Taylor Hicks vs Jordin Sparks

Taylor HicksWinner, American Idol season 5 (2006)37Career score#28 of 688
Jordin SparksWinner, American Idol season 6 (2007)53Career score#10 (tie) of 688

Jordin Sparks has the higher career score: 53 against 37 for Taylor Hicks.

Where Taylor Hicks leads

No measure.

Where Jordin Sparks leads

  • Certified single units (RIAA): 2M against 500K
  • Hot 100 entries: 6 against 2
  • Billboard 200 albums: 3 against 2
  • Studio albums: 5 against 2
  • Wikipedia pageviews: 419K against 247K

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.

    Taylor Hicks: 7.5
    Jordin Sparks: 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.

    Taylor Hicks: 11.5
    Jordin Sparks: 14.5
  3. Grammy Awards20 points

    Grammy nominations after the show; a win counts twice.

    Taylor Hicks: 0
    Jordin Sparks: 6.4
  4. Studio albums10 points

    Studio albums released after the show.

    Taylor Hicks: 4.3
    Jordin Sparks: 7
  5. Current interest20 points

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

    Taylor Hicks: 13.8
    Jordin Sparks: 15.1

The figures

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

MeasureTaylor HicksJordin Sparks
Certified units
Certified album units (RIAA)1M1M
Certified single units (RIAA)500K2M
Billboard charts
Hot 100 entries26
Billboard 200 albums23
Grammy Awards
Grammy nominationsNone2
Grammy winsNoneNone
Studio albums
Studio albums25
Current interest
Wikipedia pageviews247K419K

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