Sales

Four rankings of the finalists’ records: RIAA-certified album units, RIAA-certified single units, U.S. album sales reported by Nielsen SoundScan (now Luminate), and studio albums after the show. Choose a measure; each list shows the top 10 places, and “Show all” opens the rest of the ranking.

RIAA-certified single units (U.S.)

The sum, over the contestant's own singles, of the latest RIAA certification of each single.

Carrie Underwood has the most RIAA-certified single units: 68,000,000. Season winners hold 4 of the top 10 places.

  1. 68,000,000
    Singles of Carrie Underwood
    Inside Your Heaven: Platinum
    Jesus, Take the Wheel: 3× Platinum
    Don't Forget to Remember Me: Gold
    Before He Cheats: 11× Platinum
    Wasted: Platinum
    So Small: Platinum
    All-American Girl: 3× Platinum
    Last Name: 2× Platinum
    Just a Dream: 2× Platinum
    I Told You So (featuring Randy Travis): Platinum
    Cowboy Casanova: 4× Platinum
    Temporary Home: 2× Platinum
    Undo It: 2× Platinum
    Mama's Song: Platinum
    Remind Me (with Brad Paisley): 2× Platinum
    Good Girl: 3× Platinum
    Blown Away: 5× Platinum
    Two Black Cadillacs: 2× Platinum
    See You Again: 2× Platinum
    Something in the Water: 2× Platinum
    Somethin' Bad (with Miranda Lambert): 2× Platinum
    Little Toy Guns: Platinum
    Smoke Break: Platinum
    Heartbeat: Platinum
    Church Bells: 3× Platinum
    Dirty Laundry: Platinum
    The Champion (featuring Ludacris): 2× Platinum
    Cry Pretty: Platinum
    Love Wins: Gold
    Southbound: Platinum
    Drinking Alone: Gold
    Hallelujah (with John Legend): Gold
    If I Didn't Love You (with Jason Aldean): Platinum
    Ghost Story: Gold
    Out of That Truck: Gold
    I'm Gonna Love You (with Cody Johnson): Platinum
  2. 35,000,000
    Singles of Camila Cabello
    I Know What You Did Last Summer (with Shawn Mendes): 3× Platinum
    Bad Things (with Machine Gun Kelly): 5× Platinum
    I Have Questions: Gold
    Crying in the Club: Platinum
    Havana: Diamond
    Never Be the Same: 4× Platinum
    Real Friends: Platinum
    Consequences: Platinum
    Señorita (with Shawn Mendes): 5× Platinum
    Shameless: Gold
    Liar: Platinum
    My Oh My: 2× Platinum
    Bam Bam: Platinum
  3. 19,000,000
    Singles of Kelly Clarkson
    Before Your Love / A Moment Like This: Gold
    Miss Independent: Gold
    Breakaway: Gold
    Since U Been Gone: Platinum
    Behind These Hazel Eyes: Platinum
    Because of You: Platinum
    Walk Away: Gold
    Never Again: Gold
    Because of You (with Reba McEntire): Platinum
    Don't You Wanna Stay (with Jason Aldean): 3× Platinum
    Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You): 7× Platinum
    Heartbeat Song: Platinum
    Love So Soft: Platinum
    Broken & Beautiful: Gold
  4. 15,500,000
    Singles of Gabby Barrett
    I Hope: 9× Platinum
    The Good Ones: 5× Platinum
    Pick Me Up: Platinum
    Glory Days: Gold
  5. 12,500,000
    Singles of Chris Daughtry
    It's Not Over (Daughtry): 2× Platinum
    Home (Daughtry): 3× Platinum
    Over You (Daughtry): 2× Platinum
    Feels Like Tonight (Daughtry): Platinum
    No Surprise (Daughtry): Platinum
    Life After You (Daughtry): Platinum
    September (Daughtry): Gold
    Crawling Back to You (Daughtry): Platinum
    Waiting for Superman (Daughtry): Platinum
  6. 12,500,000
    Singles of Fifth Harmony
    Miss Movin' On: Gold
    Boss: Platinum
    Sledgehammer: Platinum
    Worth It: 3× Platinum
    Work from Home: 5× Platinum
    All in My Head (Flex): Platinum
    That's My Girl: Gold
    Down: Gold
  7. 11,000,000
    Singles of Scotty McCreery
    I Love You This Big: Platinum
    The Trouble with Girls: Platinum
    See You Tonight: Platinum
    Feelin' It: Gold
    Five More Minutes: 3× Platinum
    This Is It: Platinum
    In Between: Gold
    You Time: Gold
    Damn Strait: Platinum
    It Matters to Her: Gold
    Bottle Rockets (featuring Hootie & the Blowfish): Platinum
  8. 10,500,000
    Singles of Normani Kordei
    Love Lies (with Khalid): 5× Platinum
    Dancing with a Stranger (with Sam Smith): 4× Platinum
    Motivation: Platinum
    Wild Side: Gold
  9. 6,500,000
    Singles of Melanie Martinez
    Carousel: Platinum
    Dollhouse: 2× Platinum
    Soap: Platinum
    Pity Party: 2× Platinum
    Sippy Cup: Gold
  10. 5,000,000
    Singles of Phillip Phillips
    Home: 4× Platinum
    Gone, Gone, Gone: Platinum
  11. 4,500,000
    Singles of Corey Kent White
    Wild as Her: 3× Platinum
    Something's Gonna Kill Me: Platinum
    This Heart: Gold
  12. 2,500,000
    Singles of Beatrice Miller
    Young Blood: Gold
    Fire n Gold: Platinum
    Like That: Gold
    Feel Something: Gold
  13. 2,500,000
    Singles of Lauren Alaina
    Like My Mother Does: Gold
    Road Less Traveled: Platinum
    Doin' Fine: Gold
    Getting Good: Gold
  14. 2,000,000
    Singles of Alex & Sierra
    Little Do You Know: 2× Platinum
  15. 2,000,000
    Singles of Danielle Bradbery
    The Heart of Dixie: Gold
    Sway: Gold
    Worth It: Gold
    Stop Draggin' Your Boots: Gold
  16. 14. David Cook tie
    2,000,000
    Singles of David Cook
    The Time of My Life: Platinum
    Light On: Platinum
  17. 14. Fletcher tie
    2,000,000
    Singles of Fletcher
    Undrunk: Platinum
    Bitter: Platinum
  18. 14. JAX tie
    2,000,000
    Singles of JAX
    90s Kids: Gold
    Like My Father: Gold
    Victoria's Secret: Platinum
  19. 2,000,000
    Singles of Jordin Sparks
    Tattoo: Platinum
    No Air (with Chris Brown): Platinum
  20. 14. Vedo tie
    2,000,000
    Singles of Vedo
    You Got It: 2× Platinum
  21. 21. Clay Aiken tie
    1,500,000
    Singles of Clay Aiken
    Bridge over Troubled Water / This Is the Night: Platinum
    Invisible: Gold
  22. 21. Danny Gokey tie
    1,500,000
    Singles of Danny Gokey
    Tell Your Heart to Beat Again: Gold
    Haven't Seen It Yet: Gold
    Be Alright (with Evan Craft featuring Redimi2): Gold
  23. 1,500,000
    Singles of Kellie Pickler
    Red High Heels: Gold
    Best Days of Your Life: Platinum
  24. 21. Mandisa tie
    1,500,000
    Singles of Mandisa
    Good Morning: Gold
    Overcomer: Platinum
  25. 1,000,000
    Singles of Cassadee Pope
    Wasting All These Tears: Platinum
  26. 1,000,000
    Singles of Chayce Beckham
    23: Platinum
  27. 25. Colton Dixon tie
    1,000,000
    Singles of Colton Dixon
    Miracles: Gold
    Build a Boat: Gold
  28. 1,000,000
    Singles of Elliott Yamin
    Wait for You: Platinum
  29. 1,000,000
    Singles of Haley Reinhart
    Can't Help Falling in Love: Platinum
  30. 1,000,000
    Singles of Koryn Hawthorne
    Won't He Do It: Platinum
  31. 25. Kris Allen tie
    1,000,000
    Singles of Kris Allen
    Live Like We're Dying: Platinum
  32. 32. Adam Lambert tie
    500,000
    Singles of Adam Lambert
    Ghost Town: Gold
  33. 32. Bo Bice tie
    500,000
    Singles of Bo Bice
    Inside Your Heaven: Gold
  34. 500,000
    Singles of Fantasia Barrino
    When I See U: Gold (Mastertone)
  35. 32. Josh Gracin tie
    500,000
    Singles of Josh Gracin
    Nothin' to Lose: Gold
  36. 500,000
    Singles of Katharine McPhee
    Over It: Gold
  37. 500,000
    Singles of Ruben Studdard
    Flying Without Wings: Gold
  38. 32. Taylor Hicks tie
    500,000
    Singles of Taylor Hicks
    Do I Make You Proud: Gold

All bars use one scale, from 0. Figures are certified single units.

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