Carrie Underwood vs Melanie Martinez

Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688
Melanie MartinezEliminated in the Top 6, The Voice season 3 (2012)53Career score#10 (tie) of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 53 for Melanie Martinez.

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 3M
  • Certified single units (RIAA): 62M against 6.5M
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 4
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 4
  • Studio albums: 9 against 4
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.1M against 867K

Where Melanie Martinez 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
    15.2
  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
    14.8
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    18.7
    0
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    9
    6.3
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    17.5
    16.9

The figures

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

MeasureCarrie UnderwoodMelanie Martinez
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)23M3M
Certified single units (RIAA)62M6.5M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries414
Billboard 200 albums114
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations16None
Grammy wins8None
Studio albums
Studio albums94
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.1M867K

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