,000[62] Gold[63] Peak: #3
Trespassing (May 15, 2012) RCA 197,000[64] N/A Peak: #1
The Original High (June 16, 2015) Warner Bros Records 52,000[65] N/A Peak: #3
cells: 14.0
David Archuleta (season 7, runner-up) 1,156,000[54]
David Archuleta (November 11, 2008) Jive 765,000[66] Gold[67] Peak: #2
Christmas from the Heart (October 13, 2009) Jive 246,000[68] N/A Peak: #30
The Other Side of Down (October 5, 2010) Jive 67,000[66] N/A Peak: #13
Begin. (August 7, 2012) Highway Records 14,000[69] N/A Peak: #28
No Matter How Far (2013) E1 Music 5,000[70] N/A Peak: #110
cells: 15.0
Josh Gracin (season 2, 4th place) 804,000[58]
Josh Gracin (June 15, 2004) Lyric Street 703,000[71] Gold[72] Peak: #11
We Weren't Crazy (April 1, 2008) Lyric Street 86,000[73] N/A Peak: #33
Redemption (November 8, 2011) Average Joe's 4,000[74] N/A Peak: N/A
cells: 16.0
Taylor Hicks (season 5, winner) 768,000[54]
Taylor Hicks (December 12, 2006) Arista 705,000[55] Platinum[75] Peak: #2
The Distance (March 10, 2009) Modern Whomp 52,000[71] N/A Peak: #58
cells: 17.0
Bo Bice (season 4, runner-up) 757,000[54]
The Real Thing (December 13, 2005) RCA 673,000[55] Gold[76] Peak: #4
See the Light (October 23, 2007) StratArt 62,000[77] N/A Peak: #150
3 (May 18, 2010) Saguaro Road 11,000[78] N/A Peak: #154
cells: 18.0
Elliott Yamin (season 5, 3rd place) 696,000[58]
Elliott Yamin (March 20, 2007) Hickory Records RED Distribution 527,000[79] Gold[80] Peak: #3
Sounds of the Season (October 14, 2007) Hickory Records 81,000[81] N/A Peak: #32
My Kind of Holiday (October 7, 2008) TRP Records, Fontana Distribution 27,000[82] N/A Peak: #162
Fight For Love (May 5, 2009) Hickory Records 49,000[79] N/A Peak: #26
Let's Get to What's Real (March 27, 2012) E1/Purpose Music Group 2,000[83] N/A Peak: N/A

Questions about this table:
originalText: who has been the most successful american idol
answer: answerTexts: Carrie Underwood