Clay Aiken vs Katharine McPhee

Clay AikenRunner-up, American Idol season 2 (2003)53Career score#10 (tie) of 688
Katharine McPheeRunner-up, American Idol season 5 (2006)39Career score#26 of 688

Clay Aiken has the higher career score: 53 against 39 for Katharine McPhee.

Where Clay Aiken leads

  • Certified single units (RIAA): 1.5M against 500K
  • Billboard 200 albums: 7 against 2
  • Studio albums: 7 against 5

Where Katharine McPhee leads

  • Wikipedia pageviews: 826K against 507K

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.

    12.5
    2.9
  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.

    16.8
    12
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    0
    0
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    8.1
    7
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    15.6
    16.8

The figures

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

MeasureClay AikenKatharine McPhee
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)3.5MNone
Certified single units (RIAA)1.5M500K
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries33
Billboard 200 albums72
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominationsNoneNone
Grammy winsNoneNone
Studio albums
Studio albums75
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews507K826K

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