Billboard.com Presents “American Idol’s All-Time Top 24”

This week, Billboard.com posted their list of the Top 24 to come out of American Idol. They posed the question, How have the contestants stacked up out in the wider waters of the music industry? They answered it by looking at album sales, individual song sales, and radio play counts (according to Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS as of April 17).

Here is their list:

1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Chris Daughtry
4. Jordin Sparks
5. David Cook
6. Clay Aiken
7. Kellie Pickler
8. David Archuleta
9. Fantasia
10. Ruben Studdard
11. Kris Allenread more