Here is how the total debut week sales from the top two shake out from all 8 seasons, ranked from highest to lowest:
Season 2
612,859 Clay
416,569 Ruben
1,029,428Season 4
314,549 Carrie
226,976 Bo
541,525Season 7
279,578 David C
182,927 David A
462,505Season 5
298,199 Taylor
115,761 Katharine
413,960Season 1
297,000 Kelly
56,749 Justin
353,749Season 3
239,589 Fantasia
46,795 Diana
286,384Season 8
198,466 Adam
80,072 Kris
278,538Season 6
119,119 Jordin
98,000 Blake
217,119
US Album Sales only: Combined data from USA Today, Billboard and Forbes.
+* indicates additional sales in Christian outlets that are not available to us.
1. Kelly Clarkson: 9.53 million total
Breakaway: 6.04 million
Thankful: 2.71 million
My December: 783,000
2. Carrie Underwood: 9.28 million total
Some Hearts: 6.68 million
Carnival Ride: 2.6 million
3. Clay Aiken: 4.97 million total +*
Measure of a Man: 2.8 million
Merry Christmas With Love: 1.4 million +*
A Thousand Different Ways: 530,000
On My Way Here: 160,000
All Is Well EP: 53,000
4. Chris Daughtry, Daughtry: 4.35 million
5. Ruben Studdard: 2.49 million total +*
Soulful: 1.79 million
I Need an Angel: 456,000 +*
The Return: 238,000
6. Fantasia: 2.29 million total
Free Yourself: 1.77 million
Fantasia: 519,000
7. Jordin Sparks: 1.04 million total
Jordin Sparks: 988,000
EP: 49,000
8. Kellie Pickler: 959,000 total
Small Town Girl: 802,000
Kellie Pickler: 160,000
9. David Cook: 863,000 total
10. Josh Gracin: 773,000
Josh Gracin, 700,000
We Weren’t Crazy: 73,000
11. Bo Bice: 734,000 total
The Real Thing: 672,000
See the Light: 62,000
12. Taylor Hicks: 707,400 total
Taylor Hicks: 703,000
Early Works, 4,400
13. Elliott Yamin: 619,000 total
Elliott Yamin: 518,000
Sounds of the Season: 81,000
My Kind of Holiday: 20,000
14. David Archuleta: 589,000 total
15. Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson: 561,000 total
16. Bucky Covington, Bucky Covington: 396,000
17. Katharine McPhee, Katharine McPhee: 375,000
18. Blake Lewis: 351,000 total
Audio Day Dream: 305,000
EP: 46,000
19. Kimberley Locke: 231,000 total
One Love: 212,000
Based on a True Story: 17,000
Christmas: 2,200
20. Diana DeGarmo, Blue Skies: 167,000
21. Mandisa: 159,000 total +*
True Beauty: 156,000 +*
Christmas Joy EP: 3,000 +*
22. Justin Guarini, Justin Guarini: 143,000
23. Tamyra Gray, The Dreamer: 123,000
24. La Toya London, Love and Life: 58,000
25. George Huff: 48,000 total +*
Miracles: 29,000 +*
My Christmas EP: 19,000 +*
26. Chris Sligh: 41,000 +*
27. Phil Stacey, 37,500 total
Phil Stacey: 37,000
EP: 500
28. Constantine Maroulis, Constantine: 25,000
29. Paris Bennett, Princess P: 23,300
30. RJ Helton, Real Life: 22,000
31. John Stevens, Red: 21,000
32. Jasmine Trias, Jasmine Trias: 14,000
33. Ace Young, Ace Young: 10,000
34. Carmen Rasmusen: 5,400 total
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