List of American Idol alumni album sales in the United States explained

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.

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 albums sold	First album	Second album	Third album	Fourth album	Fifth album	Sixth album	Seventh album	Eighth album	Ninth album	Tenth album
1.	Carrie Underwood (season 4, winner) 16,389,000	Some Hearts (November 15, 2005) Arista Nashville 7,450,000 9× Platinum Peak: #2	Carnival Ride (October 23, 2007) Arista Nashville 3,400,000^[1] 4× Platinum Peak: #1	Play On (November 3, 2009) Arista Nashville 2,300,000 3× Platinum Peak: #1	Blown Away (May 1, 2012) Arista Nashville 1,853,200^[2] 3× Platinum Peak: #1	Storyteller (October 23, 2015) Arista Nashville 752,100^[3] Platinum Peak: #2	Cry Pretty 534,000^[4] Platinum Peak: #1	My Gift 628,000^[5] Gold Peak: #5	My Savior 293,000^[6] N/A Peak: #4	Denim & Rhinestones 120,000 ^[7] Peak: #10
2.	Kelly Clarkson (season 1, winner) 14,150,000	Thankful (April 15, 2003) RCA 2,800,000^[8] 2× Platinum Peak: #1	Breakaway (November 30, 2004) RCA 6,355,000 6× 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 68,000^[9] Gold Peak: #2	When Christmas Comes Around... 106,000 ^[10]	Chemistry 53,000 ^[11]
3.	Chris Daughtry (as Daughtry) (season 5, 4th place) 7,204,000^[12]	Daughtry (November 21, 2006) RCA 5,040,000^[13] 6× Platinum Peak: #1	Leave This Town (July 14, 2009) RCA 1,357,000^[14] Platinum Peak: #1	Break the Spell (November 21, 2011) RCA 513,000^[15] Gold Peak: #8	Baptized (November 19, 2013) RCA 270,000^[16] Gold Peak: #6	Cage to Rattle^[17] (July 17, 2018) RCA 24,000^[18] N/A Peak: #10	Dearly Beloved
4.	Clay Aiken (season 2, runner-up) 5,069,000	Measure of a Man (October 14, 2003) RCA 2,786,000^[19] 2× Platinum Peak: #1	Merry Christmas with Love (November 16, 2004) RCA 1,416,000^[20] 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 ^[21] 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^[22] Peak: #8	Fantasia (December 12, 2006) J Records 530,000^[23] Gold Peak: #19	Back to Me (August 24, 2010) J Records 490,000^[24] N/A Peak: #2	Side Effects of You (April 23, 2013) RCA 300,000^[25] Peak: #2	The Definition Of... (July 28, 2016) RCA 32,000^[26] Peak: #6	Christmas After Midnight (October 6, 2017) Concord Peak: #193	Sketchbook (October 11, 2019) Rock Soul 10,000^[27] Peak: #62
6.	Ruben Studdard (season 2, winner) 2,644,000	Soulful (December 9, 2003) J Records 1,792,000 Platinum^[28] Peak: #1	I Need an Angel (November 23, 2004) J Records 483,000^[29] 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^[30] N/A Peak: #36	Letters from Birmingham (March 13, 2012) Shanachie 17,000^[31] N/A Peak: #150	Unconditional Love (February 4, 2014) The Verve Music Group 6,000^[32] N/A Peak: #46	Ruben Sings Luther Vandross (March 9, 2018) SEG Music N/A N/A Peak: n/a
7.	Scotty McCreery (season 10, winner) 2,264,000	Clear as Day (October 4, 2011) Mercury Nashville 1,166,000^[33] Platinum Peak: #1	Christmas With Scotty McCreery (October 16, 2012) Mercury Nashville 382,000^[34] Gold Peak: #4	See You Tonight (October 15, 2013) Mercury Nashville 269,900^[35] N/A Peak: #6	Seasons Change (March 16, 2018) Thirty Tigers 97,800^[36] Gold Peak: #7	Same Truck (September 17, 2021) Thirty Tigers N/A Peak: #86	Rise & Fall (May 10, 2023) Thirty Tigers
8.	Kellie Pickler (season 5, 6th place) 1,557,000	Small Town Girl (October 31, 2006) BNA 900,000 Gold^[37] Peak: #9	Kellie Pickler (September 30, 2008) BNA 470,000 N/A Peak: #9	100 Proof (January 24, 2012) BNA 90,000^[38] N/A Peak: #7	The Woman I Am November 11, 2013 Black River Entertainment 47,000^[39] N/A Peak: #19
9.	David Cook (season 7, winner) 1,510,000	David Cook (November 18, 2008) RCA 1,380,000 Platinum^[40] Peak: #3	This Loud Morning (June 28, 2011) RCA 133,000^[41] N/A Peak: #7	Digital Vein (September 18, 2015) InGrooves Music 11,000^[42] 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^[43] Platinum Peak: #4	Behind the Light (May 19, 2014) Interscope 123,000^[44] N/A Peak: #7	Collateral (January 19, 2018) Interscope 5,000 N/A Peak: #141	Drift Back (June 9, 2023) Interscope
11.	Jennifer Hudson (season 3, 7th place) 1,446,000^[45]	Jennifer Hudson (September 30, 2008) Arista 839,000 Gold^[46] Peak: #2	I Remember Me (March 22, 2011) Arista 459,000^[47] 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^[48] Peak: #10	Battlefield (July 21, 2009) Jive 190,000^[49] N/A Peak: #7	Right Here, Right Now (August 21, 2015) Louder Than Life N/A Peak: #161	Cider & Hennessy (November 26, 2020) Disrupt Group N/A Peak: N/A	TBA (2024)
13.	Adam Lambert (season 8, runner-up) 1,173,000^[50]	For Your Entertainment (November 23, 2009) RCA 863,000^[51] Gold^[52] Peak: #3	Trespassing (May 15, 2012) RCA 197,000^[53] N/A Peak: #1	The Original High (June 16, 2015) Warner Bros Records 52,000^[54] N/A Peak: #3	Velvet (March 20, 2020) Empire Records N/A Peak: #89	High Drama ^[55]
14.	David Archuleta (season 7, runner-up) 1,156,000	David Archuleta (November 11, 2008) Jive 765,000^[56] Gold^[57] Peak: #2	Christmas from the Heart (October 13, 2009) Jive 246,000^[58] N/A Peak: #30	The Other Side of Down (October 5, 2010) Jive 67,000 N/A Peak: #13	Forevermore (March 26, 2012) Ivory Records N/A N/A Peak: N/A	Begin. (August 7, 2012) Highway Records 14,000^[59] N/A Peak: #28	No Matter How Far (2013) E1 Music 5,000^[60] N/A Peak: #110	Postcards in the Sky (October 20, 2017) Archie Music N/A N/A Peak: N/A	Winter in the Air (November 2, 2018) Archie Music N/A N/A Peak: #191	Therapy Sessions (May 20, 2020) Archie Music N/A N/A Peak: N/A
15.	Gabby Barrett (season 16, 3rd place) 1,000,000	Goldmine (June 19, 2020) Warner Music Nashville 1,000,000^[61] Platinum Peak: #4^[62]	Chapter & Verse (February 2, 2024) Warner Music Nashville
16.	Mandisa (season 5, 9th place) 928,000^[63]	True Beauty (July 31, 2007) Sparrow 226,000^[64] N/A Peak: #43	It's Christmas (October 14, 2008) Sparrow 64,000^[65] N/A Peak: #85	Freedom (March 24, 2009) Sparrow 152,000^[66] N/A Peak: #83	What If We Were Real (April 5, 2011) Sparrow 270,000^[67] N/A Peak: #66	Overcomer (August 27, 2013) Sparrow 140,000^[68] N/A Peak: #29	Out of the Dark (May 19, 2017) Sparrow N/A Peak: #20
17.	Josh Gracin (season 2, 4th place) 804,000	Josh Gracin (June 15, 2004) Lyric Street 703,000^[69] Gold^[70] Peak: #11	We Weren't Crazy (April 1, 2008) Lyric Street 86,000^[71] N/A Peak: #33	Redemption (November 8, 2011) Average Joe's 4,000^[72] N/A Peak: N/A
18.	Taylor Hicks (season 5, winner) 768,000	Taylor Hicks (December 12, 2006) Arista 705,000 Platinum^[73] Peak: #2	The Distance (March 10, 2009) Modern Whomp 52,000 N/A Peak: #58
19.	Bo Bice (season 4, runner-up) 757,000	The Real Thing (December 13, 2005) RCA 673,000 Gold^[74] Peak: #4	See the Light (October 23, 2007) StratArt 62,000^[75] N/A Peak: #150	3 (May 18, 2010) Saguaro Road 11,000^[76] N/A Peak: #154
20.	Elliott Yamin (season 5, 3rd place) 696,000	Elliott Yamin (March 20, 2007) Hickory Records RED Distribution 527,000^[77] Gold^[78] Peak: #3	Sounds of the Season (October 14, 2007) Hickory Records 81,000^[79] N/A Peak: #32	My Kind of Holiday (October 7, 2008) TRP Records, Fontana Distribution 27,000^[80] 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^[81] N/A Peak: N/A

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
21.	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^[82] Hysteria (2015) did not chart
22.	Lauren Alaina (season 10, runner-up)	459,500	Wildflower (2011) #5 — 303,000^[83] Road Less Traveled (2016) #31 — 34,500^[84]
23.	Bucky Covington (season 5, 8th place) did not chart	436,000	Bucky Covington (2007) #4 — 433,000 Good Guys (2012) #178 — 3,000^[85]
24.	Blake Lewis (season 6, runner-up)	413,000	A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) (2007) #10 — 350,000^[86] Heartbreak on Vinyl (2009) #135 — 10,000^[87] Portrait of a Chameleon (2013) did not chart — 2,000^[88]
25.	Kris Allen (season 8, winner)	401,600	Kris Allen (2009) #11 — 346,000^[89] Thank You Camellia (2012) #26 — 35,000^[90] Horizons (2014) #80 — 4,000^[91] Letting You In (2016)
26.	William Hung (Season 3, Auditioner)	242,000	Inspiration (2004) #34 — 200,000^[92] Hung for the Holidays (2004) did not chart — 35,000 Miracle: Happy Summer from William Hung (2005) did not chart — 7,000^[93]
27.	Kimberley Locke (season 2, 3rd place)	241,000	One Love (2004) #16 — 212,000 Based on a True Story (2007) #160 — 22,000^[94] Christmas (2008) did not chart — 3,000
28.	Crystal Bowersox (season 9, runner-up)	230,000^[95]	Farmer's Daughter (2010) #28 — 205,000^[96] All That For This (2013) #71 — 8,000
29.	Danny Gokey (season 8, 3rd place)	204,000	My Best Days (2010) #4 — 204,000^[97] Hope in Front of Me (2014) #40
30.	James Durbin (season 10, 4th place)	194,000	Memories of a Beautiful Disaster (2011) #36 — 123,000^[98] Celebrate (2014) #83
31.	Lee DeWyze (season 9, winner)	178,000	Live It Up (2010) #19 — 153,000^[99] Frames (2013) #116 — 3,000^[100] Oil & Water (2016)
32.	Diana DeGarmo (Season 3, Runner-Up)	168,000^[101]	Blue Skies (2004) #52
33.	Justin Guarini (season 1, runner-up)	146,000	Justin Guarini (2003) #20 — 146,000^[102] Stranger Things Have Happened (2005) did not chart
34.	Haley Reinhart (season 10, 3rd place)	143,500	Listen Up! (2012) #17 —77,000^[103] Better (2016) did not chart — 7,500^[104]
35.	Colton Dixon (season 11, 7th place)	128,000	A Messenger (2013) #15 — 100,000^[105] Anchor (2014) #23 — 28,000 The Calm Before the Storm (2015) did not chart
36.	Tamyra Gray (season 1, 4th place)	123,000^[106]	The Dreamer (2004) #23
37.	Jason Castro (Season 7, 4th Place)	105,000	Jason Castro (2010) #18 — 54,000^[107] Who I Am (2010) #198 — 18,000^[108] Only a Mountain (2013) did not chart — 20,000^[109]
38.	Allison Iraheta (Season 8, 4th Place)	103,000^[110]	Just Like You (2009) #35
39.	Melinda Doolittle (season 6, 3rd place)	091,000^[111]	Coming Back to You (2009) #58
40.	Casey James (season 9, 3rd place)	077,000	Casey James (2012) #23
41.	Chris Sligh (season 6, 10th place)	064,000	Running Back to You (2008) #190 — 54,000^[112] The Anatomy of Broken (2010) did not chart — 10,000^[113]
42.	LaToya London (Season 3, 4th Place)	058,000	Love & Life (2005) #82
43.	Phil Stacey (season 6, 6th place)	058,000	Phil Stacey (2008) #43 — 40,000 Into the Light (2009) did not chart — 18,000
44.	Mario Vazquez (season 4, Top 12)	056,000^[114]	Mario Vazquez (2006) #80
45.	George Huff (season 3, 5th place)	52,000	Miracles (2005) did not chart — 29,000 George Huff (2009) did not chart — 4,000
46.	Brooke White (season 7, 5th place)	048,000^[115]	High Hopes & Heartbreak (2009) #50 — 29,000 Gemini (2011) did not chart — 2,000^[116]
47.	Carly Smithson (as a part of We Are the Fallen) (Season 7, 6th Place)	041,000^[117]	Tear the World Down (2010) #33
48.	Jessica Sanchez (Season 11, Runner-up)	38,000	Me, You & the Music (2013) #26 — 17,000
49.	Kristy Lee Cook (season 7, 7th place)	032,000^[118]	Why Wait (2008) #49
50.	Candice Glover (Season 12, Winner)	027,000^[119]	Music Speaks (2014) #14
51.	Casey Abrams (season 10, 6th place)	27,000^[120]	Casey Abrams (2012) #101
52.	Constantine Maroulis (season 4, 6th place)	25,000^[121]	Constantine (2007) #75
53.	Caleb Johnson (season 13, winner)	024,000^[122]	Testify (2014) #24
54.	Paris Bennett (season 5, 5th place)	22,300	Princess P (2007) #133 — 22,000^[123] A Royal Christmas (2008) did not chart — 300
55.	R. J. Helton (season 1, 5th place)	022,000	Real Life (2004) did not chart
56.	John Stevens (Season 3, 6th Place)	021,000	Red (2005) did not chart
57.	Michael Johns (season 7, 8th place)	020,000	Hold Back My Heart (2009) #97
58.	Jasmine Trias (season 3, 3rd place)	014,000	Jasmine Trias (2005) did not chart
59.	Jimmie Allen (season 11, Hollywood)	013,800^[124]	Mercury Lane (2018) #128
60.	Ace Young (season 5, 7th place)	010,000	Ace Young (2008) #160
61.	LaKisha Jones (season 6, 4th place)	007,000	So Glad I'm Me (2009) did not chart
62.	Nick Fradiani (season 14, winner)	005,000^[125]	Hurricane (2016) #121
63.	Danny Noriega (season 7, semi)	005,000^[126]	Till Death Do Us Party (2014) #59 After Party (2016) #192 Whatever (2017)
64.	Trent Harmon (season 15, winner)	004,500^[127]	You Got 'Em All (2018) did not chart
65.	Jim Verraros (season 1, 9th place)	004,300	Rollercoaster (2005) did not chart Do Not Disturb (2011) did not chart
66.	Carmen Rasmusen (season 2, 6th place)	003,100	Nothin' Like the Summer (2007) did not chart
67.	Kimberly Caldwell (season 2, 7th place)	003,000	Without Regret (2011) did not chart
68.	Ayla Brown (season 5, Top 16)	003,000^[128]	Forward (2006) did not chart
69.	Corey Clark (season 2, 9th place)	002,600	Corey Clark (2005) did not chart
70.	Tim Halperin (Season 10, Semifinal)	002,000^[129]	Rise and Fall (2011) did not chart
71.	Jon Peter Lewis (Season 3, 8th Place)	001,600	Stories from Hollywood (2006) did not chart — 1,100 Break the Silence (2008) did not chart — 500^[130]
72.	Michael Sarver (season 8, 10th place)	001,000^[131]	Michael Sarver (2010) did not chart
73.	Josiah Leming (season 7, Hollywood round)	001,000	Come On Kid (2010) did not chart
74.	Kree Harrison (season 12, runner-up)	000900^[132]	This Old Thing (2016) did not chart

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