Jennifer Hudson vs Carrie Underwood

Jennifer HudsonEliminated 7th, American Idol season 3 (2004)60Career score#6 of 688
Carrie UnderwoodWinner, American Idol season 4 (2005)92Career score#1 of 688

Carrie Underwood has the higher career score: 92 against 60 for Jennifer Hudson.

Where Jennifer Hudson leads

  • Wikipedia pageviews: 1.25M against 1.1M

Where Carrie Underwood leads

  • Certified album units (RIAA): 23M against 1M
  • Hot 100 entries: 41 against 6
  • Billboard 200 albums: 11 against 5
  • Grammy nominations: 16 against 8
  • Grammy wins: 8 against 2
  • Studio albums: 9 against 4

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.

    5.8
    24.3
  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.

    16.1
    22.5
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    14
    18.7
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    6.3
    9
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    17.8
    17.5

The figures

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

MeasureJennifer HudsonCarrie Underwood
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)1M23M
Certified single units (RIAA)None62M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries641
Billboard 200 albums511
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominations816
Grammy wins28
Studio albums
Studio albums49
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews1.25M1.1M

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