Carrie Underwood vs Adam Lambert

Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688
Adam LambertRunner-up, American Idol season 8 (2009)53Career score#10 (tie) of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 53 for Adam Lambert.

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 500K
  • Certified single units (RIAA): 62M against 500K
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 10
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 10
  • Grammy nominations: 16 against 1
  • Studio albums: 9 against 6
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.1M against 749K

Where Adam Lambert leads

No measure.

The parts of the score

Each bar shows how much of the part a singer gets. The number is the points, out of the points of the part.

  1. Certified units25 points

    RIAA-certified album and single units in the United States, for releases from the start of the show on.

    24.3
    5.8
  2. Billboard charts25 points

    Entries on the Billboard Hot 100, and albums on the Billboard 200 counted three times, for releases from the start of the show on.

    22.5
    19.4
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    18.7
    4
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    9
    7.6
  5. Current interest20 points

    Views of the English Wikipedia article in the last 12 months.

    17.5
    16.5

The figures

Each measure links to its ranking. The sources of these figures are listed at the end of this page.

MeasureCarrie UnderwoodAdam Lambert
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)23M500K
Certified single units (RIAA)62M500K
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries4110
Billboard 200 albums1110
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations161
Grammy wins8None
Studio albums
Studio albums96
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.1M749K

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