American Idol contestants discography

This is a comprehensive listing of official post-Idol releases by various contestants of the television show American Idol.

All of the compilations and singles of the show as well as most of its contestants' singles and albums were released by 19 Recordings with Sony Music Entertainment (the general record company associated and affiilated with the Idol series in most countries through its RCA/Jive Label Group) from 2002–2010 and with Universal Music Group (through its Interscope-Geffen-A&M Label Group) from 2011 onwards.[1][2][3][4]

The first winner Kelly Clarkson remains the best-selling contestant worldwide with 20 million albums sold followed by fourth winner Carrie Underwood (best-selling contestant in the United States) with 15 million albums sold worldwide.

By the end of 2009, all the contestants had 257 number one singles in the Billboard charts and have sold over 66 million albums worldwide and 56 million singles in US alone [5]

Season 1

Kelly Clarkson

Justin Guarini

Nikki McKibbin

Tamyra Gray

RJ Helton

Ryan Starr

Jim Verraros

Season 2

Ruben Studdard

Clay Aiken

Kimberley Locke

Josh Gracin

Carmen Rasmusen

Kimberly Caldwell

Corey Clark

Charles Grigsby

Vanessa Olivarez

Others

Season 3

Fantasia Barrino

Diana DeGarmo

Jasmine Trias

LaToya London

George Huff

John Stevens

Jennifer Hudson

Jon Peter Lewis

Camile Velasco

William Hung

Others

Season 4

Carrie Underwood

Bo Bice

Vonzell Solomon

Constantine Maroulis

Nadia Turner

Nikko Smith

Jessica Sierra

Others

Judd Harris

Jeff Johnson

Jamie Paul Koehler

Melinda Lira

Sarah Mather

Kurtis Parks

Elizabeth Pha (aka Chandara)

Celena Rae

Mario Vazquez

Jared Yates

Season 5

Taylor Hicks

Katharine McPhee

Elliott Yamin

Chris Daughtry with Daughtry

Main article: Daughtry discography

Paris Bennett

Kellie Pickler

Ace Young

Bucky Covington

Mandisa

Main article: Mandisa discography

Others

Bobby "Bluu Suede" Bullard

Ayla Brown

Patrick Hall

Josh Royse

David Radford

Stevie Scott

Brianna Taylor

Stephanie White

Season 6

Jordin Sparks

Blake Lewis

Melinda Doolittle

LaKisha Jones

Chris Richardson

Phil Stacey

Sanjaya Malakar

Haley Scarnato

Gina Glocksen

Chris Sligh

Stephanie Edwards

Brandon Rogers

Others

Sarah Burgess

Amanda Coluccio

Sean Michel

Sherman Pore

Season 7

David Cook

David Archuleta

Jason Castro

Brooke White

Carly Smithson with We Are the Fallen

Kristy Lee Cook

Michael Johns

Ramiele Malubay

Amanda Overmyer

Josiah Leming

Season 8

Kris Allen

Adam Lambert

Danny Gokey

Allison Iraheta

Anoop Desai

Scott MacIntyre

Michael Sarver

Season 9

Lee DeWyze

Crystal Bowersox

Casey James

Aaron Kelly

Tim Urban

Siobhan Magnus

Andrew Garcia

Season 10

Scotty McCreery

Lauren Alaina

Haley Reinhart

James Durbin

Casey Abrams

Stefano Langone (as Stefano)

Pia Toscano

Thia Megia

Naima Adedapo

Ashthon Jones

Tim Halperin

Chris Medina

Season 11

Phillip Phillips

Jessica Sanchez

Joshua Ledet

Hollie Cavanagh

Skylar Laine

Elise Testone

Colton Dixon

DeAndre Brackensick

Heejun Han (as HeeJun)

Erika Van Pelt

Season 12

Candice Glover

Kree Harrison

Angie Miller

Janelle Arthur

Paul Jolley

Season 13

Caleb Johnson

Jena Irene

Alex Preston

Sam Woolf

Dexter Roberts

Ben Briley

Emily Piriz

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