Carrie Underwood vs Chris Daughtry

Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688
Chris DaughtryEliminated 4th, American Idol season 5 (2006)69Career score#4 of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 69 for Chris Daughtry.

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 8M
  • Certified single units (RIAA): 62M against 12.5M
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 11
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 8
  • Grammy nominations: 16 against 4
  • Studio albums: 9 against 6
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.1M against 336K

Where Chris Daughtry 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.

    Carrie Underwood: 24.3
    Chris Daughtry: 18.4
  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.

    Carrie Underwood: 22.5
    Chris Daughtry: 18.7
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    Carrie Underwood: 18.7
    Chris Daughtry: 9.4
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    Carrie Underwood: 9
    Chris Daughtry: 7.6
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    Carrie Underwood: 17.5
    Chris Daughtry: 14.5

The figures

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

MeasureCarrie UnderwoodChris Daughtry
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)23M8M
Certified single units (RIAA)62M12.5M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries4111
Billboard 200 albums118
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations164
Grammy wins8None
Studio albums
Studio albums96
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.1M336K

More comparisons

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