Carrie Underwood vs Phillip Phillips

Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688
Phillip PhillipsWinner, American Idol season 11 (2012)50Career score#15 (tie) of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 50 for Phillip Phillips.

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 1M
  • Certified single units (RIAA): 62M against 5M
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 4
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 6
  • Studio albums: 9 against 4
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.1M against 272K

Where Phillip Phillips 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
    13.3
  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
    16.3
  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
    14

The figures

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

MeasureCarrie UnderwoodPhillip Phillips
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)23M1M
Certified single units (RIAA)62M5M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries414
Billboard 200 albums116
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations16None
Grammy wins8None
Studio albums
Studio albums94
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.1M272K

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