Who is the most successful american idol winner
Top 10 American Idol Winners: Where Are They Now?
we're checking in with our favorite
winners from this popular singing
competition show
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counting down our picks for the top 10
American Idol winners where are they now
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this list we're taking a look at former
American Idol winners and what they've
been up to since appearing on the show
however we're excluding superstars like
Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood
because let's be honest everyone knows
they're killing it number 10
Phillip Phillips ever since he took the
crown on the 11th season of American
Idol Phillip Phillips has been hard at
work spurred by the enormous success of
his coronation song home the
best-selling song of any Idol winner to
date Phillips released the pop rock
albums the world from this side of the
Moon and behind the light in 2012 and
2014 respectively
the former is gone gone gone and the
latter's raging fire both achieved
moderate degrees of success with raging
fire being used for the 2014 NHL Awards
this is one Idol winner who has yet to
show any signs of slowing down
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number nine Candice Glover to say that
Candice Glover is an American Idol
veteran would be a serious
understatement the South Carolina native
was eliminated in seasons nine and
eleven before battling back to win
season 12 in the aftermath of her
victory flubber signed a record deal
with 19 Recordings Interscope and
proceeded to release her debut studio
album music speaks the following year
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the album was a critical success but
only managed to sell 19,000 copies in
the first week a record low at the time
for an American Idol winner not to worry
though as Glover is working on a new
album and in 2017 appeared in the
Broadway musical home for the holidays
live on Broadway number 8 Caleb Johnson
Caleb Johnson's road to American Idol
success was a bumpy one having been cut
from seasons 10 and 11 before finally
breaking through and winning season 13
unfortunately his post idol career
hasn't been much smoother
his debut album testified was recorded
faster than any other American Idol
debut in the competition's history but
unfortunately failed to generate much
buzz with critics or fans and didn't
perform well on the charts hopefully
things will pick up for the North
Carolina rock and roller in the future
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number seven lead to wise this former
paint salesman from Mount Prospect
Illinois has kept himself busy ever
since winning American Idols ninth
season DeWyze who'd already released two
albums as a member of the lead a wise
band before appearing on the show has
released four solo albums since with the
first peaking at number 19 on the US
Billboard 200 how do you look me in the
eyes and tell me much like many other
Idol winners the wise didn't stay with
his initial major label for long leaving
RCA in 2011 and signing with Vanguard
Records two years later since appearing
on the show DeWyze has performed all
over North America gotten married and
won a Teen Choice Award so he's
essentially done it all
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number six Chris Allen
while he's perhaps best known as the man
who upset fan favorite Adam Lambert on
the eighth season of American Idol Chris
Allen has nevertheless continued to
produce music at a frenetic pace ever
since his unlikely victory back in 2009
the Arkansas natives self-titled post
idol album made it to number 11 on the
US Billboard 200 chart and he followed
that up with additional albums in 2012
2014 and 2 in 2016 an enthusiastic
philanthropist Allen has used his
musical talents to raise money for a
variety of causes since his big win and
continues to give back whenever he can
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number five David Cook David Cook
started off his post idol career with a
bang as just one week removed from his
win over runner-up David Archuleta
he saw eleven of his songs debut on the
Billboard Hot 100 the most for a debut
artist since the Beatles dropped 14 back
in 1964
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he followed up the record-setting feet
with a self-titled album that produced
the hit singles the time of my life and
light on before going platinum in the
u.s. two albums and a world tour later
cook tie the knot with his longtime
girlfriend and in 2016
made his last American Idol appearance
when he performed a tribute to the late
David Bowie number four Taylor Hicks
since managing to steal the hearts of
fans and judges alike on route to
winning the fifth season of American
Idol Taylor Hicks has been a busy man
after making the usual post idol victory
rounds of releasing a solo album and
appearing on talk shows
Hicks landed the role of teen angel in a
Broadway production of grease he then
followed that up by becoming the first
winner in American Idol history to score
a long-term Las Vegas residency
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a year later he appeared in an episode
of Law & Order Special Victims Unit
where he played get this a judge on a
fictional reality singing program oh and
Weird Al Yankovic parodied him number
three Fantasia Barrino if you don't know
what Fantasia Barrino has been up to
since winning the third season of
American Idol then ya haven't been
paying attention now professionally
known as just Fantasia the North
Carolina natives debut album was
nominated for three Grammys and its lead
single truth is held the number one
position on the Billboard Hot adult R&B
airplay chart for 14 weeks she later
landed a role in a Broadway production
of the color purple taking home a
theatre World Award for her performance
of course she hit the big time when she
won her first Grammy in 2011 for her
song bittersweet
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success seems to follow Fantasia
wherever she goes
number two Scotty McCreery country
singer Scotty McCreery has seemingly
done it all since winning American idols
tenth season from dropping chart-topping
albums and scooping up Academy of
Country Music Awards to raising money
for various humanitarian causes and
attending university it's clear that the
singer is quite the chameleon the
youngest male winner in Idol history
mccrary's musical pedigree has continued
to expand in recent years and to date he
sold upwards of two million albums
seeing as how he still in his mid-20s it
would appear that McQueary has only
scratched the surface of his musical
potential
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you've never seen
number one Jordin Sparks few Idol
winners have achieved the level of
success that Jordin Sparks has her post
idol debut album sold more than a
million copies and peaked at number 10
on the Billboard Hot 100 her
collaboration with Chris Brown no air
earned her a Grammy nomination and is to
date one of the all-time best-selling
songs released by an American Idol
winner sparks is also an accomplished
actress having appeared in a handful of
films and TV shows since her 2007 win
Sparks has toured the world
dated Jason Derulo and even appeared on
Broadway seeing as how her last album
dropped in 2015 though here's hoping she
gets back in the studio ASAP do you
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