For those who love NUMBERS–I love numbers. Who doesn’t love numbers?
…check out Ken Barnes’ Ultimate SoundScan Sales/Download Checklist.
Ken has gathered Sound Scan numbers for all the Idol releases and listed them by rank. Check out the Top 10 after the jump.
1. Kelly Clarkson: 9.4 million total
Breakaway: 5.9 million
Thankful: 2.7 million
My December: 740,000
2. Carrie Underwood: 7.9 million total
Some Hearts: 6.2 million
Carnival Ride: 1.7 million
3. Clay Aiken: 4.8 million total
Measure of a Man: 2.8 million
Merry Christmas With Love: 1.4 million
A Thousand Different Ways: 522,000
All Is Well EP: 53,000
4. (Chris) Daughtry, Daughtry: 3.6 million
5. Ruben Studdard: 2.5 million total*
Soulful: 1.8 million
I Need an Angel: 451,000*
The Return: 236,000
6. Fantasia: 2.3 million total
Free Yourself: 1.8 million Fantasia: 502,000
7. Bo Bice: 706,000 total
The Real Thing: 670,000
See the Light: 36,000
8. Kellie Pickler, Small Town Girl: 702,000
9. Taylor Hicks, Taylor Hicks: 699,000
10. Josh Gracin, Josh Gracin: 695,000
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Looks like for most idols at least, trying to outdo their previous figures is quite a hill to climb.
A couple of questions– doesn’t Josh Gracin have another album? And, what about sales from outside the US? Kelly Clarkson’s My December went platinum in Canada. Is that because she sold/shipped 1 million copies there, or do they figure things differently? I’ve always wondered.
Thanks for posting these numbers, very interesting. I was especially surprised at Josh’s numbers, had no idea his debut sold that well. According to Billboard, it is his only album to date: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=515163&aid=633416
According to Wikipedia “His second album (tentatively titled I Keep Coming Back) was slated for release in mid-2006, but due to poor performance of its singles, the album’s release has been repeatedly moved back.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Gracin
Josh Gracin’s second album was supposed to come out back in 2006, but keeps getting delayed despite the release of new singles from it.
Platinum in Canada is 100,000 copies.
From USA Today’s cover story, top-selling Idols:
Kelly Clarkson: 9.4M albums, 8.9M downloads
Carrie Underwood: 7.9M albums, 5.8M downloads
Clay Aiken: 4.8M albums, 0.4M downloads
Chris Daughtry: 3.6M albums, 4.0M downloads
Ruben Studdard: 2.5m albums, 0.2M downloads