Carrie Underwood vs Jordin Sparks

Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688
Jordin SparksWinner, American Idol season 6 (2007)53Career score#10 (tie) of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 53 for Jordin Sparks.

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 1M
  • Certified single units (RIAA): 62M against 2M
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 6
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 3
  • Grammy nominations: 16 against 2
  • Studio albums: 9 against 5
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.1M against 419K

Where Jordin Sparks 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
    10.4
  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.

    22.5
    14.5
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    18.7
    6.4
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    9
    7
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    17.5
    15.1

The figures

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

MeasureCarrie UnderwoodJordin Sparks
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)23M1M
Certified single units (RIAA)62M2M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries416
Billboard 200 albums113
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations162
Grammy wins8None
Studio albums
Studio albums95
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.1M419K

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