2007 has turned out to be a great year for the Miss American Idols on the Billboard music charts. The year-end charts document the music that had the highest sales and the most radio airplay and the Idol winners and finalists can be found on many of them.
The biggest and most impressive chart achievement belongs to the Season Five Miss American Idol third runner-up, Chris Daughtry. His debut album has ended up at the #1 album on the entire Billboard 200 Albums chart for 2007. Of ALL albums this year, week after week, he sold enough copies to be on the chart for the most weeks and at the highest positions. And I will once again stress, that he did this without my assistance.
I did manage to give a little assistance to Carrie Underwood, who lands both of her albums on the Billboard 200 year end albums chart. After only being available for a few weeks, her second album, Carnival Ride lands all the way up at #56. And continuing very strong sales after being out for two full years, Carrie's first album comes in at #5. So with Carrie and Chris, two of the top 5 albums of the year belong to Miss American Idol contestants!
Elsewhere on the Billboard 200 year end albums chart we find Season One Miss American Idol Kelly Clarkson at #66 with her dreary, My December. Season Five Miss American Idol Taylor Hicks lands at #74 with his under-appreciated debut. The "poor man's Carrie Underwood" Season Five contestant Kellie Pickler somehow managed to come in at #95. Also, suffering from lack of appreciation, Season Three Miss American Idol Fantasia sits at #105 for 2007. And finally, Season Five Miss American Idol Second and First runner-ups, Elliot Yamin and Katherine McPhee make the most of the 15 minutes of fame squeezing in at #114 and #159 for the year.
On the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart we find Beyonce at #1 with Irreplaceable, Rhianna at #2 with Umbrella, Gwen Stefani at #3 with The Sweet Escape and Fergie at #4 with Big Girls Don't Cry. The only Miss American Idol to get close to these hottest hits of the year is the Supreme Miss American Idol, Carrie Underwood coming in at #6 with Before He Cheats.
After spending 8 weeks at #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart there was a possibility that Fantasia could have had the #1 R&B single of the year with When I See U. Unfortunately, she had to settle for #2 sitting just behind Robin Thicke's huge smash , Lost Without U. Yes, both songs actually have the letter "U" in the title.
Could 2007 be the most successful year EVER for Miss American Idols? It's possible given the difficulty Jordin and Blake have been having, but I'm going to be optimistic and believe 2008 is gonna be bigger, better, faster, stronger...
1 comment:
Taylor Hicks - underappreciated is right! The man is ubber-talented and look out for album #2 (or #4). Surely it will blow some socks off of the naysayers. Loved the first album btw.
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