Best-Selling Idol Alumni

SEPTUPLE PLATINUM (sold 7 million copies)
Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood (winner, season 4)

SEXTUPLE PLATINUM (sold 6 million copies)
Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson (winner, season 1)

TRIPLE PLATINUM (sold 3 million copies)
Daughtry, Chris Daughtry (4th place, season 5)

DOUBLE PLATINUM (sold 2 million copies)
Thankful, Kelly Clarkson
Measure of a Man, Clay Aiken (runner-up, season 2)
Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood

PLATINUM (sold 1 million copies)

Soulful, Ruben Studdard (winner, season 2)
Merry Christmas with Love, Clay Aiken
Free Yourself, Fantasia (winner, season 3)
My December, Kelly Clarkson
Taylor Hicks,Taylor Hicks (winner, season 5)

GOLD (sold 500,000 copies)
I Need an Angel, Ruben Studdard
Josh Gracin, Josh Gracin (4th place, season 2)
The Real Thing, Bo Bice (runner-up, season 4)
A Thousand Different Ways, Clay Aiken
Small-Town Girl, Kellie Pickler (6th place, season 5)
Fantasia, Fantasia
American Idol: Greatest Moments (season 1)
American Idol: All Time Classic Love Songs (season 2)
American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics
American Idol Season 4: The Showstoppers
American Idol: The Great Holiday Classics (seasons 1 and 2)
Elliott Yamin, Elliott Yamin (3rd place, season 5)
Source: Recording Industry of America (RIAA).